Thu, Nov 26, 2026
Lake Jackson, TX
This Thanksgiving morning race benefits the local intermediate school band program, which gives it a specific hometown purpose. The course offers both a shorter and a longer distance option, so people can choose based on where they are in their training. The setting is Lake Jackson, and the crowd tends to reflect a holiday morning out with neighbors.
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Going by the 2025 results, this is a decent-sized 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
Top 3: Brayden Smith (16:27) · Valentino Beacom-Casas (16:32) · Charlie Patton (17:05)
10K · 2025 results
Top 3: Lucio Cruz Jr (38:27) · Robert Wood (38:34) · Art Sherry (38:45)
The 14th Annual Lake Jackson Turkey Trot is in its 14th year.
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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 Jul 27, 2026.
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Almost certainly not. Half the 5K field finished slower than 36:03, and the last recorded finisher came in around 1:07:12, so there is a long tail of runners behind the middle of the pack. Most fields are far slower than people expect.
A field of 585 is big enough that you will have company at your pace without feeling lost in a crowd. 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.
The 5K winner ran 16:27 while the median finisher took 36:03. That spread points to a broad, mostly recreational field rather than a race dominated by club runners.
