1313 Main Street, Anderson SC
Thursday, November 27th, 2025
🦃 Thanksgiving Day Tradition
If you think the only race that happens on Thanksgiving Day is seeing who gets a second helping of pumpkin pie first, guess again! Before lifting a fork, watching football, and taking a post-turkey snooze, hundreds Andersonians start their holiday by giving thanks - with the famous Electric City Gobbler 5K and 1 MILE FUN RUN!
🏃♂️ Event Details
- Date: Thanksgiving Day, November 27, 2025
- 1 Mile Fun Run Time: 8:00 AM
- 5K Time: 8:30 AM
- Location: Anderson Mall Main Entrance, Clemson Blvd, Anderson, SC
📦 Packet Pickup
Wednesday, November 26th: Day before race at Mall Noon until 6 PM.
🏅 Course Information
- 5K Course: Certified course on city streets surrounding the Anderson Mall - FAST and SAFE! (SC04033BS)
- Course Map Here
- 1 Mile FUN Run: Course is enclosed around Mall.
- Finish Line: Medals and Hydration at Finish Line.
🏆 Awards
Certificates and prizes for Top 3 Male and Female Overall Winners and Top 3 Male and Female Overall Masters Winners.
👶 Age Groups
- 10 and under
- 11-14
- 15-19
- 20-24
- 25-29
- 30-34
- 35-39
- 40-44
- 45-49
- 50-54
- 55-59
- 60-64
- 65-70
- 70-74
- 75-79
- 80+
📝 Registration
Registration online page will reflect price. T-shirt will be an add-on fee.
Strollers are welcome & Costumes are encouraged!
🗺️ Directions
From I-85, take Exit 19A to Anderson, Anderson Mall is five miles on your right.
📧 Contact
Alison Youngblood: Alison@yourfirstflight.org
🌟 Join Us!
We welcome the tail feathers of Elite runners, weekend warriors, mamma's with strollers, and kids alike along our fast 3.1 mile run course - walkers are welcome! Or, our NEW tradition, the 1 Mile FUN RUN! Proceeds go to scholarship kids in the community to be active through our Operation Active Kids Program, OAK. So, if you have a flair for costumed fun, and enjoy fun, prizes and looking for a reason to feel guilt-free about gobbling down all day, then lucky for you (and your love of green bean casserole) we are here, so get signed up you turkeys!
🌐 More Information
For more details, visit the Electric City Gobbler 5K page.
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