Race to Remember - Turkey Trot WV Alzheimers Assn

Sunday, November 16, 2025 1:00 PM (GMT-5) - Sunday, November 16, 2025 4:00 PM (GMT-5)

Event info
Sport: Running
Location: Elkins, WV, United States
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Registrations: 22
Registration closes: Sunday, November 16, 2025 12:45 PM (GMT-5)
Organized by: Lisa Weese @ Mountaineer Running Company
Event website: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61573441961706
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MOUNTAINEER RUNNING COMPANY is honored to direct Race to Remember Turkey Trot for WV Alzheimers Association!  Per WV Governor Morrisey's health initiative, we will also be offering a 1 mile "Mountaineer Mile" walk.   This is a flat road course that provides awareness and raises funds for Alzheimers in WV, offers some awesome swag, and will have lots of family and holiday fun!  A virtual option is available, so that you can participate even if you can't make it to the race! 

 

1:00 PM Day of Registrations accepted and check in for pre-registered participants opens - come early and check out the WV Alzheimers Association and the fun activities they will have available for you and your family!

2:15 PM All Registrations and check ins close

2:30 PM Race begins

3:45 PM Award Ceremony   

 

The Race will begin at Holiday Inn Express in Elkins, WV.  This will be a 5K road course through parts of Elkins and Riverbend Park.  A course map will be provided as race day approaches.  Water and post-race snacks will be provided (think pumpkin pie!).  There will be restrooms available and plenty of parking.  No animals are permitted, but strollers for children 5 and younger are allowed for the Mountaineer Mile. 

 

Options include 

WALKING Mountaineer Mile (one mile)

RUNNING Turkey Trot (5K)

 

AGE LIMITS: 

5K RUN:  Age limit for 5K Run is 6 years old and up.  Participants aged 6-13 must have a registered adult participant with them on the course.  

Mountaineer Mile Walk(one mile) 6 years old and up.  Under age 14 with registered accompanying adult only. 

All participants under the age of 18 must have their parents or legal guardians grant permission below.

 

AWARDS INCLUDE: 

Overall Runner Male 5K 

Overall Runner Female 5K

Age Group Awards 5K Run (M/F): 6-10/11-13/14-17/18-29/30-39/40-49/50-59/60-69/70-79/80+

Overall Mountaineer Mile Walk Male

Overall Mountaineer Mile Walk Female

In order to spread the love around, there will be no duplication of awards.  Thus, Overall Winners will not be counted in their Age Group Awards.

 

We will also have prizes for:

Longest Turkey Trot - the participant who travels from the farthest distance to join us on Race Day

Lil Turkey Award - Youngest Participant

Old Tom Turkey Award - Oldest Participant 

Biggest Turkey Award - best costume for the Turkey Trot - come dressed to enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday, or to support Alzheimers awareness, or both! 

 

Mountaineer Mile participants will not be eligible for age group awards, but they will receive commemorative souvenirs for completing a Mountaineer Mile and be guaranteed tshirts if registered on or before Saturday, November 8, 2025.   

 

Everyone who registers for the 5K Turkey Trot on or before before November 8, 2025, will be guaranteed a tshirt and finisher medal. Those who register on or after November 9, 2025, are not guaranteed a tshirt or medal, but we will do our best to make that happen on race day. You may upgrade your tshirt to a long sleeve performance tshirt for an extra fee of $10 during online registration. 

 

The first 50 people who pre-register online will receive a swag bag from Mountaineer Running Company filled with things to make your run more enjoyable - you won't want to miss out on it! 

 

All Virtual Participantsregistered on or before Saturday, November 8, 2025, will receive a tshirt and finisher medal in the US Mail after providing their virtual times to the Race Director.  Virtual participants are not eligible for awards. An extra fee is calculated to cover shipping as part of registration for virtual participants.   

 

There will be a Post-Race Raffle of various runner and holiday related items to be given away prior to the Awards.

 

This Race to Remember 5K Turkey Trot and Mountaineer Mile Walk is being held to raise funds for and awareness of Alzheimers disease in WV.  Various sponsors and information stations will be available before, during, and after the Race.  

 

Payments may appear on your card to Elite Events.  No refunds or registration transfers are allowed for this event. There is a price increase effective on October 24th and again on Race Day - so sign up early! 

 

MOUNTAINEER RUNNING COMPANY is honored to direct the Race to Remember Turkey Trot for WV Alzheimers Association!

 

 

 

 
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I know that running and walking in a race are potentially hazardous activities.  I will not enter and run or walk unless I am medically able and properly trained.  I agree to abide by all decisions of the Race Director or other race official relative to my ability to safely complete this Race. I assume all risk associated with running or walking in this event including, but not limited to, falls, contact with other participants, the effects of the weather, including high heat and/or humidity and cold temperatures and the physical changes such weather related effects may have on my body, traffic, and the conditions of the road, all of such risk being known and appreciated by me.  Having read this waiver and knowing these facts and in consideration of Mountaineer Running Company and WV Alzheimers Association accepting my entry, I, for myself and anyone entitled to act on my behalf, waive and release Mountaineer Running Company and WV Alzheimers Association, their officers, employees, volunteers, and agents, all sponsors, their representatives and successors, the Race Director, all other race officials, and all employees and/or volunteers of the Race Director working during the Race, from all claims or liabilities of any kind arising out of negligence or carelessness on the part of the persons named in this waiver.  I grant permission to all the foregoing to use any photographs, video, recordings, or any record of me in this event for any legitimate purpose. If I am under the age of 18, my parent or legal guardian is signing this waiver on my behalf. I acknowledge that if I do not pick up my shirt and/or finisher medal and other race materials at or before the event, then I will not receive them - they will be deemed unclaimed and forfeited as of the start of the Race and will not be held nor mailed to me. 
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