REGISTRATION:
Online registration until midnight, November 23, or in person on race day from 08:30-09:30 A.M.
No mail-ins.
CLICK HERE TO CHECK YOUR REGISTRATION.
Registration fees:
| Age on race day |
Online |
In-person raceday* |
| 12 or under |
$5 |
$10 |
| 13-21 |
$15 |
$20 |
| 22 and over |
$20 |
$25 |
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*Cash/check only
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T-SHIRT: Optional, $10. Order online to be sure your size is available. A limited number will be available for purchase on race day, but we usually sell out by 09:30.
PACKET PICKUP: Cora Kelly from 6-8 pm on Wednesday the 25th, starting at 8:30 am at Cora Kelly on Thanksgiving morning.
COURSE: Flat, fast, USATF-certified 5 MIile course, starts and ends at Cora Kelly Rec Center. Conducted by the DC Road Runners Club. (Course map)
FOOD DONATION: Please support ALIVE!, a nonprofit organization serving Alexandria’s needy, by bringing two nonperishable food items (cans, boxes) on race day. You may also make an optional cash donation when you register..
MINORS: Need signed parental consent form, available here and on race day.
TIMING: For the first time in race history, the Alexandria Turkey Trot will be chip timed using a Chronotrack timing system. Please familiarize yourself with this system and how the timing tag should be attached to your shoe by visiting the Chronotrack website.
AWARDS: $1000 split by 1st, 2nd, 3rd place overall M+F, plus 1st place M+F masters.
Other valuable prizes to 1st, 2nd, 3rd place age group winners.
$100 bonus for new course record!
Award winners are determined from GUN TIME only. If you plan on being competitive, you should make your way to the front of the pack for the start.
COURSE RECORD: (M) Gurmessa Kumsa 23:39 (2006); (F) Hirut Mandefro, 27:20 (2008).
DIRECTIONS:
From DC: I-395 south to Rt 1 south (opposite Pentagon). Go 2 miles to Potomac Yard shopping center, right on Reed Ave, 0.3 miles to Cora Kelly.
From Springfield: I-395 to Glebe Rd/Rt 120 east. Quick right onto W. Glebe Rd (just past Slavins Fish Market). After Alexandria VW, left on Commonwealth Ave., one block to Cora Kelly.
Google Maps Directions.
VOLUNTEER! Can't run? Please email us at AlexTurkeyTrot.Volunteer@gmail.com.
MORE INFO: For FAQs and contact information, click here.
SPONSORS:
Brought to you by DC Road Runners and the Del Ray Business Association.
Additional sponsorship by dozens of local merchants and civic-minded individuals.
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