Hal's Stomping Grounds Memorial Run

Hal's Stomping Grounds Memorial Run is held on October 24, 2026 in Farmington, Kentucky, with the 5K memorial race starting at 3:30 p.m. A single distance keeps the day simple, and the late-afternoon start is unusual enough to be worth planning around, since most road 5Ks go off in the morning. As a memorial race, it tends to draw a community field rather than a purely competitive one, with runners and walkers side by side.

An afternoon race changes your routine more than the distance does: eat your last real meal three or four hours out, keep the day easy, and warm up properly because you will have been sitting for most of it. Training asks little for a 5K — three or four runs a week for a month, one of them with short faster efforts, covers it comfortably.