By Bruce Karnick

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25 years of doing any one thing is impressive, 25 years of doing something that benefits thousands of others is amazing, outstanding, irreplaceable, impressive and so much more. 25 years raising funds for Hastings Family Service is exactly what the Gobble Gait has done.

For 25 years, Gobble Gait has been a Hastings tradition on Thanksgiving morning with thousands of walkers and runners joining in the festivities to kick off their holiday. The race begins in downtown Hastings bright and early Thanksgiving morning and consists of either an 8k or 2k race.

With Gobble Gait LLC celebrating their 25th year, they are seeking design submissions for the 25th anniversary race shirt. According to their release, the design is to “creatively celebrate this tradition of coming together in the Hastings community to support our neighbors in need.”

One winning design will be selected for the 2022 race shirt, a shirt that will be worn by over 3,000 runners, walkers, sponsors, volunteers, and supporters on Thanksgiving morning. The winning designer will receive public recognition and a free 8K race registration that also includes the shirt.

Designs All completed designs should be sized to fill the front of an adultsized long sleeve tshirt and they should incorporate the following elements: the name “Gobble Gait” and or the Gobble Gait logo, “Hastings, MN/Minnesota,” the year 2022, and that it is the 25th anniversary year. Designs must be in a digital format and submitted as a highresolution PDF file. Vector file preferred for final design file.

Design submissions should be emailed to [email protected] Logos and further design guidelines can be found at https://www.gobblegait.com/ raceshirtdesigncontest

Runners pose with Tom Turkey at the Gobble Gait run. Photo courtesy of gobblegait.com