Cupid's Chase 5K Lake Como

Cupid's Chase 5K Lake Como takes place in Lake Como, New Jersey, on February 13, 2027. The schedule shows a single 5K (3.1 miles), starting at 10:00 AM.

One of the useful things about this distance is how cheap it is in recovery terms. You can race a 5K hard on Saturday and be back to normal training by Monday, which is why coaches slot them into a build-up as workouts rather than as goal races. Handle it that way and you get an honest, hard effort plus a time to train from, without losing a week. No taper is needed either, since an easy day beforehand is enough. If you are newer to racing, the same distance is short enough to finish comfortably on three or four runs a week.