Xavier's Race

Xavier's Race is held in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on November 7, 2026, with three distances on the schedule. The 1K kids run goes off first at 9:00 a.m., then the 5K and the 10K start together at 9:30 a.m. A shared start for the two adult races makes it easy for a family or a training group to enter the same morning and still finish within a few minutes of one another.

Both adult distances are short and fast rather than long days out. The 5K works as a first race or as a sharp tune-up on six weeks of consistent running, while the 10K asks you to hold a strong effort for roughly 35 to 60 minutes and rewards a weekly threshold session alongside an easy long run. The 1K gives the youngest runners in the household a start line of their own half an hour before the main events.