Join us and millions of Americans on the most popular running and walking day of the year! Gather your friends and family for the holiday and run, walk, jog, or hobble on an iconic course through downtown Anchorage. With a 5K or a 3K, we have a distance for everyone. Stick around as we give age class winner a fresh pie, then head off to your Thanksgiving dinner!
Food Bank
The Food Bank of Alaska is hosting their annual Thanksgiving blessing food distribution ahead of the holiday this year. They served 12,000 Alaskan Families in Anchorage and the Mat-Su in 2024, roughly 1500 more families than 2023. Additionally, the costs for the event have increased a staggering 35%. In total, this two-day food distribution event cost almost half a million dollars. Ultimately donations have dropped and the food need is up, so we, along with our partner organizations, are struggling to meet the need.
While every additional donation through the Turkey Trot registration page goes directly to the Food Bank of Alaska, if you would like to donate directly to them or find other ways to support this critical organization, visit www.foodbankofalaska.org. Thank you for for support!
Food Drive
We’ll be taking non-perishable food donations at either Skinny Raven from November 1st through November 26th. Bring in a donation and be entered to win a pair of super grippy Icebug studded footwear. Look for the red barrels and ask a staff member for a ticket. We’ll have extra capacity at the bib pickups to receive your goods right at the bib pickup tables! For a list of the most needed items click here.
2025 goal: $15000 and 1000 pounds of food!
We have some great gifts for reaching fund raising goals!
Individual Goal: Raise $500 or more and be entered into a drawing for a pair of Skinny Raven shoes!
Team Goal: Raise $2,000 or more and be entered into a drawing for one of two team dinners (up to $150) for the Bear/Moose’s Tooth!
Thankful for Icebugs!
The snow and ice has descended and we are excited to announce that Icebug is joining us again as our official Turkey Trot winter shoe partner. Running, walking, snowblowing, or shoveling, Icebug has the trusted sure-footed grip to keep you upright and moving safely this winter.
Event Swag
A long sleeve tech shirt is included in your registration. If you still want to join us for the fun but your t-shirt drawer is full, you can opt out of the shirt and we'll donate the value of the shirt to the Food Bank of Alaska for you! (2024 shirt is pictured, stay tuned for 2025 swag!)
Event Partners
Registration
2025 Registration is OPEN! Special friends and family deals available when you register together!
There will be limited race day bib pickup only. It will be for those that absolutely cannot make a pre-event bib pickup.
We are adding a 3rd pre-event bib pickup to the schedule to better accommodate your schedules. Come visit us early!
Virtual Participants can request your packet be mailed when you register. Shipping is included in your registration.
WE ARE BACK DOWNTOWN!!! The famous indoor finish line is back. Stay toasty warm inside the Dena'ina Center before and after your Trot. The start line will be at 8th Ave. and G St by the ConocoPhillips building. The finish will be inside the Dena'ina Center from G St. and 8th Ave.. The pies are still on for age class awards and we know it will be a great way to celebrate the holiday with your family and friends.
Our in-person event will be staged from the Dena’ina Civic & Convention Center in Downtown Anchorage. LOCATION
Awards will start at 11:15 a.m.
The top 3 overall in each gender will in the 5K win a prize. Turkey Trot age class winners and the top 3 10 and under in the Mini Turkey will win a pie. Check your time on the awards kiosk after you run and maybe you will save yourself some baking! Awards will be as efficient and short as possible, we know everyone has other obligations on Thanksgiving Day.
1-15, 16-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70-79, 80+ for both men and women. The top 3 in each gender under 10 in the Mini Turkey will also win a pie. There aren’t age class awards for the Mini Turkey.
Open at 9:00 A.M., it will close promptly at 10:15 A.M.
If you wish, you can leave a warm coat at the finish of the race while you participate. Look for the big “Bag Drop” flag in the Dena’ina Center when you arrive. Simply pick it up after you finish.
Downtown Parking Garages and Streets
This is a large event and we will close the roads of the race course at 9 A.M. There is plenty of parking in the downtown parking garages and on the downtown streets. There is NO parking along 9th and 10th Avenue against the Park Strip. We ask you to respect the no parking signs along the course route. Please help us be good neighbors to the residences south of 10th Avenue and not over run their parking. It’s their Thanksgiving Day too. Parking Garages are indicated on the course map.
For participant safety, and to comply with our insurance, no pets, bicycles, or rollerblades are allowed in the race. Participants with baby joggers or strollers are asked to start in the back of the field and to be courteous to your fellow participants.
Participant Caps Due to the parking available we are limiting this years Turkey Trot to 2000 in-person registrants. This ensures we don’t have a problem with overloading our parking area. Thank you for your understanding as we navigate exactly what the capacity of our venue is.
You can complete your event and post your result any time on November 27, 2025. But you must post your result on the 28th! You can indicate you completed the evnet without posting a time.
Log into your RunSignup profile to view your bib number and/or download your personalized virtual bib. You will also receive a real, paper bib with your packet. Bibs will be assigned on when we ship packets and then automatically when a participant registers.
Complete your distance! You can run and walk your favorite route on the trails, in your neighborhood, at the gym, or under the stars.
Post your finish. You can do this from the manual results upload at this link. You can manually enter your time, or by uploading a .TIF or .GPX file from a fitness tracker or GPS device. (Using the manual, you can indicate that you finished, but choose not to input your time)
Or you can use the RaceJoy app to track your 5K. This fun app allows you to:
Automatically track your progress and distance on any course you choose.
Automatically post your results to the online event results
Allow your family and friends to track your progress and send you cheers.
Hear GPS progress alerts and pre-set cheers as you complete along your route
Download your finisher certificate on personal your results page.
Join us for packet pickup Or select a shipping method and your bib and shirt packet will be mailed to you. You can select or change a shipping method after the fact by managing your registration prior to November 21, 2025.
We will begin mailing packets to virtual participants who request it the week before Thanksgiving.
Here are your 3 packing picking options:
1. Come to a packet pickup listed above to get your packet: FREE
2. Have your bib, shirt, shipped within the State of Alaska shipped: FREE
3. Have bib, shirt, shipped OUT of the state of Alaska to the lower 48 states or Hawaii, $5:00
Participants must abide by the Center for Disease Control (CDC)’s recommendations for the prevention of the spread of COVID-19 here: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prepare/prevention.html. Participants must also follow local, state and federal regulations regarding preventing the spread of COVID-19 for their region.
Participant must abide by all pedestrian safety ordinances including running on a sidewalk where available and not in the road. If there is no sidewalk or multi-use trail available participants must run against oncoming traffic and not with traffic.
