Running of the Turkeys (NC)
Greensboro, NC
- 3.5 Miler, 1.6 Miler
- Road (Paved)
- Official race website
The Running of the Turkeys 5K is your Thanksgiving Day tradition at Greensboro’s Country Park! All participants get a cool Turkey Hat! Registration for the timed 3.5 miler includes an awesome blend long sleeve shirt. This event is fun for the whole family! Events include the timed 3.5 miles and … MORE
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| H (°F) | 52 | 47 | 62 | 59 | 65 |
| L (°F) | 40 | 27 | 43 | 33 | 44 |
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Great park race with pups
Nice medium rolling hills around a lake with an attached stretch by the road. Wide sidewalk and one land shut down though, so plenty of room to maneuver around other … MORE
Nice medium rolling hills around a lake with an attached stretch by the road. Wide sidewalk and one land shut down though, so plenty of room to maneuver around other people. I was visiting family from out of town, and packet pickup was right around the corner from where I was staying, but there is no race-day pickup, which, as someone who travels up to an hour each weekend for a race, it’s a personal pet peeve of mine even for local races to not do same day PPU. This race started late and was less than 1k people, which seems like same day should have been doable. From the Race’s standpoint, it also means no same day PPU would have ruled out anybody from out of town who didn’t want to spend the night or drive out twice, which seems like bad business. As such, have to deduct a shoe for Race Production.
The few support people on the course and at the water station were reasonably motivated. With the course largely in a park there was little need for a lot of road closures, and there was never really an issue of not knowing where to go. On course mile-markers are always a plus.
Race swag….no finisher medal. Some people don’t care. I get it. Some people chase bling. I’m in the latter category, particularly for out-of-town races I do. I did 61 races so far this year. 58 came with finisher medals, so I feel like that IS kind of the standard, particularly for a full-price race. If you want to offer a “no frills” option with no T/medal, sure…more options are always super, but I feel like an opportunity is missed again to pull in the out-of-towners and bling chasers. The long-sleeve, hooded, tech T is nice though, and the turkey hat is warm (and cute) so while I would normally give a no-medal race a 3 for swag, I’ll give them a 3.5 and round up to 4 on this one.