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Submitted by lbclove
April 6, 2013
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This is a great race if you just want to have fun and run on Thanksgiving. However, It the course is very congested regardless of the wave you pick. I was pushed and tripped several times during the race which is just utter chaos. If you think because you wear a costume you will be in any race pics think again. It will only happen if you wear something stupid on your head. If you do that expect to see your picture about 10 times online. They said they hand out pies randomly to finishers but I wondered how some runners ended up with 2 pies and one person had 3. Do not run this race to PR it wont happen just run it for fun and great cause it supports.
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Submitted by phrankyc
April 10, 2012
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My daughter and I have ran this race 6 years now. It’s as much a Thanksgiving tradition in my household than turkey. I like the course, but it is way too congested. I had to change my whole attitude about doing a race when it comes to this run. I just run this race to have fun with my kids, no more trying to do my best at this event. It is for a great cause.
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Submitted by gavini
February 27, 2012
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in a lot of ways this is a fun community event
Pros – great fun community vibe to the whole event, they give out pies randomly at the finish line, huge beach parking lot,
BUT there are a lot of issues. the finish line is downright dangerous. they do several runnings of different length races and when my small kids did the 1k, they were trotting in to the finish line at the same time and to the same finish line that adults who were flying at 6 minute pace in the 5k and at the same time as someone trotting in to a 9 or 10 min per mile pace finish from the 10k. this creates a dangerous situation for all three of those people for different reasons.
there are no official times – just a clock at the finish line. timing costs race organizers less than $2 per runner so the “we are saving money for the charity” line, while true, falls short if you ask me.
the course is not closed and it is narrow, it is out and back on the bike trail along the beach which is a nice place to run but it cant accomodate much of a crowd plus the occasional biker who doesnt care there is a race going on.
no frills finish line with one bottle of water per runner and no food the two years i was there
