Cheers to New Years 5K - Indianapolis

Cheers to New Years 5K - Indianapolis takes place in Indianapolis, Indiana, on January 1, 2027, with the 5K Run/Walk (3.1 miles) starting at 10:00 a.m. It is a single-format event, and no elevation gain is listed for the course.

Starting the year with a race gives your January training an anchor, and 3.1 miles is short enough that you can run it on whatever fitness the holidays left you. Indiana in early January can be genuinely cold, so dress for about 15 degrees warmer than the thermometer reads, keep an outer layer on until a few minutes before the gun, and lengthen the warm-up rather than shortening it. Walkers have the same course and the same clock; runners who want a real effort should hold something back through the first mile, because cold air makes an aggressive start expensive later.