Heart Throb 5k - Arvada, CO

Heart Throb 5k - Arvada, CO is run in Arvada, Colorado, on February 13, 2027, starting at 10:00 AM at Johnny Roberts Memorial Park. One distance is offered, a 5K (3.1 miles), on a course billed as fast, which makes the morning work both as a community outing and as a genuine time trial ahead of Valentine's Day.

A quick course is worth taking seriously if you have a personal best in mind. Spend the four to six weeks beforehand running easy most days with one session a week of hard repeats, 800s or three-minute efforts at 5K pace, then treat the race as three even miles rather than a fast start you spend the rest of the distance defending. Bring someone with you if you would rather not race it, since 3.1 miles at conversational pace is a perfectly good use of the morning, and the 10:00 AM start means nobody has to get up early.