Park Glen Turkey Trot 5 K & 2 K

Park Glen Turkey Trot 5 K & 2 K is held in Fort Worth, Texas, on Thanksgiving morning, November 26, 2026. Two formats are offered: a 2K (about 1.2 miles) that starts at 7:30 AM, followed by a 5K (3.1 miles) at 8:00 AM. The early start times leave plenty of room to get home before the holiday meal, and the short 2K distance makes it easy for kids or walkers to join the runners in the family.

As a road 5K, this is a good target for a first timed race or for a quick end-of-year effort. You do not need a long buildup: four to six weeks of easy running with one slightly faster session per week is enough to arrive fresh. If you want to race it, run a few short intervals in the weeks before to get used to 5K pace, and warm up for ten minutes before the 8:00 start. The 2K is best treated as a fun run rather than a race.