Ludlow, VT – Guests at Vermont’s Okemo Mountain Resort can take a break from skiing and riding this Thanksgiving Weekend to work off the calories from a bountiful holiday dinner.nLast year, 72 runners and walkers participated in the Trot it Off race and raised $1,000 to benefit the Patch Chit Neighbor in Need Fuel Assistance Program. This year’s second annual Trot it Off five-kilometer road race and Tots’ Trot fun race for kids takes place on Saturday, Nov. 27.

The cost to enter the Trot it Off 5k is $25 per person and $15 for the Tots’ Trot fun race, which will take place just before the 5k race. The course will take children, under 12, around the Jackson Gore Inn grounds.

Registration will start at 8 a.m. in Okemo’s Ice House at Jackson Gore. The Tots’ Trot is slated to begin at 9 a.m. and the Trot it Off 5k will start after the last tot trots across the finish line. Each participant will receive an event t-shirt at registration.

After the 5k race is finished participants of all ages are welcome to gather in The Ice House for a post-race snack and presentation of awards.