New Salem's Children's Center Turkey Trot
About this race
🦃🍂 LACE UP, GOBBLE UP & GIVE BACK! 🍂🦃
Get ready for a day full of FUN, FAMILY, FOOD & TURKEY TROTTIN’!
Join New Salem Children’s Center for our Inaugural Turkey Trot 5K & Fun Run! Bring the whole family! Dress up in your favorite Thanksgiving or turkey-themed costume, hit the course, enjoy local food vendors, snap some memories at our photo booth, and cheer on our runners as they compete for awesome prizes! 🏃♀️🏃♂️🦃
BONUS: All Early Bird Registrations Include a T-Shirt! Register by 9/30 to guarantee your T-Shirt.
But this event is about more than just running, it’s about bringing our community together and supporting our children! Our goal is to raise funds to replace the ground covering on our playground, creating a safer and better space for the children of New Salem Children’s Center to play, explore, and make memories.
Come run. Come have fun. Come support our kids. Come be part of something special!
We can’t wait to see you at the Turkey Trot! 🍁🏃♀️🦃
Packet Pick-up
Friday, 11/13
Time: TBD
Location: TBD
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Saturday, 11/14
Time: 9:00-10:00AM
Location: Near Start/Finish Line
Awards
Overall
Top 1 Male & Top 1 Female [Gun Time]
Age Group Double Dipping NOT Allowed!
Age Groups
Top 1 Male & Top 1 Female [Net Time]
10 & Under, 11-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60 & Over
Pick your distance
Running
5K Run/Walk
Fun Run
Race-day daylight
We have no recorded weather for Petersburg yet, but sunrise and sunset follow from the venue and the date.
The sun rises at 6:43 AM and sets at 4:44 PM local time (CST) in Petersburg on November 14, 2026 — 10h 00m of daylight.
Course
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- Petersburg 5K Races 3 races
- Petersburg Running Calendar 2026 3 races
Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.
- Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
- Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
- Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
- Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 3 Petersburg events
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