Roxbury Thanksgiving Day Charity Race

Roxbury Thanksgiving Day Charity Race is a 5K (3.1 miles) in Roxbury, Connecticut, on November 26, 2026, starting at 9:00 AM. The scenic course runs through the Northwest Hills of Roxbury and begins near Everett B. Hurlburt Community Park. Proceeds go to the Roxbury Ambulance Association and the Roxbury Scholarship Foundation, and participants receive distinctive wooden medals.

A course in the hills is a different proposition from a flat suburban turkey trot: expect some climbing and descending, and judge your run by effort rather than by the clock. If you want to race it, include a few hilly runs in the weeks before so you are comfortable holding pace on the ups and relaxing on the downs. If you are running for the experience, a couple of months of easy running is enough preparation. The late-November air in the Connecticut hills is cold at 9:00 AM, so warm up properly and dress in layers.