5 5K Series: Turkey Trot - Baltimore

$$5 5K Series: Turkey Trot - Baltimore is part of a low-cost 5K series and takes place in Baltimore, Maryland, on November 14, 2026. One distance is on the card, a 5K (3.1 miles) starting at 9 a.m.

Series races are useful precisely because they repeat: run several over a season and you get a running measure of your fitness on comparable terms, which is worth more than a single result in isolation. Use this one as a benchmark. Warm up for ten to fifteen minutes, go through the first mile a shade under the pace you think you can hold, and see what is left for the final half mile. Newcomers can walk sections without ceremony, and 3.1 miles remains the friendliest distance in the sport for a first bib.