Start your Thanksgiving with a 5K! The 5K begins and finishes at Walsh Intermediate School. The course is flat & fast traveling through Branford’s scenic Route 146 and Pine Orchard Golf Course.
The event features pre- and post-race party! Before you begin your Thanksgiving Day meal, enjoy kids activities, music, chowder and more.
Kids Race: 9am, 5K: 9:10am, NEW 2 Mile Walk: 9:12am
The event benefits the Branford Rotary Club and the Soundview Family YMCA.
Nov 26, 2026
Distance — 0.5 Miles
Type — Running
09:00
$10.00
Nov 26, 2026
Distance — 5K
Type — Running
09:10
$31.00
Nov 26, 2026
Distance — 2 Miles
Type — Running
09:12
$29.00
These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for November in Branford.
Learn more about the host city, Branford.
Branford is a city of 28,000 people (2014) in the Greater New Haven region of Connecticut. Branford has six historic districts that are listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places (NRHp). These include buildings in Federal, Arts and Crafts, and Queen Anne styles of architecture. Five NRHP-listed districts are Branford Center Historic District, Branford Point Historic District, Canoe Brook Historic District, Route 146 Historic District, and Stony Creek-Thimble Islands Historic District.
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