This is the turkey trot, typically a 5- to 10-kilometer race, perhaps done for charity, which has become a delightfully contentious holiday tradition much like crack-of-dawn Black Friday lines and marshmallow topping on sweet potatoes.
A host of memes, which feature pictures of festively clad runners in miserable weather, mock the race and those who run it with captions such as "Imagine meeting your soulmate and then finding out their family runs 5ks on holidays?"
That a day whose centerpiece is feasting has become one that many start by running might seem like a contradiction. However, the custom actually fits quite snugly into the American tendency to pit excess against repentance-especially when it comes to food.
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