Cupid's Chase 5K Galloway

Cupid's Chase 5K Galloway is run in Smithville, New Jersey, on February 13, 2027. One distance is on the program: a 5K (3.1 miles) with an 8:00 AM start.

Eight in the morning means being awake about two hours ahead for coffee, something light to eat and the drive over, then a short jog and a few strides before the gun. The distance itself asks very little: running three or four times a week for a month covers it, which is why a road 5K makes such a good first race or a way back into racing after a stretch of easy mileage. If you have a time in mind, treat it as a season opener and a benchmark to build spring training around. If not, run it by feel and enjoy the fact that 3.1 miles costs you almost nothing in recovery.