Thankful Turkey 5K, 10K & Half Marathon
About this race
Continue your favorite Thanksgiving tradition with the Virtual Thankful Turkey 5K, 10K & Half Marathon for free!
Run the 5K, 10K or a half marathon and submit your results by November 30th. Here are the rules...Run it on your own, on a course of your choosing or on a treadmill, and report your time to be added to the virtual leaderboard.
Or take on the Thankful Turkey 50-mile Challenge. You do not need to run all the miles at once. Run it when you want, run it where you want, run on a treadmill; any miles count! Our results system lets you add up your miles until you reach the 50 Thankful Miles.
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Pick your distance
Running
5K
10K
Half Marathon
50 Mile Challenge
Typical race-day weather
Based on 4 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Lake Zurich, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:25 AM and sets at 4:46 PM local time (CST) in Lake Zurich on November 1, 2026 — 10h 20m of daylight.
Course
No course map published yet.
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Results — Thankful Turkey 5K, 10K & Half Marathon
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🏃 Plan Your Next Race in Lake Zurich
Find upcoming events by distance:
- Lake Zurich 5K Races 17 races
- 10K Run Events in Lake Zurich 6 races
- Lake Zurich Half Marathons 6 races
- Lake Zurich Running Calendar 2026 17 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, 18 Lake Zurich events
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