The Turkey Trot is a popular foot race held by A Change of Pace that starts and ends at Civic Center Park in Davis on the Saturday prior to Thanksgiving. Around 4,500 people participate in either a 5K Run/Walk, 10K Run, 5K Baby Jogger Run/Walk, Kids 1/4 Mile or 1/2 Mile Fun Run. The Turkey Trot is a huge family event that offers a sports expo. with food sampling and apparel for sale, a prize raffle, and a giant kid's area that including inflatable slides, arts and crafts and face painting. Another popular Davis race is the Davis Stampede.
The first Davis Turkey Trot was held in 1987, and at the time was the largest inaugural running event in the country with about 1,400 participants.
The Turkey Trot raises money for local organizations, with recent beneficiaries including the Food Bank of Yolo County, Children's Miracle Network (UC Davis Children's Hospital), UC Davis Men's Rowing and UC Davis Women's Lacrosse.
Current Course Records:
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10K Men: Patrick Parsel, 30:27 (2008)
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10K Women: Catherine DuBay, 36:04 (2000)
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5K Men: Jonathan Peterson, 14:37, (2008)
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5K Women: Lorin Scott, 16:45 (2008)
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5K Baby Jogger Men: M. Woodward, 18:10 (2003)
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5K Baby Jogger Women: Nancy Rashid, 20:00 (2006)
The last race was held on Saturday, November 22, 2008. News updates and results from past years are posted on their ![[WWW]](http://wikispot.org/wiki/eggheadbeta/img/sycamore-www.png){kind=small}
website.
Media Coverage
Other information on running and fun runs can be found at Places to Walk or Run.
