Race for the Summitt 5K

Race for the Summitt 5K takes place in Knoxville, Tennessee, on October 31, 2026. The schedule lists one distance, the 13th Annual Race For The Summitt 5K, covering 3.1 miles from a 9:00 a.m. start.

A race in its thirteenth year tends to run smoothly, which is worth something when you are chasing a time. Arrive early enough to collect your number without hurrying, jog for ten minutes, and add a few strides so the first half-mile does not come as a shock. Training for a 5K is refreshingly simple: three to five runs a week, one of them a set of short repeats at hard effort, one longer and easy, the rest genuinely relaxed. Four weeks of that is enough to see a difference on the clock, and the distance is short enough that you can race it again a month later.