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Skinny Turkey Half Marathon 10K & 5K
November 26, 2020
Raleigh
Road
100-500
Some Hills
Small Town
High: 57°
/ Low: 41°
Overview
Thanksgiving Day will mark the 14th annual running of a half marathon and 5K race designed to raise money for and awareness of the mission of Raleigh’s Just Think First program, which works to educate local teenagers and youths on the dangers of drugs and alcohol as well as issues related to violence, gangs, sex and the perils of peer pressure.
The goal of the program is to give children and teenagers information before they encounter these in their own lives, so they can make responsible choices.
Course Description
Runners will follow an out-and-back course for the half marathon that starts in the parking lot of the high school — which is located on Wakefield Pines Drive — and then heads out on a winding and occasionally hilly route through the nearby residential areas known as Wakefield Plantation and Wake Falls. Runners will pass by a number of golf course holes and fairways along the route, as well as plentiful homes along the tree-lined streets of both neighborhoods.
The course is filled with mostly gently rolling hills, and organizers say that the stretch of the race route that takes runners through the Wake Falls neighborhood features some of the course’s most scenic terrain.
