Sprint for Spat

Sprint for Spat is run in Baltimore, Maryland, on November 7, 2026. The schedule holds one distance, a 5K (3.1 miles), starting at 8 a.m.

City 5Ks reward a smart opening. Streets narrow, corners come up quickly, and the runners around you at the gun are rarely the ones you finish alongside, so run your own pace from the first block. The distance is short enough to enter on modest training, and a month of easy running with one faster session a week will get most people to a respectable time. If you are racing hard, do a full warm-up: at 3.1 miles there is no time to ease into the effort.