About the Turkey Tracks Thanksgiving Day 5K
The course runs at Grain Valley High School, which also hosts a shorter kids run on the track after the main race finishes. The event raises money for the school's cross country team, so there is a local, homegrown feeling to the whole morning. Age group and overall awards are part of the program.
Packet pickup is held the afternoon before at the high school, and race-morning pickup is available but limited. Picking up early is the safer move if you have preferences about what you registered for. Packets are not mailed and are not available after the race.
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Turkey Tracks Thanksgiving Day 5K 2025 Results
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 Results · 2025
469finishers
16:10winner
33:48median
1:09:17cutoff
Top 3: Chael Lichte (16:10) · Landon Blew (16:36) · Jacob Meyers (17:03)
The Turkey Tracks Thanksgiving Day 5K 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 Nov 12, 2026.
Distances & Start Times
5K11/26/2026 09:00$38
400m11/26/2026 10:00$12
5K11/26/2026 09:00$38
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