Jersey City's Turkey Day 5K & 1 Mile Fun Run

Jersey City's Turkey Day 5K & 1 Mile Fun Run takes place in Jersey City, New Jersey, on Thanksgiving morning, November 26, 2026. The 1 Mile Fun Run goes off first at 9:00 a.m., followed by the Turkey Trot 5K (3.1 miles) at 10:00 a.m. Organized by Winning Events Group, the event includes professional timing, age-group awards and music along the course, plus giveaways, a finish area with refreshments and a professional photographer to capture the morning.

The later 10:00 a.m. start for the 5K is convenient if you want a proper breakfast and an unhurried warm-up, and it makes the event easy to combine with the 1 mile for kids or relatives. If you are racing the 5K, keep your regular easy mileage in the weeks before and add one weekly session of short intervals at goal pace, then take the final days easy. If this is your first race, three runs a week for six weeks, with walk breaks as needed, is plenty. Bring a layer for the wait at the start, since late-November mornings on the Hudson can be brisk.