Amberly Sugar Rush
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Amberly Sugar Rush

Cary, North Carolina, United States View on map
Oct 31, 2026 (America/New_York local time)
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About this race

Course Records - Amberly Club House
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3 Mile - Male: H. Noel - 16:36 (2020)          5 Mile - Male: S. Montclair - 24:48 (2020)
3 Mile - Female: G. Helfrich - 20:03 (2023)          5 Mile - Female: L.A. Taylor - 38:16 (2020)

RUN, WALK, ROLL, OR STROLL!

Every year Amberly hosts a race through our beautiful neighborhood to raise money to support a local nonprofit organization that serves our community selected by the Amberly Community Service Club. This year they chose Special Olympics North Carolina! PLUS because we're racing on Halloween we're giving away some great prizes for Best Costume and Best Family Costume!

IN-PERSON RACE INFORMATION
VIRTUAL RACE INFORMATION
COURSE MAPS
EXHIBITOR INFORMATION
SPECTATOR INFORMATION

Support Special Olympics North Carolina today and give the power of sport to an athlete.

Eunice Kennedy Shriver founded Special Olympics with a vision that individuals with intellectual disabilities were far more capable in sports and physical activity than many experts believed possible. Athletes in North Carolina are never charged to participate due to the generous support from individuals, businesses, foundations, and civic groups helps fund the training facilities, equipment, transportation, and coaches key to every athlete’s experiences.  

Their Mission: To provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.

All races will have a mass start at 9:00 AM for the Fun Mile and 9:15 for the 3 Mile / 5 Mile and the course closes for all races at 10:45 AM (In-person Race Day Schedule). Please consider your race pace when deciding which event to run. * For any participants who feel they may need some extra time, please contact us at info@fitandable.net. 

WHAT'S INCLUDED WITH SUGAR RUSH REGISTRATION:
  • IN-PERSON and VIRTUAL 3 Mile, 5 Mile, and Fun Mile race options
  • Sugar Rush shirt and finishers gift included for all 3 Mile and 5 Mile participants / finishers gift included for all Fun Mile participants (guaranteed if signed up by October 18th). Shirts available for purchase separately. 
  • Over $4,000 in potential in-person & virtual Overall (Top 3 Male / Female), Age Group (Top 3 Male / Female), Picking Up the Pace, and New Course Record awards 
  • Great rewards and prizes you can earn by referring your friends and family to sign up with you or even recruiting them to race as a "team"! * More details below
  • Earn points for Fit & Able's Free-for-All Race Series to win big end-of-year prizes! Check out the current standings: Free-for-All Race Series

If you are interested in sponsoring the Sugar Rush please email Info@FitandAble.net for more information!

We can't wait to see you at the Sugar Rush!

Pick your distance

Running

5 Mile

* A t-shirt is included if registering by October 18th.

Oct 31, 2026 8K 9:15 AM
$50.00
Open

3 Mile

* A t-shirt is included if registering by October 18th.

Oct 31, 2026 4.8K 9:15 AM
$40.00
Open

Fun Mile

Oct 31, 2026 1.6K 9:15 AM
$30.00
Open

Virtual 5 Mile

This is a VIRTUAL race! * A t-shirt is included if registering by October 18th.

Oct 31, 2026 8K 9:15 AM
$35.00
Open

Virtual 3 Mile

This is a VIRTUAL race! * A t-shirt is included if registering by October 18th.

Oct 31, 2026 4.8K 9:15 AM
$35.00
Open

Virtual Fun Mile

This is a VIRTUAL race!

Oct 31, 2026 1.6K 9:15 AM
$35.00
Open

Typical race-day weather

Based on 13 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Cary, plus the 3 days either side.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (race-week average) 15.4° / Maximum temperature (race-week average) 24.8°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 15.1° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 26.8°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (race-week average)
14.7
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (race-week average)
3.6mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (race-week average)
73.4%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on October 31, 2026 (EDT)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on October 31, 2026 (EDT)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
10h 44m

The sun rises at 7:36 AM and sets at 6:20 PM local time (EDT) in Cary on October 31, 2026 — 10h 44m of daylight.

Course

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  • Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
  • Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
  • Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
  • Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 47 Cary events

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