Kenosha Running Club

 

Kenosha, Wisconsin

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Turkey Day Run

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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. 

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