Father Joe's Villages Thanksgiving Day 5K Turkey Trot 2026 — Balboa Park

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The alarm goes off at 6 AM on Thanksgiving and your entire family groans. Three hours later everyone is wearing a turkey hat, your cousin PR'd without telling anyone she was trying, and you've already earned the pie.

Father Joe's Villages Turkey Trot sends thousands of runners through Balboa Park every Thanksgiving morning. It starts at 7:15 AM — early enough that you're home before the oven timer goes off — and what comes after the finish line is almost better than the run: a post-race festival with awards, a costume contest where the turkey suits get genuinely competitive, live music, and a beer garden that opens at 9 AM because it's a holiday and nobody is judging.

Every registration helps Father Joe's Villages serve over a million meals to San Diegans experiencing homelessness. The run is a party. The reason for the run is not.

Thursday, November 27, 2026. 7:15 AM. Balboa Park, 1549 El Prado, San Diego 92101. Register at my.neighbor.org.