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The annual turkey trot

By Emma Carver

Dec 6, 220

Turkey, ham, mashed potatoes. Those are the main things that people eat during thanksgiving. But some people want to work out right before the big feast. So they do the “turkey trot”. The turkey trot is a 5k race that goes in multiple different heats. The annual turkey trot started 127 years ago in 1896,buffalo new york. It had not started to gain attention until the early 1900s.  There were only six male participants at that time, and only 4 crossed the finish line.  It had not started to gain attention until the early 1900s. Now the race has more than 14000 people coming from all over the usa to run it. Including people in all age groups.(even babies) According to the CEO of running usa there were more than 1 million finishers in 1,000 turkey trots two years ago. 

This article was written by journalism students at Waynesboro High School.