Hog Run at the Yadkin River

Hog Run at the Yadkin River is held in Jonesville, North Carolina, on November 7, 2026. Two formats share an 8 a.m. start: a 5K (3.1 miles) and a one-mile fun run and walk, so runners and families set off together.

That pairing makes this an easy day to enter with a group of mixed abilities. The mile asks for little more than a willingness to move, while the 5K rewards a bit of preparation: six weeks of running three times a week, with one session of shorter, faster efforts, will have you racing rather than surviving. Anyone already fit can treat 3.1 miles by the Yadkin River as a sharp autumn tune-up ahead of the winter calendar.