About the 30A 10K Thanksgiving Day Races
The course runs along Highway 30A, which gets closed to traffic for the morning, so you have the road to yourself. It rolls through the Rosemary Beach area out toward Watersound and back, with the start and finish at Barrett Square. The surroundings are coastal and flat, and the Thanksgiving morning timing means the air is usually cool enough to run comfortably.
Packet pickup is the evening before at The Big Chill in Watersound, and there is no race-morning option, so plan accordingly. Parking along 30A is limited given the road closure, so arriving early or finding a spot away from the course is worth thinking about. The post-race party at Barrett Square includes breakfast and a mimosa and Bloody Mary bar.
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Finish-Time Stats
Going by the 2025 results, this is a big field, and the spread of finish times is wide, so this is a mostly recreational race rather than one for club runners.
5K · 2025 results
1,432finishers
15:02winner
33:10median
1:07:39cutoff
Top 3: Joseph Niemiec (15:02) · Max Sauers (16:23) · Jack Linehan (16:52)
10K · 2025 results
967finishers
33:05winner
58:53median
1:53:57cutoff
Top 3: Paul Gutmann (33:05) · Jack Gray (33:20) · Julius McManus (33:22)
The 30A 10K Thanksgiving Day Races has been held every year since at least 2024. That is as far back as RunSignup's records for this race go, so it may well be older.
How we calculate these stats: RunSesh calculates these figures from the most recent published results of past editions, sourced from RunSignup. We show aggregates only: field size, winning and median times, and the cutoff. We never publish individual finisher tables. Last updated Jul 27, 2026.
Distances & Start Times
10K11/26/2026 07:30$75
5K11/26/2026 09:30$75
1 Mile11/26/2026 07:35$30
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