Ohio Hope Builders 5K Sponsored by The Solomon Group at Coldwell Banker

Ohio Hope Builders 5K Sponsored by The Solomon Group at Coldwell Banker takes place in Springfield, Ohio, on November 8, 2026. There is one distance, a 5K run or walk, starting at 10 a.m. The mid-morning start is convenient for a Sunday: no pre-dawn alarm, and enough time to eat a light breakfast and warm up without hurrying.

A run/walk 5K sets a low bar to entry and still gives faster runners a real distance to race. If you are new to it, three easy runs a week for six weeks will get you to the finish comfortably. If you are aiming for a time, treat the 5K as a threshold event: hold the fastest pace you can sustain rather than surging, and save whatever is left for the final half-mile.