Apex Skin Towpath Freedom 5k

Apex Skin Towpath Freedom 5K takes place in Akron, Ohio, on November 7, 2026, with the start at 9:00 a.m. There is one distance on the schedule, a 5K over 3.1 miles on the towpath, so the morning stays simple: one wave, one clock, one result to compare against your last effort at the distance.

Towpath running means flat, even footing, which is exactly what you want if you are chasing a personal best rather than surviving a course. Newer runners can build toward it in six to eight weeks of easy mileage with one short interval session each week. If you already race regularly, treat this as a sharp fall test: warm up for 15 minutes, hold the first half mile under control, then work the last mile hard.