2020 IN-PERSON EVENT CANCELED, offering virtual option. *** Gig Harbor Turkey Trot is a 5k and 10k on Thanksgiving morning along the beautiful downtown Gig Harbor waterfront. [In 2003], Tim Holmes’ son challenged him to run a marathon with him. Holmes, who own[ed] Holmes Chiropractic, accepted the challenge and started …
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2020 IN-PERSON EVENT CANCELED, offering virtual option.
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Gig Harbor Turkey Trot is a 5k and 10k on Thanksgiving morning along the beautiful downtown Gig Harbor waterfront.
[In 2003], Tim Holmes’ son challenged him to run a marathon with him. Holmes, who own[ed] Holmes Chiropractic, accepted the challenge and started looking for training opportunities.
‘I wanted to do something new, so I invited some of my friends and my patients to join me on Thanksgiving morning for a run. I thought it would be a good way to work up an appetite,’ Holmes said. That first year, about 15 people showed up, he said, and the Turkey Trot was born. Now, he says, it has become something of a family tradition for a lot of people. ‘We had 20 the second year, and it’s just kept growing ever since.'”
Proceeds from the Gig Harbor Turkey Trot go to FISH food bank, a local organization called Food Backpacks 4 Kids, the Bischoff food bank, and local high school scholarships.
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Nice event fut hard for a beginner
This was a tough course. It had a lot of people so passing people was cool but not so easy. Very hilly throughout the course. I ran my nuts off … MORE
This was a tough course. It had a lot of people so passing people was cool but not so easy. Very hilly throughout the course.
I ran my nuts off and my time showed it and remember the course was not easy.
Great post party. Many vendors giving away snacks and other stuff. Kind of cool actually.
Everyone was so nice. I had a great time for sure.