We had to step over the sleeping homeless folks in the fog, but the walk wasn’t too far.Īs we walked past the closer-in lots I noticed a lot of people putting on turkey costumes. Not to worry, after thirty-odd years I’ve learned my way around downtown (the key is to use Good-Latimer Expressway and sneak in from the east) and found a ten dollar parking spot on Wood street across from the Presbyterian Church. It didn’t help when I walked out to start the car and realized the entire city was socked in tight with a pea-soup thick fog. I was more than a little stressed about driving down there (we’ve taken the DART train before and that doesn’t work too well – the trains are all packed full) and finding a place to park. I would love to do the run, even the short 5K jog – but my job is to get everybody to City Hall on time and to carry all the extra crap.Ī six AM alarm on a holiday is an early alarm. Lee was running the Turkey Trot in Downtown Dallas this year. You have to have a pre-planned meeting place (again, with that size of a crowd, cell phone service is very spotty) – most folks agree to meet at the giant inflatable turkey next to the Henry Moore sculpture… but that’s too popular – the crowd there was huge and everyone looked lost.Įveryone has their Thanksgiving traditions, most of them involve massive amounts of food and televised football. We know the drill, I wait at the hill near the end to try and see the kids finish (I saw Lee, but missed Nick – with that big a crowd going by, it’s easy to miss a runner). Last year was cold and foggy, but the weather this time was gorgeous. The fastest 5K runners are back before the end of the crowd starts the race. It’s an amazing crowd – with that many runners it takes twenty minutes for everybody to get going. This makes for a very early morning on Thanksgiving – driving downtown, finding parking, walking to the start. There are two courses – the 5K fun run around downtown, and the eight mile timed course which goes from city hall into Deep Ellum then across the bridges into Oak Cliff and back. It’s a massive event – this year about 45,000 runners. I’d love to run the thing some day – but somebody has to drive the car and keep track of everybody’s stuff. Let us customize a package that meets your marketing needs.Every Thanksgiving for about a decade now Nick and Lee have run in the Dallas YMCA Turkey Trot. There are many fun and exciting sponsorship opportunities at the Bronze level, but most importantly, this level ensures your logo on the iconic Turkey Trot race day shirt. Silver Sponsors have the opportunity to reach the Turkey Trot participants in a big way while supporting the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas. Our gold sponsor will be the exclusive host of the VIP Roost experience with tremendous visibility in the main plaza. Advanced media and major day of activation included.

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