WILDWOOD 5K and 10K Turkey Trot
About this race
Welcome to the TROTTINATOR! A premier Turkey Trot in Wildwood Missouri! Brought to you by Rockinator Racing.
Starting at 8:30am, the Trottinator is a fun family friendly 5k and 10k Thanksgiving morning event!
Run walk or jog starting from racers village at the Farmers market down the pedestrian pathway to beautiful Wildwood Park and back across the Wildwood Sky bridge for a perfect pre turkey 5k! OR take the turn around in Racers village for the 10k!
Free 1/4 mile kids dash with "Trottinator" Metal finisher award and all kids get a cool race number to wear on race day! Get them signed up and chase that Turkey down!
FINISHERS MEDAL INCLUDED! Plus Custom Turkey Trottinator Medal pins and awards to top 3 in Age Groups! (1-13, 14-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70+) Trottinator T-SHIRT INCLUDED as well as a Rockinator Racing Neck Buff INCLUDED!
For registering, you not only get an awesome 5 or 10K Run on beautiful paved Wildwood Greenway, you get a Wildwood Turkey "Trottinator" Finishers Medal, The world famous TROTTINATOR soft spun finishers T-Shirt, Racers Village Donuts, A Trottinator neck buff, Race Snacks, Soda Drinks, Stacked Water Cups at the aid stations, Sports Drink, post race Beer, Professional Chip Timing, Aid stations at mile 2 and 4, Music pumping at racer village, Awards Ceremony, Free Race Tracking, and Free downloadable Pics, Whew! Cheer on your friends and family! A great way to start your Thanksgiving festivities!
Please consider donating to The Rockwoods School District Cross Country program. 100% of proceeds go to help keep kids in shoes, jackets, tarps, drinks, and general program support. If you know someone on the XC or Track Teams you can donate in their name and they will receive an email knowing you are thinking of and supporting them!
Packet pick up at Wildwood Pub Tuesday Nov-25th from 3-7 pm and race morning from 7 to 8:10 am.
We also provide Free course tracking! Your friends and family can follow you (and you can follow others) on the course in real time. See the Race Joy app information at the bottom of the page to get started!
The National Anthem goes off at 8:26, then a quick warm up, and off you go at 8:30.
Its gonna be a great day! get signed up, tell your friends to join you and lets gooo!!
Pick your distance
Running
5k
1 Lap, Depart racers village and run/walk along the marked course across the Pedestrian Sky Bridge through Wildwood Park and the Water/Aid station, and back to racers village.
10k
2 Laps, Depart Racers village and run/walk along the well marked course across the Greenway Sky Bridge through Wildwood Park and the Water/Aid station, and back to racers village to wave at your friends, then turn around and take another lap! Splits are recorded.
Typical race-day weather
Based on 3 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Grover, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:56 AM and sets at 4:43 PM local time (CST) in Grover on November 26, 2026 — 9h 46m of daylight.
Course
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Results — WILDWOOD 5K and 10K Turkey Trot
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- Grover Running Calendar 2026 2 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, 2 Grover events
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