Turkey Trot 5K

The Troy Turkey Trot 5K is a Thanksgiving Day road race in Troy, New York, with roots going back to 1916. Only six runners entered the first edition, giving the modern event a small-starts, long-history feel rather than a typical holiday fun-run origin story. Its biggest claim is age: the Troy Turkey Trot is listed as the 12th oldest road race in the United States and the 64th oldest in the world. The source gives little course detail, but the race’s identity is clear: a Thanksgiving morning run in Troy built around one of the country’s longest-running road-race traditions.