The Coffee Pot Turkey Trot - Presented by North Shore Elementary

The 2020 COFFEE POT TURKEY TROT 5K is a virtual 5K that will continue a beloved Thanksgiving tradition for families, friends, and fitness enthusiasts. Stay safe, support your community, and nurture a growing tradition.

Here’s how it works:

• Register!  All registrants receive a t-shirt, bib, and medal magnet. To receive your shirt prior to the opening of the race window, you must register by November 6th and pick-up your race packet at our drive-through packet pick-up. Participants who register after November 6th will receive their shirts after November 30th and will pay a higher registration fee to cover packet mailing costs. 
• Pick any day between November 19th and November 30th to run or walk. (Thanksgiving morning could be ideal, but you can also do it before or after so that you can spend all day cooking!) This window includes two weekends for your convenience.
• Choose a route from one of our suggested courses, carefully selected to take advantage of sidewalks and interesting sights, or choose one of your own (even on a treadmill!) 
• Choose a timing method, if you want to submit your finish time to our virtual results board. This can be as simple as an old-fashioned stopwatch or as fancy as a Garmin or Apple watch. It’s all for fun, and it’s an honor system!
• Don your bib, and get running - or walking!
• Submit your time to our website, or just note that you completed the 5K if you don’t want to share your time (or don’t report it at all - it’s up to you!)
• Post pictures on Social Media in your Coffee Pot Turkey Trot shirt!

The Coffee Pot Turkey Trot is hosted by the North Shore Elementary PTA to benefit North Shore Elementary, a Title One School in St. Petersburg, Florida. Like most schools in Florida,  North Shore is facing incredible challenges from the Covid pandemic. Race funds are spent exclusively on PTA initiatives like: direct funding to teachers to purchase classroom supplies, the purchase of subscriptions or licenses to help with virtual and in-class learning, and diversity initiatives like the “Let’s Talk About Racism” series. 

The North Shore Elementary PTA believes that every school has the potential for success. Active parents, a supportive community, and engaged students can combine to make any school a warm and stimulating environment in which students are inspired to succeed.