Turkey trot

Notable races

• the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Peachtree Road Race was moved to Thanksgiving Day in 2020. Over 45,000 have registered as of the end of April.
• the is the largest 5 mile race in Texas, and one of the largest Turkey Trots with over 20,000 racers;
• the Berwick Run for the Diamonds, a nine-mile race first run in 1908 in Berwick, Pennsylvania;
• the Buffalo Turkey Trot, the oldest continually running public footrace in the United States;
• the in Historic Concord, Massachusetts;
• the Cuero, Texas Turkey Trot, which features a unique twist on the tradition in which the participants are all actual domestic turkeys. This event is now held on the second weekend of October.
• the Dallas Turkey Trot, with more than 25,000 racers annually;
• the was established in 1977, attracting over 18,000 people to the Dana Point Harbor in Southern California, and has donated over $500,000 to local charities.
• the Feaster Five Road Race in Andover, Massachusetts;
• the in Kansas City, MO.
• the Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest 5K Fun Run, held on Canadian Thanksgiving in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada;
• the Manchester Road Race held in Manchester, Connecticut;
• the , a family running tradition held on Thanksgiving Day in Denver's Washington Park for more than four decades.
• the in Historic Plymouth, Massachusetts as part of America's Hometown Thanksgiving Celebration;
• the , in Sacramento, California, was started in 1994 and attracts over 27,000 runners annually.
• the , takes place in Golden Gate Park on Thanksgiving Day.
• the is one of the largest Thanksgiving Day race with over 25,000 participants;
• the occurs annually on Thanksgiving morning in Sylvania, OH. The 5k race winds through the Saint James Wood neighborhood and regularly attracts over two thousand participants. Many participants adorn costumes or wear Michigan/Ohio State colors.
• the takes places every year in coordination with the city of Clearwater, Florida and the West Florida Y Runner's Club. Annual attendance for this event reaches over 17,000 registered racers.
• the Invesco QQQ Half Marathon in Atlanta was the nation's largest half marathon run on Thanksgiving morning, originally a marathon and half marathon from 1981 to 2009, but was raced only as a half from 2010-19. The race was cancelled in May 2020 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic that moved the Peachtree Road Race to the Thanksgiving date. Between 1981 and 2009, the event also coincided with the Atlanta Marathon, making it the longest distance for a turkey trot in the United States.
• the began in 1916 with six runners and has grown into one of the largest and oldest turkey trots in the U.S.
• the boasts itself to be the world's largest Thanksgiving running festival and listed 27 races across 12 US states in 2019.