Let's Grow Together 5K - Powered by CRECE

Let's Grow Together 5K - Powered by CRECE is held in College Park, Maryland, on April 25, 2027. One distance is on the schedule, a 5K (3.1 miles), with an early start at 7:30 a.m.

An early gun changes how you prepare more than most people expect. Get up at least two hours before the start, eat something light, and use a 10 to 15 minute jog with a few strides to wake your legs up, because a cold body at 7:30 a.m. will cost you the first mile. Beyond that, a 5K is the most approachable racing distance there is: if you can run 30 minutes without stopping, you can finish this one, and three or four weeks of consistent running plus one weekly workout of short repeats will let you race it rather than survive it. The early finish leaves the rest of your Sunday free.