The Applied Materials Silicon Valley Turkey Trot is the premier Thanksgiving Day road race on the West Coast.In just six short years, the Elite Invitational 5K has become one of the two or three fastest, and most competitive, 5K road races in the world. In 2008, twelve men broke 14:00 minutes, by far the most of any 5K in the world. In 2010, the Association of Road Race Statisticians ranked the elite men's race as the third most competitive 5K in the world.