24th Annual Walnut Creek Turkey Trot

From Visit Walnut Creek:

“Move your feet before you eat!” Get ready for that Thanksgiving Feast and share the bounty at the 24th Annual Walnut Creek Turkey Trot. Sponsored by Forma Gym, more than 7,000 runners and walkers from across the country are expected at Walnut Creek’s largest running/walking event to raise funds for both the Contra Costa County Food Banks and local public schools. Perfect for a family-friendly challenge, runners and walkers can enter the 5k run/walk, races that include 10k, half mile, quarter mile, the one-hundred-yard dash, or Kids’ Fun Run (12 and under). Costumed runners are welcome.

When: Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 24, from6:30 to 11am.

Costume contest begins at 9:30 a.m. Rain/shine.

Cost: Race registration is now open and the entry fee ranges from $16.50-$24/racer, depending on type of competition and age; includes a Turkey Trot race T-shirt while supplies last.

Where: The 5k/10k starts on Broadway Avenue adjacent to Civic Park, finishing in the Civic Park parking lot next to ice skating rink.

For more information and registration: Please visit www.formaturkeytrot.com.

This fundraising event originally started as a fun way to encourage folks “to move their feet before they eat” on Thanksgiving morning and has evolved into a tremendously successful and highly attended charity event. The beneficiaries of the Turkey Trot are the Walnut Creek Education Foundation, P.E.A.K. Education Foundation, Wellness City Challenge, Food Bank of Contra Costa & Solano, The Rollins Family Foundation and Forma Kids Foundation. Together, the education foundations help enrich experiences for nearly 10,000 students at 12 public schools in Walnut Creek. In 2015, the Turkey Trot raised over $50,000 attracted over 7,000 runners/walkers, 200+ volunteers as well as hundreds of school supporters and spectators. Additionally, 1,000 turkeys were donated to families in need.

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