About the 2026 Turkey Trot 5K
The course heads down Tompkins Street, winds through the college campus, and comes back. It is a point-to-point-and-return shape through a mix of city streets and campus grounds, so you get a sense of the neighborhood before turning around.
The race starts outside the Cortland YMCA. Packet pickup is available the evening before the race at the YMCA, with morning pickup opening well before the gun. Parking at the YMCA is tight, but street parking nearby fills in the gap.
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