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Thursday, November 26th, 2026
1220 Fairview Avenue, Bowling Green KY
5K
36–53°F · some rain risk
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On this date: rain 3 of the last 10 years
2025
38–57°F
dry
2024
35–49°F
dry
2023
33–50°F
rain
2022
35–60°F
rain
2021
25–39°F
dry
2020
44–56°F
dry
2019
44–59°F
rain
2018
30–52°F
dry
2017
34–55°F
dry
2016
37–48°F
dry
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About this race
The 40th annual family event includes a 3K Walk (7:30 am start) and 5K Run (8:00 am start) with Thanksgiving themed door prizes and awards, and it is the sole fundraiser for the Bowling Green Running Club's High School Athletics Program.
Any high schools in the following counties are eligible to apply for financial assistance through the Bowling Green Running Club:
Allen, Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Logan, Metcalfe, Ohio, Simpson, and Warren.
BGRC hopes to aid programs that don't have enough funds to adequately outfit their Track / Cross Country clubs with items such as uniforms and equipment needs. The BGRC officers and board members will review all applications and award as many as possible with the available funds generated from the annual Great Turkey 5K.
Due to participant volume and separate start / finish locations, the 5K event is a gun start / chip finish event. It is strongly recommended that 5K participants pick up their bib chip during the early packet pickup to avoid long lines the morning of the event.
ONLY Registered Runners and Walkers allowed on the course.
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