For those of you unfamiliar with the Mystic YMCA’s annual turkey trot, it’s a very low-key event where people have fun while getting a little exercise in. There’s no official start line. People gather around the entrance way of the YMCA and the Y director greets people from atop an ambulance. Once the director blows the air horn, everyone’s off. There’s a variety of participants – from old pros to energetic little kids to people in banana suits and everyone in between. People bring out their strollers and their dogs as well. The route goes down Mason’s Island Road to the marina on Mason’s Island and back. There’s no official finish line, although I suppose you could count the edge of the water as the finish since you’re supposed to take a dip at the end.