Dartmouth Health Fisher Cats Thanksgiving 5k

Dartmouth Health Fisher Cats Thanksgiving 5k is held in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Thanksgiving Day, November 26, 2026. The event is a single 5K (3.1 miles), and it is organized by Millennium Running, whose site hosts the race details. No start time is listed yet, so check the organizer's page as race day approaches.

A 5K on Thanksgiving morning is a good goal for almost any runner. If you have been building fitness through the fall, use it as a PR attempt: keep your easy mileage in place, add one weekly session of short, fast repeats, and take the final few days lightly so you arrive fresh. If you are just getting started, six weeks of three short run-walk sessions per week will get you comfortably to the finish. Check the organizer's site for the confirmed start time, and plan to arrive early enough for bib pickup, a bathroom stop and a 10-minute warm-up jog with a few strides before you line up.