City of Conway Under the Lights 5k Run/Walk

City of Conway Under the Lights 5k Run/Walk is held in Conway, South Carolina, on December 9, 2026. The single format is a 5K of 3.1 miles, run or walked, starting at 6:00 PM. As the name suggests, this is an evening event under lights, on a midweek date that lets you fit a race into a normal working week.

Running at 6:00 PM changes how you fuel more than how you train: eat your main meal about three hours ahead and keep it simple, then take only water in the last hour. On the training side, six weeks of running or run-walking three times a week is enough to cover 3.1 miles comfortably, while anyone already racing can treat this as a sharp midweek effort. Coastal South Carolina stays mild in December, so a single long-sleeve layer will usually be plenty once you are warmed up.