Catch A Leprechaun 5K

Catch A Leprechaun 5K takes place in Essex, Connecticut, on March 13, 2027, with a single 5K starting at 10:00 AM. The St. Patrick's theme is right there in the name, and the late gun makes it one of the more civilized start times on the March calendar.

A late start changes your preparation more than people expect: you can eat a full breakfast three hours out, arrive without rushing, and warm up thoroughly instead of jogging for two minutes and hoping. Use that. Fifteen minutes of easy running with four or five short accelerations will have you ready to race from the first stride, which matters over 3.1 miles. Newer runners can ignore all of that and simply cover the distance at a comfortable effort, walking when they need to — a small-town 5K is one of the friendliest places to start racing.