Event Description

Enjoy your feasting GUILT FREE this Thanksgiving. Come join us for the first annual Turkey Trot 5K in Arlington. The course is a mix of trails, roads, and gravel, which will ensure optimal calorie expenditure. That way you can truly enjoy a massive Thanksgiving dinner without the cumbersome guilt that is often associated with stuffing yourself with stuffing.

There will be pumpkin pie prizes for winners in all age brackets, refreshments following the race, race shirts, and music.

Start a new tradition this year. Get the turkey in the oven early, come sweat it out for a 5K, and be enjoy your feasting guilt free for the rest of the day. Aside from that, Grocery Outlet will be open for the morning to provide bathrooms, and any last minute shopping needs.

Event details and schedule

Registration starts at 8:00am in the Arlington Grocery Outlet parking lot. There will a Zumba pre race warm up at 8:30 for the whole family.

Kids age 11 and under with participating adult are invited to run for free. Registration for this running group will be day of race only and there is no shirt for this category of runners.

Race starts at 9:00am,

This course is a 5K out and back starting in Arlington Grocery Outlet Parking lot, the course heads north into Haller Park, through Haller Park to Eagle Trail, through Eagle Trail, then right on Dike road until the turn around spot and water station. From there the course returns back on the same course.