MidTN Hutchinson Bell 5K

MidTN Hutchinson Bell 5K is held in Columbia, Tennessee, on October 31, 2026. The schedule holds a single distance, a 5K covering 3.1 miles, with the gun at 8:00 a.m. An early Halloween-morning start keeps the race short and self-contained, and you are back home well before the rest of the day fills up.

Road 5Ks work at almost any level of fitness. If you are chasing a time, the useful preparation is four to six weeks of repeats at 5K effort, half-mile or mile pieces with short jogs between, layered on top of one weekly long run. If you are running it for the experience, hold back through the first mile and let the last half-mile take care of itself. Recovery from 3.1 miles is quick, so the race also fits neatly inside a longer fall training block without costing you a week.