Veterans Day 5k - Wathena

Veterans Day 5k - Wathena is a 5K in Wathena, Kansas, on November 7, 2026, starting at 9:00 a.m. It is a single-format race over 3.1 miles, held in the days before Veterans Day.

Races like this one are among the easiest to fit into a training week: warm up, run hard for twenty to thirty minutes, jog home. Used as a fitness test rather than a goal race, it gives you the benefit of a genuinely hard effort without disrupting a bigger plan. If it is your first race, four weeks of running or run-walking three times a week will get you to the finish comfortably, and the 9:00 a.m. start leaves plenty of time to eat and warm up.