Cherry Blossom 10 Miler this weekend ranks 19th.
Cherry Blossom 10 Miler this weekend ranks 19th.
And only Philadelphia has two in the top-10. Neither of which is what I would consider a "destination" or "bucket list" race.
As a supporter of high level running and competition, I want the races that invest in competitive running to do well. It's a bummer seeing over half of these races don't have any interest in promoting elite level running and they just want as many people to show up as possible and don't care about making it a competitive event.
The peachtree RR is fun to watch, not so fun to run. Too damn hot! It's also point to point so logistics are tough
You were expecting 10 or so cities to have 3 in the top 15?
So according to this list, the 3 biggest TIMED Turkey Trots in the country are Silicon Valley.....and Detroit and Indianapolis? Didn't expect that.
Also Flying Pig at #7 was unexpected. There are like 6 different races that weekend, though, so the total numbers end up being quite large.
And they had 60,000+ runners in 2021. That's more than 15,000 more than any other race in the past 3 years, except NYC. What a recipe for disaster with that hot, humid weather!
You are right of course, never any shortage of people to run it. Heat or not. Very competitive as well. It's a good way to see that stretch of Peachtree without all the normal car traffic.
Detroit's Turkey Trot is partnered with their Thanksgiving parade. You run mostly on the parade route and there's always a big crowd. Add in the Lions always play at home right after the parade too.
Agree, and not interested in the 'largest'. Put a list of the 'best'.
This list is stupid. Why combine multiple difference races across a weekend (or in the case of Disney, 4 days) into a single "race" for counting participants?
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