The 129th annual YMCA Turkey Trot takes place Thursday morning in the City of Buffalo, as this year’s event is sold out with 14,000 trotters ready to take part in a staple of Thanksgiving Day. Read mo

Run Signup, a platform where runners can register and fundraise for races, calls Thanksgiving “the biggest US running day of the year.” More and more people are joining in, it said; 2023 saw the highest number of turkey trotters ever registered on the site, with almost 1 million runners across the country.

Traffic will be restricted on various roads Thursday morning in Buffalo for the 129th Annual YMCA Turkey Trot. The race takes place on Delaware Avenue, which will have “rolling” closures and re-openings during the event,