TYBEE, Ga. (WTOC) – Hundreds of runners took to the shoreline Saturday morning for the 19th Annual Turtle Trot 5K Beach Run on Tybee Island.
A record-breaking 687 participants, ranging in age from 4 to 84, completed the 3.1-mile course along the beach, marking an almost 42% increase from last year.
Proceeds from the event support the Tybee Sea Turtle Project, a conservation effort through the Tybee Island Marine Science Center aimed at protecting loggerhead sea turtles and their hatchlings during nesting season, which begins May 1…