17th Annual Butterball 5K

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17th Annual Butterball 5K runsignup.com
Date 26 Nov, 2026
Races 1 distance
Entry fee $30.00
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17th Annual Butterball 5K

About the event

This event is a 5K Run/Walk on Thanksgiving morning while the turkey is cooking!

On-site registration ($35 race day), race check-in and packet pickup - 7:30 a.m. - 8:25 a.m.  Race begins at 8:30 a.m.

For more information visit www.theforumfitness.com.

Awards:

Top 3 overall, male and female in 5K
Top 3 in each age group, male and female in 5K
Overall winners not eligible for age group awards

Over $500.00 in prizes!

5K Age Groups:

14 & under, 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, & 70 plus

All proceeds to benefit Prevent Child Abuse Rowan & The Terrie Hess House.  Feel free to make a donation even if you cannot participate or a donation exceeding the amount of the registration fee. 

Race participants receive a t-shirt!

Course Description -  Take a right out of the Forum.  Travel up South Main Street then right on Airport Rd.  Take a right on Airport Loop Road then another right onto Red Acres Road.  Finally, take a left back onto South Main Street traveling north ending at the Forum.

Timing and race results will be done by Salisbury Rowan Runners.

Races offered

26Nov

Butterball 5K Run / Walk

Running

Distance
5K
Start time
08:30
Entry fee
$30.00

Weather history

3-year monthly averages for November in Salisbury.

Temperature6.3° / 17.1°
Feels like2.9° / 14.2°
Sunshine hours8h 16m
Rainfall1.5 mm
Snowfall—
Wind10.0 km/h (Light breeze)
Humidity64.0%
Max UV indexLow (2.0)
Sweat lossLow
Course conditionsFirm and slightly soft
Sunrise07:58
Sunset18:15

About Salisbury

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Salisbury is a city in the Piedmont region of North Carolina. This town stemming back to the mid-18th century along Native American trade routes and transitioning through Revolutionary and Civil War and agricultural, industrial, and post-industrial times has a downtown quarter numbered with boutique shops and a popular transportation museum nearby.

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