Home Run 5K Run/Walk for the Children

Home Run 5K Run/Walk for the Children takes place in Middlesex, North Carolina, on May 1, 2027. The single format is a 5K (3.1 miles) on the road, starting at 9:00 AM. No elevation gain is listed for the course.

Open to runners and walkers alike, this is the kind of low-pressure spring 5K that works well as a first race or a family outing. Six weeks of three easy runs a week is enough to cover the distance comfortably, and if you would rather walk it, a couple of 45-minute walks a week will do the same job. Runners chasing a time can treat it as a benchmark: run the first mile a touch slower than goal pace, then work down through the second and third.