Run-Your-Turkey-Off Trot

Run-Your-Turkey-Off Trot is run in Naches, Washington, on Saturday, November 28, 2026, with a single 2-mile event starting at 10:00 a.m. Two miles is an unusual and welcoming race distance: long enough to feel like a real effort, short enough that anyone who walks regularly can complete it without training for it.

Naches lies in the Yakima valley in central Washington, where late November brings cold, dry air and the chance of ice on the roadside, so choose shoes with some grip and add a layer for the start. If you race it, two miles is essentially a sustained hard effort with no time to settle in, so warm up for a good fifteen minutes and start just below the pace you think you can hold. If you are walking it with family, the distance takes well under an hour at an easy pace.