Pensacola Beach Turkey Trot
Pensacola Beach, FL
- 5K, Kids Run
- Road (Paved)
- Official race website
Hosted along one of the world’s most beautiful beaches, the Pensacola Beach Turkey Trot is an annual 5k event held on Thanksgiving Day. Proceeds from this run benefit brain cancer research and the Preston Robert Tisch Tumor Center at Duke University. Annually, the Turkey Trot welcomes more than 1,000 participants from … MORE
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LEG DAY (downtown not the beach race)
This festive race started and ended at Seville Square in the historical district of downtown Pensacola. The proceeds of the race went to a local food pantry. You had to … MORE
This festive race started and ended at Seville Square in the historical district of downtown Pensacola. The proceeds of the race went to a local food pantry. You had to bring 3 nonperishable food items to packet pick up if you wanted to get a race shirt. The theme on shirt was “LEG DAY” since it was a turkey trot. If I had to guess I’d say there were greater than 500 running and walking. There were 1st, 2nd and 3rd place prizes handed out to the best costumes. I saw everything from pilgrims and turkeys to a guy with a cardboard table cut out over his head w table cloth covering and all the fixings secured on top. His head served as the centerpiece with a turkey hat on it. Needless to say that he won first place for best costume. It was a very creative costume and he no doubt was in it to win. There were a few water stops along the way but no post race food served so not to spoil our feasting ahead. My sister Michelle and niece Sarah joined me for a family session and then hit the trails later for a tradional Thanksgiving trail just before stuffing this turkey. 😆