Wobble your way into Thanksgiving at the 5th annual Gobble ‘Til We Wobble 5K
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ST. CLAIRSVILLE - Before racing to the dinner table, residents will work up an appetite at the fifth annual Gobble ‘Til We Wobble 5K run and walk on Thanksgiving Day.
The annual race will get underway at 9 a.m. with day of registration at 7 a.m.
St. Clairsville Recreation Department Director Eric Gay recommends participants pre-register to ensure that they receive the various giveaways that will be distributed to the racers.
He added that participants can pre-register at the Recreation Department's website. Registration is $30 with all of the money going directly towards the St. Clairsville Alumni Association.
Gay said that this is his favorite event of the year.
"It’s just a really, really fun day. It’s my favorite event that we do and it’s not even close," Gay said. "It's a heck of a time. So I really do encourage all of the families that are in town for Thanksgiving to come spend the morning with us. It’s a blast."
He added that the event will begin and end at the city’s Central Park Amphitheater.
The race will then follow the same route as it has each year which is leaving the amphitheater down Sugar Street and then to St. Clair Street to loop the street and come back, come through Central Park and finish.
"I would be remiss if I didn’t say it and I, I need to say it, but thank you to the city for allowing us to do this. Thank you to the city council and the administration for giving us their blessing to do this every year. And all of the city employees, for stepping up and helping us," Gay said.
He added that the street department provides all of the road closure signs and the police department helps with traffic control during the event.
Gay then thanked Unified Bank for continuing to help the city through sponsorship.
"All of the really big things that they do for us is obviously amazing, but it’s these little small things that they continue to do for us like being the sponsor for us and helping us buy all the prizes for the people that sign up, it’s really, really important to us," Gay said. "We thank them again for stepping up once again."
The Recreation Department recently announced the Unified Bank Community Center which will be a 20,000-square-foot recreation center. The project will cost $2.7 million and is slated to break ground in the near future.
In May 2025 the Unified Jr. Rec Center opened its doors which has 6,000 square feet of artificial field turf, 260-foot batting cages, pitchers’ mounds, L screens, a golf simulator.
The race will be broken into seven age groups; 13 and under; 14-19; 20-29; 30-39; 40-49; 50-59; and 60 and over. The top overall male and female winners will receive cash prizes as will the top overall male and female age 60 years and older.
Gay said that he plans on giving out roughly 60 Gobble ‘Til We Wobble medals to the participants who pre-registered.
He added that the pre-registered participants will also receive a toboggan hat. Sheetz will also be donating pastries, coffees, waters and orange juice for everyone at the event.