Event Information
Overview | Course | Directions | Parking | Rules of the Road | Race Packet & Pickup
A great new family tradition with wine and cookies too!
Thanksgiving is all about family, fun and food. Now you can add fun and activity! Bring all your relatives, house guests, cooking buddies and little turkeys out for the Flying Feather Four Miler, Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 22, 2012.
We will be limiting the race to the first 3,500 participants to ensure the best race experience possible—please register early so you don't miss out!
All adult participants will receive a bottle of wine for the Thanksgiving Table! Kids should get a piece of the pie, or COOKIE too! Every young gobbler participating in the Four Miler or Gobbler Chase will receive specially made, packaged Thanksgiving Day cookies. Kids 10 and under can participate in the Kids' Gobbler Chase, which takes place before the four miler so parents and family can cheer the kids on.
Kids' Gobbler Chase
The Kids' Gobbler Chase begins at 8:30 — a short gallop (less than a quarter of a mile) for children of all ages with some former Buckeye players and coaches, all to benefit the Second & Seven Foundation. Parents are welcome and encouraged to participate and help their kids. Each child participant receives a t-shirt and a copy of a Second & Seven Book.
Everyone Welcome!
This is truly an event for every pace and person. Runners, walkers, gobblers and everyone in between—this is YOUR event!!! The Flying Feather Four Miler is the Thanksgiving Day event for you!
Runner's World chooses Flying Feather as one of the Top 6 Thanksgiving Day races in the country: read article (PDF file)
A GREAT COURSE!
The Flying Feather Four Miler winds around a brand new loop course through the Glacier Ridge Metro Park. See map at right (click to enlarge). It is an accurate four (4) mile course that is sure to please all!
Start Times
- The Kids' Gobbler Chase: 8:30am
- The Flying Feather Four Miler: 9:00am
Directions
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Parking
We have four parking lots available on race morning. See
parking map (790 KB).
Also see site plan (1.15 MB).
- Dublin Jerome High School (one half mile from the new start line). We have 900 spots available for that morning.
- Corazon Club (one block from the new start line) — We have 250 spots available that morning. There is also a limited amount of parking in and around the streets of Corazon for those participants who get there before 7:00am.
- Deer Run Elementary School/Willard Grizzell Middle School, 8815 Avery Road. Shuttle buses will be running from this location starting at 7:30am.
- DD Riviera Country Club, 8205 Avery Road. Shuttle buses will be running from this location starting at 7:30am.
The Kids run will start promptly at 8:30am and the Flying Feather will start at 9:00am so make sure you leave yourself plenty of time.
Rules of the Road
Please note that the course will remain open for one (1) hour and twenty (20) minutes — this is a 20 minutes per mile pace.
We have some elite, very fast and fast runners. Please let them in the front of the pack. They will be out of your way before you can say "Happy Thanksgiving".
The following are NOT permitted in the event:
Pets, skateboards, bicycles, roller blades, or any other types of vehicles (other than official vehicles). These regulations are for your safety and the safety of the other participants in the race.
Jogging Strollers are permitted provided you start in the very back of the field and are walking or moving slowly.
A GREAT RACE PACKET!
Every entrant in the event receives (voted by Runner's World Magazine as the Best Schwag):
- Long Sleeve Technical Running Shirt
- A bottle of Georges Duboeuf Beaujolais-Villages for your Thanksgiving Table (or cookies for our friends under 21)
- Hat and Gloves
- A Finisher's Medal to show off at Thanksgiving dinner!
- Food and Beverages at the finish line
Packet Pickup
Fleet Feet Sports is your location for packet pickup!
2012 Pickup will begin on Friday November 16th and run through November 21st during regular business hours at Fleet Feet Sports, 1174 East Powell Road, Lewis Center, OH 43035, 614-846-5625. For directions please visit www.fleetfeetcolumbus.com or call 614-846-5625.
We strongly encourage you to pickup your packet at Fleet Feet Sports. Your friend or family member may pick yours up for you. We will have limited packet pickup on site the day of the event from 7–8am.