IHSAA Foundation Run it Forward 5K

IHSAA Foundation Run it Forward 5K takes place in Terre Haute, Indiana, on October 31, 2026, organized by the IHSAA Foundation. There is one distance, a 5K over 3.1 miles, and it starts at 4:00 p.m. rather than in the morning, so you will race on a full day of eating and on legs that have already been on their feet for hours.

Afternoon races need a slightly different rehearsal. Eat your last real meal three or four hours out and keep it light, do a couple of your hard workouts at the same hour so the effort feels familiar, and allow a longer warm-up than you would at dawn, because a day at a desk leaves you stiffer than an early start does. The distance itself is friendly: hard enough to be a real test, short enough to recover from within a day or two.