Craig Morgan's Veterans Day 5K

Craig Morgan's Veterans Day 5K is run in Nashville, Tennessee, on November 7, 2026, with the 5K walk/run starting at 8:00 a.m. over 3.1 miles. It is a single-distance event tied to Veterans Day, open to both runners and walkers, which usually means a wide range of paces on the same course.

An 8:00 a.m. start in November means racing on cold legs unless you plan for it, so give yourself 15 minutes of easy jogging and a few strides before the gun. Beyond that, the 5K is the most accessible race distance on any calendar: four to six weeks of running three times a week is a realistic build from scratch, and experienced runners can slot it into a training week as a hard effort without needing to taper for it.