About the 35th Annual Virginia Run Turkey Trot
This is a Thanksgiving morning race rooted in the Virginia Run neighborhood. The course runs through the surrounding community, and the crowd tends to be heavy on families, dogs in costume, and turkey hats. Options exist for runners and walkers, so the field mixes people treating it as a workout with people treating it as a holiday outing. The race also raises money for addiction treatment scholarships.
Packet pickup runs the evening before at the Virginia Run Community Association on Wetherburn Court, with a short window on race morning as well. Parking is spread across several nearby church lots; the Community Association itself has none. Race morning starts before full daylight, so a headlamp is worth packing if you are crossing the highway nearby.
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35th Annual Virginia Run Turkey Trot 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
766finishers
16:23winner
31:21median
1:02:15cutoff
Top 3: luke pravecek (16:23) · John Introne (16:29) · myles hendler-voss (17:17)
The 35th Annual Virginia Run Turkey Trot is in its 35th year.
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 18, 2026.
Distances & Start Times
5K11/26/2026 08:00$40
3K11/26/2026 08:05$10
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