Get Ready to Run, Gobble, and Give Back!
Join us Thanksgiving morning for the 50th Annual Y Doug Opel’s Run for the Kids — a festive tradition that brings families, friends, and flocks of all kinds together for a morning of movement, memories, and meaningful giving.
Round up your crew and hit the starting line! Whether you're a family of five or a group of coworkers in matching turkey hats, we've got two special awards waiting for you:
Why We Run: Every registration helps sponsor a local at-risk child at the Sheboygan County YMCA. Lace up for a cause and make a difference in a kid's life.
Race Details:
Chip-timed for 1 hour and 15 minutes after the start
Choose your race swag! Options include:
Show Us Your Flock!
Snap those Turkey Trot pics and tag us on social using:
#SheboyganYMCA #YDougOpelsRunforKids #ThanksgivingDay2026
Packet Pick-Up:
Sheboygan YMCA
812 Broughton Drive, Sheboygan, WI 53081
Let’s start Thanksgiving Day on the right foot—see you at the start line!
Nov 26, 2026
Distance — 3.2K
Type — Running
00:00
$20.00
Nov 26, 2026
Distance — 10K
Type — Running
09:30
$0.00
Nov 26, 2026
Distance — 10K
Type — Running
09:30
$20.00
Nov 26, 2026
Distance — 2 Miles
Type — Running
09:30
$0.00
Nov 26, 2026
Distance — 2 Miles
Type — Running
09:30
$20.00
Nov 26, 2026
Distance — 2 Miles
Type — Running
09:30
$20.00
Nov 26, 2026
Distance — 2 Miles
Type — Running
09:30
$0.00
These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for November in Sheboygan.
Learn more about the host city, Sheboygan.
Sheboygan, the largest city in Sheboygan county at just over 50,000 residents, lies on the shores of Lake Michigan about 60 miles north of Milwaukee, in east-central Wisconsin. Formerly a busy trading and fishing port, Sheboygan grew through shipping and industry, and was a major center of German immigration to the area. While shipping on the Great Lakes has seen a major decline and the commercial fisheries has declined to 4 commercial fishing companies operating out of Sheboygan. Sheboygan remains a prospering industrial town, and continues its immigrant heritage to this day, with vibrant Hispanic and Hmong communities adding their influences to the cultural landscape. The "spirit on the lake" is the municipal jingle. The translation of the Native American name -she wa bo going means "water rushing underground" and is thought to refer to a rushing noise present at the North Point rock outcroppings. is also becoming a tourist destination thanks to several farsighted development initiatives, particularly along the scenic riverfront and lakefront.
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Watch highlights and course previews from previous years.
Official finishing times from previous editions of Doug Opel's Run for the Kids.
| Place | Name | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | Terry Renzelmann | — | |
| 🥈 | Terra Nicklas | — | |
| 🥉 | Jerremiah Kilbourn | — | |
| 4 | Zachary Schlieder | — | |
| 5 | Robert Hanlon | — | |
| 6 | Ian Opel | — | |
| 7 | Jay Eissner | — | |
| 8 | Jordan Eissner | — | |
| 9 | Julie Ristow | — | |
| 10 | Ryan Opel | — | |
| 11 | Anna Goethe | — | |
| 12 | Randy Ristow | — | |
| 13 | Teresa Goethe | — | |
| 14 | Suzan Hamdan | — | |
| 15 | Ken Borowski | — | |
| 16 | Ashley Nolte | — | |
| 17 | Dawn Opel | — | |
| 18 | Gail Ostermann | — | |
| 19 | Bob Braun | — | |
| 20 | Roy Pirrung | — | |
| 21 | Maggie Braun | — |
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