TURKEY TREK (13.1, 10k, 5k & 2k)

This is not your run of the mill 'Turkey Trot.'  This is the Turkey TREK!  Are you up for the challenge?  Run a steady uphill climb to the summit of the course at the 3 mile mark.  Poised at the top of the hill is the infamous EGG NOG CHUG Challenge where racers (have the option) to chug 5 oz of eggnog.  (Those who 'chug' are entered to win a new pair of shoes!) It's windy and wild at the top and the limitless views are UNMATCHED.  Run the ridge for a mile before starting the more gradual, yet still winding, descent down the east side of the mesa.  Once down the hill, racers encounter a relatively flat straight-away peppered with HAY BALES for the hay bale hop challenge.  Continuing the clock-wise loop back into the park, runners find the final challenge - just one kilometer from the finish: Fill Your Pie Hole Challenge.  A fresh portion of holiday pumpkin pie awaits racers there.  Once the pie is 'down the hatch', the joy of the finish line isn't far away.  Is this a course on which to set a personal record?  Hah!  This is the course to BRAG about completing - with ALL of its holiday-themed challenges.  Are you ready to conquer it?

We know that some of you require a bit more training before attempting the 10k loop.  5k and 2k distances are also offered, with a small 'taste' of the full course of challenges! 

For those of you who eat hills for breakfast and wash them down with egg nog on the daily, a bigger challenge is offered at the 2025 event.  New this year, the HALF TURKEY!!  The HALF TURKEY visits all the challenges offered to the 10k Trek runners, and adds some mileage to get you to the 13.1 mile distance.  HALF TURKEY finishers receive a MUG at the finish line to commemorate their accomplishments!

RACE LOCATION:   

LONG LAKE REGIONAL PARK, ARVADA.  CLICK HERE for DRIVING DIRECTIONS.

All participants in 2025 receive a performance blend, heavy weight, brown hooded sweatshirt (adult unisex sizing).

Half Marathon Finishers receive a finishers' mug!

DATE: Nov 19, 2026 
TIME: 4pm-7pm

LOCATION: Road Runner Sports Westminster

ADDRESS: 10442 Town Center Dr Ste 300, Westminster, CO 80021

APPU FAQs:

Yes, you can pick up for a friend or send someone to pick up for you!
Yes, we will accept walk up registrations during advanced packet pick up.
Yes, you can pick up your packet during advanced packet pick up even if you just signed up

Bring your bib and ID to Colorado Tap House after the race! They open at 8:30AM.

Your race bib gets you a BOGO (Buy One Get One) deal on any beverage item (discount applied to the lesser value item) at the Colorado tap House.

14982 WEST 69TH AVENUE, ARVADA, CO, 80007

SPONSOR BENEFITS

Raise Brand Awareness
Community relations
High Visibility
Demonstration/Display opportunities
Product sampling/sale opportunities 
Partner with a charity that reflects your organization’s values
Give back to the community
Employee participation and team building

PRE-EVENT CONTACT

We would love to work with you to feature your product or business with our racers.  There are many ways to be involved and gain exposure, from hosting a packet pick up location or after party, sponsoring a water station (at select events), adding a goody or coupon to the goody bag, providing an in-kind donation/sample for the racers on the course or at the finish line, or setting up a booth on race-day at the expo. 

We can feature your business on the event webpage, racer emails or social media!  All sponsorship payments must be received before your business is included in any kind of mention or posting.

Please contact our sponsorship team before the race with any questions:

AJ Benefield / AJ@3WRaces.com

TENT/TABLE:  You will be given approximately 12'x12' of space.  Tents and tables are NOT included, however, some of you have already arranged for table/tent rental from 3W Races.  In that case, your tent and or table will be set for you at your designated space.

Generally, tent rental is $95 and tables are $20 each to rent for the event.  3W will bring the tent/table, set it up at your designated location and tear it down at the end of the event.  If you are interested in this arrangement, please coordinate with us at least one week in advance.

Goody Bag Stuffer

If you have arranged to place something into the Goody Bag, please make sure your 'stuffer' reaches us by the deadline so our volunteers and staff can get it into each racer's goody bag!  Items received after the deadline will not be in the goody bag.

STUFFER DEADLINE:

November 14, 2025 by 4:00 PM

STUFFER QUANTITY:

In 2025 we will pack 600 goody bags.

STUFFER SHIP LOCATION:

Mail to: 7960 Hollywood St, Commerce City, CO 80022
(If you would rather drop off in person than mail/ship your items, please email us in advance to make arrangements.)

Racer Information

Generally, 500-600 participants register for this event.  450-550 participants FINISH the 5k and 10k distances (not including the 2k Fun Run).

16%    18 and Under
14%    19-29
22%    30's
23%    40's
16%    50-64
9%      65+

40%     Male
60%     Female

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Race Day: Location - CLICK HERE

TIME:  7:00-7:30 AM Vendor Set Up (exact booth space is first come, first served), Race starts at 8:30am AM, 11:30AM is Tear Down. The finish line officially closes when the last runner crosses. 

