
Schuylkill Navy Run is a running race on November 26, 2026 in Philadelphia, PA, with an entry fee of $35.
From the Organizer
All race details can be found HERE
The race starts at 9:00 am.
Eligibility Rules
Any and all members of Schuylkill Navy clubs and its affiliates are eligible to compete. Affiliates include Whitemarsh Boat Club, Sedgeley Club, Philadelphia Adaptive Rowing, Conshohocken Rowing Center, and Philadelphia City Rowing.
Friends and family who do not meet the above requirements may run as guests. First guest runners, male and female, will receive separate prizes. They cannot run as a team and will not count in the team scoring.
Classifications:
Juniors – high school students, per US Rowing juniors definition
Masters – men and women, 40 years and over
Open – all other eligible runners – men and women not eligible to run masters or juniors divisions
Guests – all others. Prize for first guest, male and female, only. Guests not eligible for other prizes.
Novice – running in the Turkey Trot for the first time. A trophy and prize is presented to the first male and female novice. Novice is a subcategory, so you enter novice open, novice master or novice junior.
The Course
The course is 5 and 5/8 miles over hilly terrain. Starting at Malta Boat Club on Kelly Drive, the runners go outbound on Kelly to Brewery Hill, turn right and go up and over Girard Avenue bridge, then right onto Lansdowne Avenue. Just past Sweetbriar cutoff, the course turns right and starts the true “cross country” segment: from here the race is over grassy surface. Runners go to Meade Monument, then follow the cyclone fence to the Pagoda entrance gate, cross thru the service entrance to Belmont Plateau, up the hill to Belmont Mansion, and return by way of Brewery Hill, down Kelly Drive to Malta.
Rules
Points for team trophies will be scored only by the first five finishers from each club for men's teams and the first three finishers from each club for women's teams. Only those eligible in accordance with the Eligibility Rules will be permitted to run in the race. Anyone running with the wrong number (or someone else’s number) will be disqualified and their team (club) will be assessed an additional 25 points.
Award Ceremony
The award ceremony will be held at Fairmount Rowing Association this year. Awards will begin at 10:45 am. We thank Fairmount for their hospitality in hosting the awards ceremony.
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Weather
It's too far out for a forecast, so here's what weather on this date is normally like in the area. A race day forecast will replace this as race week approaches.
Typical High
53°
Typical Low
38°
Chance of Rain
32%
Based on US Climate Normals data from Phila Franklin Inst, 1 mi from the venue.
Host City
Population
1,582,432
as of 2023
City Elevation
86 ft
Nearest Airport
PHL
Philadelphia International Airport · 10 mi
Time Zone
Eastern Time
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Schuylkill Navy Run
Nov 26, 2026