The event administrator has closed online registration for this event.
Same Day Registration Opens 7am 11/23/23.
Gardner City Hall, Perry Auditorium
95 Pleasant St, Gardner, MA
Greater Gardner Turkey Trot
This year marks the 44th running of the Greater Gardner Turkey Trot! This 5 Mile point to point race on Thanksgiving Morning takes you along the beautiful Rt. 68 from Gardner to Baldwinville. This race is a great tradition for many runners, walkers and their families!
ONLINE REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE NOON Nov. 22, 2023, so we can assign bibs!
Bib pick-up location:
@ Gardner City Hall, Perry Auditorium
95 Pleasant St, Gardner, MA:
Early pick-up & In-person Registration:
Wednesday 11/22, between 5:00pm-6:30pm
Race Day Thanksgiving Morning:
Brisk Walkers bib pick-up between 7:00am- 7:45am, Thursday 11/23
Runners bib pick-up between 7:00am-8:00am, Thursday 11/23
WALKERS START 8am
RUNNERS START 8:30am
Table Talk Individual pie as a gift to Reg. runners / walkers at bib pick-up:
(while supplies last)
AWARDS:
FIRST PLACE OVERALL M/F WALKER AWARD
(PIES & MEDALS)
OLDEST 5 MILE G.G.T.T. FINISHER AWARD (WALKER OR RUNNER)
(PIE & MEDAL)
AWARDS TO TOP 3 OVERALL RUNNER MALE & FEMALE
(PIES & MEDALS)
*1st place overall m/f runners also receive a shirt & gift card w/ pie & medal.
RUNNER AGE GROUPS M/F AWARDS - FIRST PLACE MEDALS
(NO DOUBLE DIPPING, IF PLACE M/F AGE GROUP & ALSO IN TOP 5 OVERALL RUNNERS, FIRST PLACE AGE GROUP MEDAL WILL BE AWARDED TO THE NEXT FINISHER IN THE AGE GROUP.)
Course overall Male & Female runner record breaker awards
(Record holder G.G.T.T. plaque & cash award.)
Team Awards:
1st place Runners Team
2nd place Runners Team
1st place All Walkers team.
Teams receive team plaque & Team members individual medals
PLEASE, Register team by Sunday November 19, 2023
(NO NEW TEAMS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER 11/19/2023)
Awards following race outside of the American Legion Hall.
3 Central St, Baldwinville, MA
For those that need a ride back to their car end of the race:
Wilson Bus is shuttling runners / walkers from the Finish line in Baldwinville MA.
back to the start line, Gardner MA. parking lot on Thanksgiving at the end of the race. Schedule found at Greatergardnerturkeytrot.org
Join a Team:Pick from a list of team names on the next page and join your team.
Create a Team:Once you create a team, participants can join your team under the "join a team" option above.
Individual Registration:Register as an individual participant.
I agree that I am a participating in a GHS Cross Country Track Booster Club event The Greater Gardner Turkey Trot & know that running and volunteering in organized group runs, social events and races with this club are potentially hazardous activities which could cause injury, illness from sickness/virus or death. I will not participate by walking or running unless I am medically able and properly trained. My signature certifies that I am medically able to perform all activities associated with the GHS cross country booster club, I am in good health and I am properly trained. I agree to abide by all rules established by the booster club, including the right of any club official to deny or suspend my participation for any reason whatsoever. I assume all risks associated with participation in club activities which may include, but is not limited to, contracting a sickness, injuries, death, accidental physical contact with other members, effects of covid-19 other virus/ illness, weather, e.g., rain, extreme cold, high heat and/or humidity, traffic and other conditions of the road, all such risks being known and appreciated by me. I understand that bicycles, skateboards, roller skates, roller blades, animals (unless service animal) and personal music players are not allowed to be used in the club organized activities and I agree to abide by this rule. Having read this waiver and knowing these facts and in consideration of your accepting my membership Greater Gardner Turkey Trot, I, for myself and anyone entitled to act on my behalf, waive and release the GHS Cross Country Track Club, all club booster members, volunteers, event sponsors, originations, business, schools, their representatives and successors from any and all claims or liabilities of any kind arising out of my participation with the club, including those claims or liabilities arising out of negligence or misconduct by GHS Cross Country Track Booster Club and its aforementioned associates. I grant permission to GHS Cross Country Track Booster Club and its aforementioned associates to use photographs, motion pictures, recordings or any other record that includes my image for any legitimate promotional purposes for the club. SecureFee™ Registration Cancellation Insurance is offered in most states. If purchased, your registration may be covered for one of the covered reasons stated in the policy.
