SEQUIM — “The real gym is outside,” Kristin LaMoure, owner of Sequim Gym, has been known to say.
She will make good on that statement Thanksgiving morning with her first Turkey Trot, a 5-kilometer — 3.1-mile — run/walk starting at Railroad Bridge Park, 2151 W. Hendrickson Road.
Registration will be at 8:30 a.m. at the park, with the run/walk starting at 9 a.m.
Entry fee of $10
The entry fee is $10 and tax-deductible, since all proceeds will go to the Sequim and Port Angeles food banks; LaMoure also hopes participants will bring donations of nonperishable food.
“We want to run ‘over the river and through the woods,'” as the song goes, LaMoure said, adding that she and the runners who have signed up in advance are wholly undeterred by the snow blanketing the woods.
‘Postcard day’
“It’s going to be a postcard day . . . that much more challenging, but pretty and peaceful” along the Olympic Discovery Trail route from the entrance to Railroad Bridge Park west to Carlsborg Road and back, she said.
“I love running in the snow,” LaMoure said, adding that it’s one of the best workouts out there.
She wants to make the Turkey Trot an annual thing.
“I love running races; that’s why I’m doing this. There aren’t enough races to run” around Sequim, she said.
LaMoure urged participants to use quarter-inch hex screws or other traction devices on their shoes, dress warmly in layers and hand off pieces of clothing to friends along the way.
She and volunteers will provide two water stations on the route, plus warm cider and snacks for everyone after the race.
First-, second- and third-place medals will be awarded in the men’s and women’s divisions.
For more details, phone 360-477-1877 or visit www.SequimGym.com.
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Features Editor Diane Urbani de la Paz can be reached at 360-417-3550 or at diane.urbani@peninsuladailynews.com.
