Happy Thanksgiving! Here's a brief history of the oldest continuous footrace on the continent. 🦃 TurkeyTrot
in the early 1980s, when runners began dressing up as Canadian hockey players. Others soon followed suit, donning turkey, pilgrim, and other autumnal-themed ensembles. These days, costumes are as endemic to turkey trots as the post-race turkey itself.
The course itself, a point-to-point journey, charts through the historic downtown area, passing centuries-old homes on Delaware Avenue. Thousands of spectators line the entire way, cheering trotters as they run under the railroad trestles, alongside the Forest Lawn Cemetery, and finish in front of the convention center.Converging Photography, Des Moines Turkey Trot
In recent years, Turkey Trot participation across the country has continued to boom. According to Running USA, more than 901,753 people finished a trot in 2015, up from 684,334 in 2011, marking a more than 30 percent increase in four years.
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