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A Great Day 5K is run in Newark on November 14, 2026, with one format on the schedule: a 5K (3.1 miles) starting at 5 p.m.
A late-afternoon start changes how you approach the day. Eat your main meal at midday, keep the hours before the race calm, and start moving twenty to thirty minutes ahead of the gun so you are not still waking up over the first half mile. The distance itself is the most accessible in road racing: eight weeks of running three times a week is enough to finish it comfortably, and walkers are welcome in a field like this. Runners already in shape can treat the 3.1 miles as a hard effort and follow it with an easy day.
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