Over the Hill Track Club Thanksgiving Turkey Trot
About this race
The Over the Hill Track Club Turkey Trot 5K run/walk returns for 2025! Register and donate here, or at the event on race day.
Come on out and start your Thanksgiving right! Run before your feast! Work off that Turkey dinner before you eat.
When: Thursday, November 27, 2025 (Thanksgiving Day). Registration: 7:30 am, come early. Race start: 8:30 am.
Where: Cerro Coso College Gym Parking Lot, 3000 S College Heights Blvd., Ridgecrest, CA
No fee; $5 Donations Suggested. All proceeds to benefit Burroughs (Ridgecrest) High School Boys and Girls Cross Country Programs.
The traditional turkey-themed awards will be awarded to the top male and female Runners! New this year, the first 50 finishers will receive medals! As usual, there will be raffle items donated by local merchants.
New this year! A kids' 400 meter fun run will be offered before the main race.
Water will be available at the finish, along with possibly some donated snacks.
Pick your distance
Running
5K Run/Walk
400m Kids' Fun Run
Race-day daylight
We have no recorded weather for Ridgecrest yet, but sunrise and sunset follow from the venue and the date.
The sun rises at 6:37 AM and sets at 4:38 PM local time (PST) in Ridgecrest on November 26, 2026 — 10h 01m of daylight.
Course
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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, 1 Ridgecrest event
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