Southbury Turkey Trot 5K

Southbury Turkey Trot 5K is held in South Britain, Connecticut, on November 26, 2026, Thanksgiving morning. Organized by the Southbury Women's Club, the event features a single 5K (3.1 miles) that starts at 8:30 a.m. It is a community holiday run open to runners and walkers alike, the kind of event where neighbors line up together before heading home for the meal.

Don't count on a dead-flat course; pace by effort, and if there are hills, use the descents to recover. For experienced runners this makes a good hard effort in the middle of winter base training rather than a guaranteed PR course. If you are newer to running, six weeks of three easy runs per week, building to 30 minutes without stopping, will let you cover 3.1 miles comfortably. An 8:30 a.m. start in late November calls for gloves and a hat at the line, and a short jog beforehand to get the legs moving.