Cocoa Beach Turkey Trot 5k

A Cocoa Beach road race for runners and walkers through residential Cocoa Isles. Get your Thanksgiving off to a healthy start and create a great holiday tradition with family and friends!  Free fun runs for the Little Gobblers.

NO RACE DAY REGISTRATION!  YOU MUST PREREGISTER OR SIGN UP AT PACKET PICKUP AT COCOA BEACH RECREATION CENTER.  In person and online registration closes Wednesday, November 25, at 6 PM.

Unisex or Ladies’ short-sleeve shirt.  Shirts are distributed at packet pickup on a first come/first served basis.  

Finisher medals for all 5k finishers.

Dozens of fabulous and festive door prizes.

Post race refreshments.

Race starts and ends at the Bailiwick Mall, just north of Minutemen Causeway on Brevard Ave. in Cocoa Beach on Thanksgiving, November 26.

6:30 - 7:45 am   Packet Pickup (NO RACE DAY REGISTRATION)

8:00 am    5k Run/Walk

9:30 am    Little Gobbler Fun Run (Free)

All 5k finishers receive a finisher medal.  

Awards in addition to medals to: 1st, 2nd, 3rd overall male and female, master male and female, grand master male and female, senior grand master male and female.

No age group or team awards.

You may register as a Turkey Team or individual.  A Turkey Team must consist of 2 to 6 participants.

The Turkey Team must carry (no wheeled apparatus) a 12 lb. turkey over the course (supplied on race day). The turkey must stay with the team and THE TEAM MUST STAY TOGETHER THROUGHOUT THE 5K AND FINISH TOGETHER.  Teams must pre-register by Sunday, November 22.

Teams for which the members do not stay together during the race based on finishing times will be eliminated and the participants scored as individuals only.

Sunday, November 22 from Noon to 4:00 pm at Cocoa Beach Recreation Center, 321 Ramp Road, Cocoa Beach

Tuesday, November 24 from 2:00 to 7:00 pm at Cocoa Beach Recreation Center, 321 Ramp Road, Cocoa Beach 

Wednesday, November 25 from 2:00 to 6:00 pm at Cocoa Beach Recreation Center, 321 Ramp Road, Cocoa Beach

Race day at the Bailiwick Mall, 20 N. Brevard Avenue, from 6:30 to 7:45 am

NO RACE DAY REGISTRATION!  PACKET PICKUP ONLY ON RACE DAY!

If you cannot attend one of the packet pickup opportunities prior to race day, consider paying an extra $10 at checkout to have your race shirt and number mailed to you in advance.  This option is available until November 16.

Parking available 2 blocks west of the start at the Lutheran Church of the Resurrection on Minutemen Causeway, 2 blocks southeast of the start at Cocoa Beach Community Church, on numbered streets north and south of Minutemen, and area lots. No parking on Brevard Avenue between Minutemen and 2nd Street North.

Cocoa Beach Parking Garage is open for a fee, as well as beach end parking lots (fee also without parking permit).

Share the spirit of Thanksgiving and bring a non-perishable food item or toiletry to packet pickup or race day to help the needy in our community. Donations will be delivered to the food pantry at Lutheran Church of the Resurrection on Minutemen Causeway.

Race hotline 321-288-5388 
Email race director at TurkeyTrot5k@cfl.rr.com
Race website, www.cocoabeachturkeytrot.com