SURFACE: Vendors, you will set up on the packed gravel parking lot; plan accordingly.  Tent weights are recommended and it does get windy out here.  REALLY windy.  Staking is not allowed.

Please check in at the 3W Races tent on race day regarding the specific location of your booth space! 

Race Director Direct Number: Alyssa: 720-771-4076

HALF TURKEY Course Map - Click Here

10K Turkey TREK Course Map -Click Here

5K Turkey TROT Course Map- Click Here

2k Turkey TODDLE Course Map - Click Here

Location: Long Lake Ranch Regional Park: 17850 W 64th Ave, Arvada Colorado (CLICK HERE for DRIVING DIRECTIONS)

Port-O-Lets: There are no toilets on the short distance courses but plenty at the expo.  Half marathon runners will see portos at approximately 6.2 and 10.3 miles.

Course Surface: 1.5 miles total of the 13.1 and 10k are on crushed gravel and the remainder is on concrete.  These concrete and gravel trails are at least 8 feet wide.  5k Course is all concrete.  2k course is all concrete.

Free GPS Tracking: Friends near and far can send FREE cheers and track your progress when you use the RaceJoy App - INCLUDED with your registration! (5k and 10k only)

Water: The 10k sees 1 water station at the Egg Nog Challenge. There are no water station on the 5k or 2k course.  HALF TURKEY participants will see water 5 times near mile markers 3, 5, 7, 9.5 and 11.5.  There is electrolyte drink (Gatorade Lime) at the final 4 stations.  

Course Cut Off: Runners must be off the course by 11:40 AM.  There is no early start option for this event.  All runners must start at their scheduled start times.

Dogs, Strollers, Skateboards: Your well behaved, leashed dogs and well-behaved children in strollers are welcome on this course.  Slower runners should always stay to the right, faster runners should pass on the left.  If you ride your skateboard during the event, we will cheer for you, but also disqualify you.  The same is true should you decide to ride down a hill INSIDE your stroller.

Snow: We will run, even in snow.  Plan accordingly.  Wear layers, bring dry shoes for after the race, run more carefully on slippery surfaces....If the Parks Department restricts use of the park or the Police Department restricts use of roadways for commuting to the event because of some "snowpocalypse", then watch here for updates and check your email.

Start/Finish Description:   Here is how to find the start of the 10k and 2k distances:  (Of course, they are marked on race day!)
At the most southern part of the parking lot in this park, you'll see a passageway in the fence.  It is very narrow - the width of one person.  When you walk through the fence, you'll see the 8 foot wide concrete path on which we run this course.  Turn to the east (take a left after entering through the narrow passage.  Walk east until you see what looks like a wooden 'gate' embedded into the fencing on the north side of the trail.  This isn't more than 30-50 feet from the initial passageway. The gate isn't actually a working gate, it is just a wooden component of the fence. That wooden gate is the FINISH line for all events except the 5k.

5k Runners - New in 2026 - 5k Runners will start at the north end of the expo near the turf soccer fields.  They will run a PURE out and back course to the north and east, returning exactly to where they started.  5k is the ONLY distance that will finish at the northern arch/mats.  All other distances will finish on the south side of the expo on the trail system, just as we've done for the past 15 years.

10k Runners, from the gate, continue walking EAST for 13 concrete 'seams'  Count the seam at the gate as 0 and then count 13 more seams. At the 13th seam, you've found your START line for the 10k.  Start at that line and run WEST, in a clockwise route.  You'll pass the finish line about 100 feet into your run and you'll cross over the start location again about 100 feet from your finish.  That little 100 foot section is the only 'cross over' of your course. 

HALF TURKEYS - start from the EXPO and run up and out the soccer fields, connecting with the end of the 10k course.  You'll loop through the 10k start line and the finish line (approx .4 mile in to your race) and then continue along the 10k route until the back side of the hill around mile 5 where you'll turn east (left) and run under Virgil Way on the Ralston Creek Trail along the golf course.  Run east to about mile 8.3 where you'll turn around and come back west on the same route.  When you run back under Virgil Way and connect with the 10k course, you'll be at about mile 11.5.  Finish the race by running through, up, around the hay bale challenge and the fill your pie hole station on your way to the finish line where your commemorative mug will be waiting!

DIRECTIONS:

17850 W 64th Avenue, Arvada, Colorado is the approximate address. 

 From Boulder and points north, take Hwy 93 SOUTH to Arvada’s 64th Pkwy.  Pay attention to the signs that say “Arvada”!  The turn will be before North Table Mountain and there will be a large (3 Story), beige colored water tank in the northeast corner of the intersection.  Turn left onto 64th Pkwy and travel 1 mile to the driveway entrance of the Long Lake Ranch Regional Park on your right.  While you are traveling for that mile, you will pass the North Area Athletic Complex and, an additional entrance to Long Lake Ranch Park which is gated on your right, a Dog Park and a Disc Golf Course on your left.  

