Wed, Nov 25, 2026

City of Hinesville Day Before Thanksgiving Turkey Trot 5K

Hinesville, GA

Opens Oct 1, 2026Annual since at least 2025

About the City of Hinesville Day Before Thanksgiving Turkey Trot 5K

The course runs through downtown Hinesville, so you get streets rather than trails, with the energy of the city center around you. It is a Thanksgiving-eve race, which means most of the people out there are treating it as a warmup for the holiday rather than a hard effort.

After finishing, the race moves into a park in the heart of downtown, where there is live music and the general atmosphere of a city celebration getting started for the long weekend.

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Finish-Time Stats

Going by the 2025 results, this is a small, friendly 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

137finishers

19:32winner

46:12median

1:24:24cutoff

Top 3: Rusty Higgason (19:32) · Travis McLemore (21:45) · Lewis Turner (22:56)

The City of Hinesville Day Before Thanksgiving Turkey Trot 5K has been held every year since at least 2025. That is as far back as RunSignup's records for this race go, so it may well be older.

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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 Sep 22, 2026.

Distances & Start Times

5K11/25/2026 16:00Free

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Common Questions About the City of Hinesville Day Before Thanksgiving Turkey Trot 5K

Will I finish last at the City of Hinesville Day Before Thanksgiving Turkey Trot 5K?

Almost certainly not. Half the 5K field finished slower than 46:12, and the last recorded finisher came in around 1:24:24, so there is a long tail of runners behind the middle of the pack. Most fields are far slower than people expect.

Is the City of Hinesville Day Before Thanksgiving Turkey Trot 5K a good first 5K?

It is a small race (137 finishers), which is friendlier and less intimidating than a big-city event, though the field thins out. There is no qualifying time, and the finish-time spread above shows how varied the field really is. If it is your first 5K, that spread matters more than the winner's time.

How competitive is the City of Hinesville Day Before Thanksgiving Turkey Trot 5K?

The 5K winner ran 19:32 while the median finisher took 46:12. That spread points to a broad, mostly recreational field rather than a race dominated by club runners.