Hip-Hop Turkey Trot

Hip-Hop Turkey Trot is a Thanksgiving-week event in New York, New York, scheduled for November 26–28, 2026, with the main start at 9:00 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day, November 26. The single format is a 2.5-mile run (about 4 km) held on the streets of the city, following an urban course that passes through several well-known neighborhoods and gives you a taste of the New York atmosphere on the move.

At 2.5 miles, this is a little shorter than a 5K, which makes it an easy race to fold into a holiday trip or a first attempt at an organized run. Any short-distance plan works here: a month of three easy sessions a week for beginners, or six weeks with one weekly set of short intervals if you want to run it hard. City streets mean turns, crowds and stop-and-go rhythm at the start, so line up according to your pace and settle in rather than sprinting off. Late November in New York is cold at 9:00 a.m., so dress in layers and warm up before the gun.