Anyone looking to begin their Thanksgiving Day with some fresh air and exercise all while supporting a great local cause, are invited to come out to the annual Turkey Trot 5K.
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ROCHELLE – Anyone looking to begin their Thanksgiving Day with some fresh air and exercise all while supporting a great local cause, are invited to come out to the annual Turkey Trot 5K.
The annual 5K has been taking place on Thanksgiving morning for the last eight years. Whether participants choose to run, walk, or push a stroller, this is what the organizers like to call a no frills event. Meaning that it is very laid back with no times being recorded and no winners or prizes.
The idea came to fruition when Lauren Hintzsche and a few fellow runners decided two weeks before Thanksgiving that they were going to hold a run that day.
“There were three or four of us who had been runners in the community for a long time, and we kind of just said two weeks ahead of time that Thanksgiving we were going to do a run,” explained Hintzche. “Then the day of the run 75 people showed up.”
After seeing such a big turnout for the first event on such little notice, they realized that there was a need for this in the community.