Held Thanksgiving Day morning, November
27th, 2008. It consists of a 2
mile and a 10k race, held regardless of weather. The weather can
be grueling, so be prepared, particularly for the wind off of Lake
Michigan!
Both races have male and female five
year age divisions from nine and below to seventy plus. Both races award
division medals three deep and trophies to winners overall, masters, seniors,
and super seniors.
Both courses have
started in Library Square take runners to Kenosha's beautiful harbor
and lakefront. They are both accurate, flat and fast courses and participants
have ranged from the competitive elite (including Olympians) to the purely
recreational.
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.