After entering the park complex, travel about 4/10 mile west and then turn left (south) into the parking lots for the event.  Parking is ample in these lots.  The expo and course access point is at the far south end of the parking area.

 From Golden and points south, take Hwy 93 NORTH to Arvada’s 64th Pkwy.  Turn right onto 64th Pkwy and travel 1 mile to the driveway entrance of the Long Lake Ranch Regional Park on your right.  While you are traveling for that mile, you will pass the North Area Athletic Complex and, an additional entrance to Long Lake Ranch Park which is gated on your right, a Dog Park and a Disc Golf Course on your left.

After entering the park complex, travel about 4/10 mile west and then turn left (south) into the parking lots for the event.  Parking is ample in these lots.  The expo and course access point is at the far south end of the parking area.

Join a team and save $5! Teams of 5 or more get $5 off their registration - see our FAQ page for details on how it works! 

 Be a part of our community-based race as we partner with the Community Table to restock their cupboards before a busy holiday season.
Their current need is:
-FOOD: Canned fruit, Peanut butter
-PERSONAL CARE ITEMS (shampoo/conditioners, razors, deodorant, toothpaste, soaps, etc.)
-RTD bus cards/tokens/tickets

8:00 AM Expo Open, Walk Up Registration and Late Packet Pick Up

8:30 AM 5k Turkey Trot Start (North Start Line)

8:40 AM HALF TURKEY Start (North Start Line)

9:00 AM 10k Turkey Trek Start (South Start Line)

9:10 AM 2k Turkey Toddle Start (South Start Line)

9:15 AM 5k Awards

10:10 AM 10k Awards and HALF TURKEY Overall Awards

10:55 AM HALF TURKEY Age Group Awards

11:40 AM FINISH LINE (COURSE) CLOSES

We’re excited to announce that we’ve partnered with Sneakers4Funds to provide you with a socially responsible way to donate your gently worn, used or new sneakers and running shoes to a good cause we support! The sneakers will help benefit Growing Home as well as give a hand up, not a handout, to micro-enterprises in 25 developing countries. The athletic shoes will be kept out of landfills where they can take decades to fully decompose. Visit Sneakers4Funds to learn more!

It's super simple! All you need to do is bring your lightly worn athletic shoes and sneakers to the race (either race day or at packet pick up). We collect them and mail them and a donation is made to Growing Home! 

Please donate only gently worn, used, and new athletic shoes.  These sneakers, trainers, and other athletic shoes will be worn again by people in developing nations, so please make sure there are no holes or soles falling off and that they are in wearable condition.  Dress shoes, sandals, brown shoes, flip flops, cleats, etc. and other shoes that are NOT athletic shoes will NOT be accepted. 

Please tie your shoes together or put a rubber band around the pair! 

2023 Turkey Trek Hat Choices                                                        2023 Shirts will vary in color and material

VIRTUAL related questions/answers are below:

See the Race Website for the most recent information regarding this event and health protocols.

WHEN should I run this?
You can run this ANYTIME you desire!  Many participants will be running on the originally scheduled date/weekend, November 21, but that’s the benefit of a virtual event.  Only the RACE is virtual – the RUN is REAL, WHENEVER you choose to do it.  Want to run now?  That’s fine! Need to wait? That's fine, too.

WHERE should I run this?
That is 100% your choice.  You can run outside anywhere you'd like or take your miles to the treadmill!  If you choose to run outdoors, please take every precaution ordered in your area. 

How do I report my TIME?
Virtual results submission links for each distance will be active Nov 21 through the end of the month.  Use THIS LINK.

Are TIMES verified?
No.  For the virtual event, times reported are on the ‘honor system’. 

WILL RESULTS be posted?
You bet! As more and more people submit their time, preliminary results will be on the RESULTS page of the website. Virtual results sets are separate from in-person results.

Will participants be rewarded based on PERFORMANCE?
No, because participants are running in different locations, times, etc. we will not award anything based on performance.  

HOW will I get my SWAG?

You are welcome to join us at Packet Pick Up in advance of the event!  If you don't pick up your swag in person, It will be sent through USPS on Monday, November 23.  If your address associated with this race is outdated, EMAIL US IMMEDIATELY, info@10kTurkeyTrek.com We also recommend you update your profile too, but this will only affect FUTURE registrations. Go to RunSignUp.com Click on "Profile" where you may then edit your personal details.   If your address is not in RunSignUp, you may add it now.

Egg Nog Chug - brought to you by Road Runner Sports (10k & Half)

Hay Bale Hop- brought to you by Murdoch's Ranch and Home Supply (5k, 10k & Half)

Fill Your Pie Hole! (EVERYONE!)