Dog Daze 5K

Dog Daze 5K takes place in Columbia, South Carolina, on February 6, 2027. There is one distance on the schedule, a 5K (3.1 miles), starting at 8:00 a.m., which keeps the whole event inside a single morning.

February is a useful month to race a 5K in the Southeast: cool enough to run hard, early enough in the year that a result gives you a baseline to build from. Take a time here and you have a number to plan the rest of your spring around — your training paces for longer efforts all derive from it. Two to three weeks of adding short, fast repeats is enough specific preparation; anything more and you are training for a different race. Walkers and casual entrants can simply enjoy the distance without a watch.