Starting the holiday with a healthy step

300 participate in Thanksgiving walk/run event

 

By Kati O’Hare
Daily Press Writer
Published/Last Modified on Friday, November 27, 2009 4:11 AM MST

MONTROSE - Children and grandparents, friends and dogs, even a turkey and a snowman, hauled themselves out of bed on Thanksgiving Day’s sunny, crisp morning for the annual Turkey Trot.

For at least 25 years, the local San Juan Mountain Runners have sponsored the annual walk/run event that starts at Oak Grove Elementary School.

It was Dorothy Wofford’s first year for the event and was persuaded by her daughter, Yvonne Lund, and granddaughter, Lauren Byler, to come.

Runners takeoff from the starting line during the San Juan Mountain Runners' annual Turkey Trot fun run held at Oak Grove Elementary School Thursday morning. The male winner in the Turkey Trot's 2-mile race was Tim Barnett (13:30) and Sarah Ryan (15:45) was the female winner. Ben Tobler (25:14) and Rebecca Long (30:11) both won the 4.3 mile race. (Joel Blocker / Daily Press)

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“They said I could bring Charlotte,” Wofford said.

Charlotte is a basset hound and was dressed in a colorful bandana awaiting the start of the race.

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