{"id":62778,"date":"2025-11-27T16:19:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T16:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/62778\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T16:19:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T16:19:19","slug":"tampa-turkey-gobble-draws-massive-crowd-to-downtown-tampa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/62778\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa Turkey Gobble draws massive crowd to Downtown Tampa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 Tampa Bay woke up bright and early Thursday to one of everyone\u2019s favorite holiday traditions, the Tampa YMCA Turkey Gobble.<\/p>\n<p> More than 5,500 runners and walkers filled the streets of Downtown Tampa at sunrise, bringing festive energy and plenty of creative costumes.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH: Tampa Turkey Gobble draws massive crowd to Downtown Tampa<\/p>\n<p>Tampa Turkey Gobble draws massive crowd to Downtown Tampa<\/p>\n<p>Participants arrived in everything from inflatable turkey suits to dogs dressed in tutus. <\/p>\n<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1764260357_527_\" alt=\"Tampa Turkey Gobble draws massive crowd to Downtown Tampa \"  width=\"1280\" height=\"720\"\/><\/p>\n<p>WFTS<\/p>\n<p>Runner Nick Dinisio took on the course in an inflatable costume alongside his dog, Arrow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love dogs. This is arrow down here and we\u2019ve been teamed together for years,\u201d Dinisio said.<\/p>\n<p>Madison and Samantha Tessar opted for comfort with holiday-themed headbands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wanted to do this last year, and we had tutus, so you have to dress up,\u201d Tessar said.<\/p>\n<p>Among the crowd was Sarah Ames, an avid runner who recently moved to Tampa specifically for its active running community. This year marked her first turkey Gobble.<\/p>\n<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1764260358_75_\" alt=\"Tampa Turkey Gobble draws massive crowd to Downtown Tampa \"  width=\"1280\" height=\"720\"\/><\/p>\n<p>WFTS<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is my first turkey trot. I\u2019m not usually out here but I\u2019m really excited I wanted to make sure I got dressed,\u201d she said proudly sporting a turkey hat.<\/p>\n<p>The festivities wrapped up around 8:30 am. All proceeds support the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/tampaymca.org\/programs\/children-teens\/thrivers-club\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YMCA\u2019s Thrivers Program<\/a>, which provides assistance for children in the Tampa Bay Area that are battling cancer.<\/p>\n<p>Share Your Story with Keely<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mediaassets.abcactionnews.com\/image\/ContactBanners\/KeelyMcCormick.png\"\/><br \/>From finding savings to help navigate the price of paradise, to the safety of our roads, and even the latest medical breakthroughs; Keely McCormick is dedicated to helping you get the most out of your day. Share your ideas with Keely below.<br \/>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mediaassets.abcactionnews.com\/image\/VideoModule\/Trending_Video_TampaBay28.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>U.S. Coast Guard finds 4 missing Polk County boaters alive after their boat capsized<\/p>\n<p>Officials said the missing boat capsized about 26 miles offshore, and all four occupants are alive.<\/p>\n<p>Coast Guard rescues four boaters missing off Clearwater coast<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 Tampa Bay woke up bright and early Thursday to one of everyone\u2019s favorite holiday traditions,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62779,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[14606,205,37818,276,135,3670,137,136,1189,37819,208],"class_list":["post-62778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-5k","tag-abc-action-news","tag-gobble","tag-hillsborough-county","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-bay-local-news","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-thanksgiving","tag-trot","tag-wfts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}