Bradford Park Turkey Trot

Bradford Park Turkey Trot takes place in Harrisburg, North Carolina, on November 7, 2026, with the 5K starting at 9:00 a.m. It is a one-distance morning over 3.1 miles at Bradford Park, the kind of local road race that works as an anchor for a fall of running rather than the end of a long training block.

If this is your first race, the preparation is manageable: run three or four times a week for a month, keep most of it easy, and add one weekly session of short faster segments so the pace on race day feels familiar. For runners already fit, a 9:00 a.m. 5K is an efficient hard effort — 20 minutes of racing, a full warm-up beforehand, and an easy jog after to flush the legs before the rest of the day.