🦃🍂 LACE UP, GOBBLE UP & GIVE BACK! 🍂🦃
Get ready for a day full of FUN, FAMILY, FOOD & TURKEY TROTTIN’!
Join New Salem Children’s Center for our Inaugural Turkey Trot 5K & Fun Run! Bring the whole family! Dress up in your favorite Thanksgiving or turkey-themed costume, hit the course, enjoy local food vendors, snap some memories at our photo booth, and cheer on our runners as they compete for awesome prizes! 🏃♀️🏃♂️🦃
BONUS: All Early Bird Registrations Include a T-Shirt! Register by 9/30 to guarantee your T-Shirt.
But this event is about more than just running, it’s about bringing our community together and supporting our children! Our goal is to raise funds to replace the ground covering on our playground, creating a safer and better space for the children of New Salem Children’s Center to play, explore, and make memories.
Come run. Come have fun. Come support our kids. Come be part of something special!
We can’t wait to see you at the Turkey Trot! 🍁🏃♀️🦃
Friday, 11/13
Time: TBD
Location: TBD
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Saturday, 11/14
Time: 9:00-10:00AM
Location: Near Start/Finish Line
Overall
Top 1 Male & Top 1 Female [Gun Time]
Age Group Double Dipping NOT Allowed!
Age Groups
Top 1 Male & Top 1 Female [Net Time]
10 & Under, 11-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60 & Over
Nov 14, 2026
Distance — 1K
Type — Running
10:00
$15.00
Nov 14, 2026
Distance — 5K
Type — Running
11:00
$25.00
These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for November in Petersburg.
Learn more about the host city, Petersburg.
Petersburg is a city in and the county seat of Menard County, Illinois, United States, on the bluffs and part of the floodplain overlooking the Sangamon River. It is part of the Springfield, Illinois metropolitan area. The population was 2,258 at the 2020 census, nearly unchanged from 2010. Petersburg is located approximately 2 miles (3 km) north of New Salem, the original location where Abraham Lincoln first settled, as he started his career.
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