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The Dallas Turkey Trot (commonly branded the Dallas YMCA Turkey Trot after its chief beneficiary) is an annual turkey trot footrace over an 8.2 miles (13.2 km) course through the city of Dallas, Texas . There is also a 5k fun run/walk. Participants may choose to register for the 5k as a timed or untimed runner.
Cuero Texas Turkey Trot: Cuero, Texas: Features a unique twist on the tradition in which the participants are all actual domestic turkeys. This event is now held on the second weekend of October (coincidentally the same weekend as Canadian Thanksgiving). Dallas Turkey Trot: Dallas, Texas: 1940s: 8 miles (13 km) More than 25,000 racers annually ...
The plot of "Turkeys Away" is based on a true story. WKRP in Cincinnati creator Hugh Wilson — who adapted Carlson's character from Jerry Blum, a general manager of radio station WQXI in Atlanta from 1960 to 1989 — recounted that the episode was inspired by a similar live turkey giveaway promotion by Blum, who tossed turkeys out of a pick-up truck at a Dallas shopping center parking lot.
Contrary to growing folklore and mythical embellishment, the actual "turkey drop" never took place in Atlanta or at WQXI. It was years earlier in the '60s when Jerry was at a station in Dallas ...
The sold-out Phoenix Turkey Trot will have more than 3,000 participants running and walking in dry weather with temperatures in the mid 50s. The San Francisco Turkey Trot, which is also sold out ...
8 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23 at Dexter Roundhouse, 707 Dallas St., Dexter. ... The second annual Waukee Turkey Trot returns in the morning of Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28. Runners and walkers ...
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The Turkey Trot 10K (6.2 miles) – The 10K race starts at the same place (Esplanade Way) and time (8:30 a.m.) as the 5K. It runs the same route as the 5K and the 15K for the first two miles.