Of the many Thanksgiving Day races around the region, Bethesda’s Turkey Chase is being best promoted as a place to find a date. 55: Percentage of runners in this year’s Turkey Chase who are women. Organizers are telling male runners that “the Turkey Chase is the place to be,” calling it a “target-rich environment.”
4,383: Runners who are doing the race for the first time. More than 7,000 are running the 10k.
4: Turkey Chasers who have run the race every single year. The race turned 29 on Thursday.
