About the Traverse City Turkey Trot
The race starts and finishes at a high school, and the course runs through Traverse City on pavement that the organizers treat ahead of time when weather allows. Northern Michigan can mean anything this time of year, so expect conditions underfoot to vary. There are a couple of distance options, from a shorter run to a longer one, and dogs are welcome on the course.
Packet pickup runs the evening before at the high school gymnasium, with a second window on race morning for late registrants. If you register close to the race, complete your registration online before you arrive; there are no onsite computers for last-minute pickups.
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Traverse City 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
1,544finishers
17:42winner
43:08median
1:31:40cutoff
Top 3: Robert Lohr (17:42) · Craig Manning (18:06) · Carter Dean (18:13)
5 Miles Results · 2025
187finishers
31:01winner
46:20median
1:18:27cutoff
Top 3: Jacob Dean (31:01) · Eli VanPoortfliet (31:05) · Joshua Lycka (31:12)
The Traverse City Turkey Trot has been held every year since at least 2016. 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 25, 2026.
Distances & Start Times
5K11/26/2026 09:00$35
5 Miles11/26/2026 08:45$40
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