Season Guide · Parades & Turkey Trots
8 events, Nov 26 in Northeast Ohio, including Aurora Turkey Trot 5K & Mashed Potato Mile and Chagrin Falls Booster Club 5K Turkey Trot.
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Aurora Turkey Trot 5K & Mashed Potato Mile
Run the 5K, the Mashed Potato Mile, or both as the Gobble & Go combo, and bring a can for the food drive.
WHO Everyone
WhenThu Nov 26 · Check-in 7:00 AM; 1 Mile 8:00 AM; 5K 8:30 AM
WhereAurora High School (outdoors), 109 W. Pioneer Trail, Aurora
Cost5K $30 entry; 1 Mile $25; combo $40
Chagrin Falls Booster Club 5K Turkey Trot
Grab a shirt as one of the first 1,500 sign-ups for the Booster Club's 19th annual 5K.
WHO Everyone
WhenThu Nov 26 · 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
WhereChagrin Falls High School, 400 E. Washington St, Chagrin Falls
Cost$25 entry
Cleveland Turkey Trot
Forty-five years of Clevelanders running before the bird. Pick the 5-mile, the 5K or the 1-mile walk, earn your second plate, and sign up by Nov 22 to keep a few bucks.
WHO Everyone
WhenThu Nov 26, 2026 · Packet pickup 7:00–9:15 AM; 1-mile fun walk 8:45 AM; 5-mile and 5K 9:30 AM
WhereCleveland Public Auditorium (packet pickup), 500 Lakeside Ave E, Cleveland
Cost$38.10 through Nov 22; $48.70 Nov 23–25; $54.00 Nov 26 (sign-up fee included)
Aurora Turkey Trot 5K & Mashed Potato Mile
Run the 5K, the Mashed Potato Mile, or both as the Gobble & Go combo, and bring a can for the food drive.
WHO Everyone
WhenThu Nov 26 · Check-in 7:00 AM; 1 Mile 8:00 AM; 5K 8:30 AM
WhereAurora High School (outdoors), 109 W. Pioneer Trail, Aurora
Cost5K $30 entry; 1 Mile $25; combo $40
Chagrin Falls Booster Club 5K Turkey Trot
Grab a shirt as one of the first 1,500 sign-ups for the Booster Club's 19th annual 5K.
WHO Everyone
WhenThu Nov 26 · 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
WhereChagrin Falls High School, 400 E. Washington St, Chagrin Falls
Cost$25 entry
Cleveland Turkey Trot
Forty-five years of Clevelanders running before the bird. Pick the 5-mile, the 5K or the 1-mile walk, earn your second plate, and sign up by Nov 22 to keep a few bucks.
WHO Everyone
WhenThu Nov 26, 2026 · Packet pickup 7:00–9:15 AM; 1-mile fun walk 8:45 AM; 5-mile and 5K 9:30 AM
WhereCleveland Public Auditorium (packet pickup), 500 Lakeside Ave E, Cleveland
Cost$38.10 through Nov 22; $48.70 Nov 23–25; $54.00 Nov 26 (sign-up fee included)
Green Family YMCA Turkey Trot
Choose the 5K run/walk or the 1-mile fun run and start Thanksgiving morning with the Akron Area YMCA.
WHO Everyone
WhenThu Nov 26 · 7:30 AM – 11:00 AM
WhereGreen Memorial Stadium, 1711 Steese Rd, Green
Cost5K $30–$35 entry; 1 Mile $15–$20
Hudson Turkey Trot 4-Miler
Be part of the first Hudson Turkey Trot: a brand-new 4-miler plus the Wobble 'till You Gobble fun run.
WHO Everyone
WhenThu Nov 26 · Fun Run 8:30 AM; 4-Miler 9:00 AM
WhereStart: 83 N. Oviatt St, Hudson
Cost4-Miler $50 entry; Fun Run $15
Karen P Nakon Turkey Dash
Join 1,500-plus runners and walkers on a 5K that finishes with pumpkin pie, coffee and hot chocolate.
WHO Everyone
WhenThu Nov 26 · 5K 9:00 AM
WhereAvon High School, 37545 Detroit Rd, Avon
Cost5K $35 entry; 12 & under $25
Kent Turkey Trot
Register ahead, because there's no race-day sign-up and last year's field sold out; little ones get a fun run under 800 meters.
WHO Family
WhenThu Nov 26 · Fun Run 9:00 AM; 5K 9:15 AM; awards 10:15 AM
WhereStart: 467 Middlebury Rd, Kent
Cost5K $40 entry; Fun Run $15
Penton Memorial 10K Cross Country Turkey Trot
Elyria’s Penton Memorial 10K Cross Country Turkey Trot goes off Thanksgiving morning on the XC course.
WHO Everyone
WhenThu Nov 26, 2026 · 8:30 a.m. (10K XC; 2-mile fun run also listed)
WhereLorain County Community College Cross Country Course, 1005 N. Abbe Road, Elyria (Lorain)
Cost$15 (10K)
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