About the Delaware Turkey Trot
The course starts and finishes on East Winter Street behind the county library, threading through downtown past a theater and local restaurants before turning onto Sandusky Street. The real standout is a pedestrian bridge crossing above a highway, which breaks up the route and opens up briefly before the final stretch back to the start.
The race runs on Thanksgiving morning, and portions of the road stay open to traffic with cones dividing runners from cars, so staying in the marked lane matters. All proceeds go to an autism advocacy organization, which draws a lot of families out on the holiday.
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Delaware Turkey Trot 2025 Results
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 Results · 2025
1,194finishers
14:15winner
33:45median
1:06:52cutoff
Top 3: Zach Kreft (14:15) · Cooper Citro (15:11) · Nicholas Ponzi (15:40)
1.5 Miles Results · 2025
201finishers
8:04winner
25:37median
41:52cutoff
Top 3: Jack Stechschulte (8:04) · Sydney Williams (8:10) · Grace Brumfield (8:45)
The Delaware Turkey Trot has been held every year since at least 2020. 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 Oct 18, 2026.
Distances & Start Times
3.1 Miles11/26/2026 08:30$45
1.5 Miles11/26/2026 08:40$45
0.5 Miles11/26/2026 08:15$17
3.1 Miles11/26/2026 00:00$45
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