CARBONDALE TURKEY TROT
RACE IS FULL
PLEASE NOTE THERE IS NO DAY OF REGISTRATION! IF YOU ARE NOT REGISTERED AHEAD OF TIME, PLEASE DO NOT SHOW UP DAY OF HOPING FOR A SPOT. WE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTING ANY DAY OF WALK UPS.
When: Thanksgiving Morning, Thursday, November 26
What: 5K Fun Run or 1 Mile Fun Run
Start Times: Every 10 min beginning at 9am with the last start time at 10:30
– 10 slots available per start time
Cost (same for either 5k or 1 mile fun run):
– Pre-Register: Adults $12 / Youth (3-17)/Seniors (62+) $7
– Children 2 and under are free and do not need to be registered
– 2020 swag for first 50 registrants
– 2020 finisher medal for all registrants
– Race is limited to 100 racers
Pre-Register: Adults can register online click here for REGISTRATION LINK
– Youth/Senior registrations call 970-510-1290 to get the $5 youth/senior discount
Race Day Sign Ups: UNAVAILABLE
Checkin: At the Carbondale Rec Center Overhang no more than 10 min prior to your start time (come ready to run)
– You will get your 2020 swag if you were one of the first 50 people to register
– Masks are required for Check in and please maintain a 6 foot social distancing space
– The Rec Center bathrooms will be available (single occupancy only)
– A hands free water bottle refill station will be available
Race Start: 10 people spaced 6 feet apart (unless in the same household) will do a quick rolling start 10 min later the next 10 will go.
Course: One way running loop from the Rec Center to Rio Grande trail.
– Course covers dirt single track, dirt/gravel, and asphalt
– Racers will be on different paths, but the paths will all pass each other multiple times. So come dressed in your best Thanksgiving Turkey Trot outfit and ready to cheer each other on from a safe distance.
Race Finish: We will cheer you in by the Rec Center Front door then you are free to go.
Post Race: Due to COVID we ask that congregations do not form. We will post/contact the race results/winners on the website Monday, Nov 30th. Now you can get home to a well earned Thanksgiving meal.
COVID RULES:
– Masks required to check in and when interacting with staff or when you are within 6 feet on a non household person
– 10 min, 10 person, and 6 feet staggered start times
– Wash hands
– Don’t come if you have any flu like symptoms or do not feel well. Call on the 27th and we will refund your money
– Adhere to all signage
– Keep 6 feet apart from all non family members (give space if you are passing someone on the trail)
– Hand sanitizer is available at start and finish lines
Light Up Carbondale First Friday December 4, 2020
What has 6 miles of wire, 682 rolls and strands, and 30,000 individual lights? What has Santa and his elves coming into the neighborhood playing your favorite holiday tunes into the dark night? What will cause the bearded man in the red suit to land his sleigh in Carbondale amidst the illuminated and beautiful trees in town? It can only be the annual “Light Up Carbondale” Event. The Town of Carbondale Recreation Department, Carbondale Arts, Carbondale Fire District and the Carbondale Chamber First Friday Committee would like to invite children and adults of all ages to help “Light up Carbondale” with their singing voices and smiles and to welcome Santa to town. “Light Up” Carbondale takes place on First Friday, December 4, 2020.
A global pandemic will not stop Santa from coming to town and magically bringing brightness to our annual Light Up Carbondale celebration. Since we are unable to congregate in large groups this year, we will be bringing Santa and his horse drawn sleigh to you! Santa will travel on a prescribed route throughout town from 5-7pm with some of his elves. When he comes by your house be ready to sing along and turn on your holiday lights.
If you have young ones, make sure they have their wish list letters to Santa ready. Santa’s Mailbox will be following Santa’s Sleigh on a bike trailer and it is a perfect time for the little ones to put their letter in the mailbox, under the watch full eye of the big man himself. If you have been a good little boy or girl, let Santa know what you would like for Christmas. Write a letter or draw a picture and address it to Santa at the North Pole. Drop it off at Santa’s mailbox. Make sure to sign your name and address so Santa can write back! Don’t worry if you miss the roaming mail box ,there will be locations for Santa’s mail boxes at The Launchpad, First Bank and The Carbondale Recreation & Community Center. Make sure to get your letters in by December 18.
The map of the route that Santa and his elves will take through Town will be available on the Carbondale Parks & Recreation website and Facebook page and will be published in the local papers, so you can gauge their arrival time.
Sweeten your First Friday by picking up a FREE goodie bag filled with locally-made Pollinator Chocolate hot cocoa mix and other fun surprises. Random goodie bags will also include gift cards to Carbondale retail and restaurants, and one lucky goodie bag will have a grand prize of a $200 gift certificate to Independence Run & Hike! Pick up your goodie bag December 1-4 at the Carbondale Rec Center, the Launchpad, or FirstBank. One goodie bag per person, 500 bags total, while supplies last. This shop local effort made possible thanks to the gracious support from FirstBank.
Every holiday season, Carbondale Arts transforms the R2 Gallery into a shop filled with artisanal goods which make up the annual Deck the Walls holiday market and the Launchpad will be open for evening hours on First Friday, December 4. There will be many new guidelines in order to keep everyone as safe as possible, but we hope to be able to have another successful year supporting our local artisans. Only 8 shoppers allowed at once.
Enjoy the season, all of the lights, and stroll around to the many shops, restaurants & art galleries that are part of the First Friday “Light Up” Carbondale Events.
Feel the Spirit. For more information contact the Carbondale Recreation & Community Center front desk at 970-510-1290 or visit www.carbondalerec.com, or Carbondale Arts at 970-963-1680 or visit www.carbondalearts.com, or Carbondale Chamber at 970-963-1890 or visit www.carbondale.com.
