This was my first time racing the Scott County Family Y Turkey Trot, but I have watched in many times in the past. The 5 mile starts right in front of the YMCA and you immediately go up a rather steep and gradual hill, but lucky enough on the way back you go down the hill :). Once you are up on the hill you wind around Van Der Veer Park during the 3rd mile and then back down the last two miles. This year was the first year the race had a 5k. The only issue is for the people racing the 5 mile, you ended up weaving around the 5k runners that had already turned around. I ended up on the sidewalk trying to dodge around the 5k runners.