2026 Thanksgiving Trail Trot

The Thanksgiving Trail Trot is a short Thanksgiving running event in Sheffield, Illinois, covering 3.2 km and starting at 353 S Church Street. It shares similarities with larger holiday races in Chicago and Cincinnati, offering multiple distances and separate children's races. The Sheffield course detail is straightforward: it begins on Church Street and is short enough for casual runners. For comparison, Cincinnati’s W&S Thanksgiving Day Race, with over 114 years of history, includes a 10K, a 5K run/walk, and a quarter-mile kids run. Chicago’s Turkey Trot Chicago also follows this Thanksgiving tradition with various distances and a kids run.