The Long Beach Turkey Trot is moving. The City Council's 21st annual race on Sunday, November 22, 2026, starts and finishes at a new spot, on the boardwalk at Riverside Boulevard, and the City of Long Beach has published a new 10K course that runs the boardwalk west, cuts over to Broadway, and comes back along the ocean.

The new course

According to the city, the 10K (6.2 miles) runs like this:

  • Start on the boardwalk at Riverside Boulevard and head west to New York Avenue.
  • Leave the boardwalk for Broadway and run east, with traffic, to Neptune Boulevard.
  • Return to the boardwalk at Neptune and head west to Washington Boulevard.
  • Turn at Washington and run east along the boardwalk to the finish at Riverside.

The race's registration page describes the course as accurately measured, flat and fast. Strollers are not allowed on the course, and the race goes on rain or shine.

The schedule

  • 7 to 8 a.m.: day-of registration and T-shirt pickup under the tent on Riverside Boulevard. For GPS, the city lists 1 Riverside Blvd., Long Beach.
  • 8:30 a.m.: the one-mile children's race, for kids 14 and under. Every child who runs it gets an award.
  • 9 a.m.: the 10K.

Fees and awards

With processing fees included, the 10K costs $38.98 through the early-bird cutoff at 3 p.m. on Thursday, November 19, and $49.33 after that. The one-mile kids' race is $23.45. Fees are not refundable. Runners who register by November 1 get a personalized bib.

In the 10K, awards go to the top overall man and woman, the top wheelchair finisher, and the top four men and women in each age group from 14 and under through 80 and over. In the one-mile race, the top three boys and girls in the 10-and-under and 11-to-14 groups are recognized. T-shirts come in adult small through extra large and kids' small through large, while sizes last.

Bring a can

Organizers ask every participant to bring a nonperishable food item, which will go to neighbors in need.

How to sign up

Register online through the race's Elite Feats page, or download a paper entry form from the City of Long Beach Turkey Trot page. Bibs and shirts are picked up race morning on Riverside Boulevard at the boardwalk. Questions go to Long Beach City Hall at 516-431-1000.

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