The Schuylkill Navy Run has been a Boathouse Row tradition since 1899, and it's the oldest continuously run cross-country race in the country. The 127th run is on Thursday, November 26, 2026, starting at 9:00 a.m. from Malta Boat Club on Kelly Drive. Rowers and non-rowers are all welcome.
Entering
Register online at RegattaCentral. The entry fee is $35. Online entries close Sunday, November 22. After that, you can still enter on race morning at Malta for a late fee. Club members register under the rowing club their program is affiliated with.
Race-day registration and packet pickup are at Malta from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Registration closes promptly at 8:30.
The Course
The course is 5 and 5/8 miles over hilly terrain. From the start at Malta Boat Club, runners head outbound on Kelly Drive to Brewery Hill, up and over the Girard Avenue bridge, and onto Lansdowne Avenue. Past the Sweetbriar cutoff the race turns to its true cross-country segment over grass — to Meade Monument, along the fence to the Pagoda gate, through to Belmont Plateau, up the hill to Belmont Mansion, and back by way of Brewery Hill and Kelly Drive to Malta.
Who Can Run
Members of Schuylkill Navy clubs and their affiliates are eligible to compete. Affiliates include Whitemarsh Boat Club, the Sedgeley Club, Philadelphia Adaptive Rowing, Conshohocken Rowing Center, and Philadelphia City Rowing. Friends and family are welcome to run as guests. Guests are eligible for the first-guest prizes but don't count in the team scoring.
Divisions
- Junior — high school students
- Masters — men and women 40 and over
- Open — all other eligible runners
- Guest — friends and family; prizes for the first guest man and woman
- Novice — first-time Turkey Trot runners; you enter novice open, novice masters or novice junior
Prizes
One of the things that makes the Turkey Trot so memorable is the prizes. Each year the committee gathers 60 to 100 prizes from the Philadelphia rowing community, and runners choose in the order they finish.
To donate a prize, choose an amount on the RegattaCentral donation page by Friday, November 20, at 5 p.m., and it will be engraved with your inscription. You can also drop off an item at Fairmount Rowing Association, #2 Boathouse Row, on Wednesday, November 25, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m., or on race morning.
Team trophies are scored by each club's first five men and first three women to finish. Anyone running with the wrong number, or someone else's, is disqualified, and their club is assessed an additional 25 points.
Past Winners
Every winner since C.T. Barrow in 1899, plus the junior, masters, novice and guest winners since 2000 and the team trophies.
