Best Dam 5K Run/Walk in North Carolina
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Best Dam 5K Run/Walk in North Carolina

Badin, North Carolina, United States View on map
Oct 25, 2026 (America/New_York local time)
Running

About this race

The Best DAM 5K Run/Walk in North Carolina 

 

The 6thAnnual Best DAM 5K Run/Walk in North Carolina will be held on Sunday October 25th at 3:00 pm 

The First 50 People That Register will Receive a DAM Koozie!

Awards: Top male and female overall, plus Dam Age Group Medals go 3 deep, 14 & under.
15-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60 +,
It is a down and back course, with a water station at the Narrows Dam.

If you can't make it to the race and want the swag - we set-up a DAM Virtual Race for you.  

The DAM Race Swag

You will get a DAM long-sleeve t-shirt for running the DAM race.  Run fast enough and you will receive a DAM medal.  

**To Guarantee a Race Shirt on Race day you must REGISTER BY 10/14. After this date if there are no available shirts, we will print additional shirts after the race 

For more information contact Peter Asciutto at 204-244-0109 or Pasciutto4@gmail.com

Pick your distance

Running

6h Annual Best Dam 5K Run/Walk In North Carolina

Oct 25, 2026 5K 3:00 PM
$30.00
Open

6th Annual Virtual Best Dam 5K(includes shipping)

Can't make it to Badin on the 25th and want a Dam t-shirt - run it virtually and we will send you a Dam t-shirt.

Oct 25, 2026 5K 3:00 PM
$25.00
Open

Typical race-day weather

Based on 6 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Badin, plus the 3 days either side.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (race-week average) 11.2° / Maximum temperature (race-week average) 21.8°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 10.2° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 21.9°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (race-week average)
12.6
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (race-week average)
1.4mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (race-week average)
72.1%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on October 25, 2026 (EDT)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on October 25, 2026 (EDT)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
10h 57m

The sun rises at 7:35 AM and sets at 6:33 PM local time (EDT) in Badin on October 25, 2026 — 10h 57m of daylight.

Course

No course map published yet.

The organizer hasn't released a route for this event, and we don't publish guesses. If you're the organizer, send us a GPX file and we'll draw the profile.

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Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.

  • 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, 2 Badin events

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