Carter Creek Wine Run 5k

Carter Creek Wine Run 5k takes place at Johnson City, Texas, on February 27, 2027, with a single 5K (3.1 miles) starting at 10:00 a.m. The race is staged at Carter Creek in the Texas Hill Country, and the late start sets it apart from the dawn schedule most road races keep. No elevation figure is published for the course.

A mid-morning 5K is a friendly format: there is time to travel in, warm up properly and still be done before lunch. For a genuine effort over 3.1 miles, do two or three weeks of short repetitions at faster than race pace, then a full warm-up with strides on the day, since the distance leaves no room to settle in gradually. Run it as a social outing instead and it works just as well, at whatever pace suits the group you came with.