Franklin All Nighter

Franklin All Nighter takes place in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on November 7, 2026. Billed as an all-night run for mental health, it starts in the evening at 5:14 p.m., and the listed distance is one mile.

An evening start changes your whole day. You have hours to eat and hydrate, but you also have hours to sit around, so keep moving, eat a normal lunch and treat the warm-up seriously since your body is not in morning race mode. A mile is short enough that anyone can take part regardless of training, and running it after dark makes for a very different experience from a standard weekend morning race. Bring a layer for afterward, since evenings in November cool off fast once you stop.