Cambridge Thanksgiving Turkey Trot 5K

Cambridge Thanksgiving Turkey Trot 5K is held in Cambridge, New York, on Thanksgiving Day, November 26, 2026. It is a single-distance event: a 5K (3.1 miles) starting at 8:30 a.m. The format is the familiar small-town holiday run, short enough to fit before the day's cooking and gatherings and open to anyone who wants to start Thanksgiving on their feet.

If this is your first 5K, six weeks of three sessions a week, beginning with run-walk intervals and working up to 30 minutes of continuous running, is all the preparation you need. If you run year-round, use the race as a late-fall benchmark: warm up for ten minutes, hold a steady pace through the first mile, and push the final stretch. Upstate New York in late November means a cold start, so bring gloves and a hat and wear layers you can remove once you are moving. A walk is perfectly acceptable if you are joining with family members who do not run.