For the early risers, this annual race is a chance to work off the feast before it even happens. This Thanksgiving-morning race offers an 8K run, 5K run/walk, one-mile Fun Run, and the opportunity for pavement-pounders ages six and under to blow off a little steam—a 50-yard Tot Trot.

The Market Common, 1150 Farrow Parkway, Myrtle Beach. Thursday, start times, 8:30-10:15 a.m. $20-$38. (843) 712-2618, www.mbturkeytrot.com