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Runners hurry out to the front of the pack on Thanksgiving morning for the annual Total Fitness Turkey Trot, where participants run or walk 5 kilometers, or 3.1 miles. The run was just for fun, but the money raised by the participants’ entry fees will benefit Shawano Area Matthew 25.
Tyler Finger, of Clintonville, makes a turn off East Fifth Street into the Total Fitness parking lot, the first runner to complete the 5K on Thanksgiving morning.
Ben O’Brien, left, of Bonduel, and Ethan Onesti, of Shawano, make a run for the finish line together in the parking lot of Total Fitness for the annual turkey trot on Thanksgiving morning.
While a number of runners took part in the Total Fitness Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving morning, there were plenty of folks willing to just walk the course. About 190 people signed up for the event — about half of them from outside Shawano, which marks a record year since Total Fitness moved to Main Street from its previous location off Green Bay Street.
Photos by Lee Pulaski