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Pickup:
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Pickup will be at the Kenosha Museum, 5500 1st Avenue, on
Wednesday, November 25, 2009, from 3:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. and on
race day beginning at 7:30 a.m. and closing 15 minutes prior to
the start of each race.
Course:
THIS
IS A NEW START AND FINISH LOCATION FOR 2009 AND A NEW COURSE FOR
EACH RACE. The Course is concrete or asphalt city streets and
bike paths/walkways through marine and city parks. Mostly flat.
SPLITS at mile marks of both races. WATER STOPS 2 & 4 mile
and at finish. Caution: This is not a closed course. Be alert
for traffic. 10k course will not be marshaled after 80 minutes
from start.
Categories
and Awards:
Mayor's
Cup Trophy to overall male and female winner in 10k race. Trophy
to overall male and female in 2 mile walk/run. Male and Female 9
& under, 5-yr age groups to 79 and one for 80 & up.
Medals to top 3 in each male and female age group. Awards will
be presented in the Museum. WARNING: Switching races on the day
of the race will result in the participant being ineligible for
an award. T-shirts to first 1200 paid entrants. Door prizes will
be awarded by random drawing while race results are being
determined.
History
Held on the morning of Thanksgiving Day, the Mayor's Turkey Day Run has been
an important community event for many years. The race had its start way back in
1906 and was run irregularly up until the early 1950's. When the club was
founded in 1978, its first activity was to reinstitute the race on a regular
basis.
The race started in 1906 with a few poorly outfitted and trained participants
and has grown today to a large community event that has close to a thousand
runners. Early races tended to be five miles in length but since 1978, the race
has consisted of a two mile event and a 10K. The two mile race has generally
been about a third larger than the 10K. In their long history, our races have been held on beautiful sixty
degree days and during early winter snow storms.
