Hermes Dead Sprint

Hermes Dead Sprint is held in Cleveland, Ohio, on October 31, 2026, in the Kamm's Corners neighborhood of West Park. The chip-timed 5K covers 3.1 miles and starts at 9:00 a.m., with a children's Little Monsters Candy Dash alongside it and a post-race gathering at West Park Station. Finishers receive a medal and a shirt, and there is a costume contest and race photography.

City-block 5Ks tend to be won and lost on the turns, so practice running the tangents rather than drifting wide, and expect the pace to feel uneven for the first half mile while the field sorts itself out. Awards go five deep in the age groups, which makes it worth checking where your recent times sit before you decide how hard to go out. A short race like this also recovers quickly enough to keep a fall training block intact.