Turkey Trot
About this race
Join the Artesia Cross Country Team for our Thanksgiving Turkey Trot! 🦃🏃♀️
Start your Thanksgiving morning with a little movement and a lot of heart! The cost to participate is one pack of socks, donated to Packs of Love. Bring your socks on race day and help us make a difference in our community while kicking off Thanksgiving with gratitude, fitness, and Bulldog spirit!
Run with purpose. Give with heart.
Pick your distance
Running
5K
Race times are recorded for the top 3 male and top 3 female finishers of the 5k. A photo of the top 3 will be taken and a prize for the 1st place male and female will be given.
1 Mile
Turkey Trot
5K Run
Fun Run (Not Timed)
2026Turkey Trot 6 mile Run
RACE START 830 AM BY THE HORSE SHOE PITS ACROSS FROM THE SENIOR CITIZENS HALL. GET THERE EARLY TO GUARANTEE PARKING IN THE NEARBY LOTS
2 mile Fun Run Walk
RACE DAY 8:45 START. Carnelian and Elk drive MUSIC AND CAMARADERIE AT THE RACE VENUE!
Kids Diestlehorst Dash
GOBBLE GOBBLE THE KIDS RACE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE CITY OF REDDING!
Turkey Trot 5K
29th Annual Turkey Trot - 4 Mile Run
Keep the Defiance, Ohio Thanksgiving tradition alive and run 4 miles on Thanksgiving morning! T-Shirts for all pre-registered participants. Registration closes November 19th at 11:59 pm!
VIRTUAL OPTION - 29th Annual Turkey Trot
This virtual option allows you to join in on the fun whether you are near or far!! Keep the Defiance, Ohio Thanksgiving Day tradition alive and run 4 miles or create a route for a fun walk! T-Shirts for all pre-registered participants. Registration closes November 19th at 11:59 pm!
5k Run
1 mile fun run
Turkey Trot 5K Walk/Run
Turkey Trot 2026
Fun Run: run, walk, strollers welcome, no pets
5K Fun Run/Walk
2026 Turkey Trot Virtual
2027 Turkey Trot
Pie Eating Contest!
5K
Shirts will be guaranteed to the first 150 participants. Shirt size selection not guaranteed after for participants that register after November 6th.
5K Student Rate
Shirts will be guaranteed to the first 150 participants. Shirt size selection not guaranteed after for participants that register after November 6th.
Turkey Trot- One Mile Fun Run
No shirts will be given for this race.
Turkey Trot 5K
Fee is a pack of socks to be donated to Packs of Love
Walking
29th Annual Turkey Trot - Fun Walk
Keep the Defiance, Ohio Thanksgiving tradition alive and join in on the fun walk on Thanksgiving morning! T-Shirts for all pre-registered participants. Registration closes November 19th at 11:59 pm!
1 Mile Fun Trot
Race-day daylight
We have no recorded weather for Artesia yet, but sunrise and sunset follow from the venue and the date.
The sun rises at 6:38 AM and sets at 4:51 PM local time (MST) in Artesia on November 26, 2026 — 10h 13m of daylight.
Course
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