Blackberry Festival 5K
About this race
Join us for the 4th Annual Blackberry Festival 5K at the Carlisle Blackberry Festival!
The 2026 Blackberry Festival 5K is Saturday, July 4, 2026 at 8:00am in the heart of downtown Carlisle. The race will include an in-person 5K run/walk, Fastest Kid in Town race and virtual option. Our 2025 race will support Nicholas County Carlisle Tourism.
RACE FEATURES:
- Commemorative race T-shirts
- Chip timing (Thanks RaceRise!)
- Awards for Top 3 M/F Overall and Top 3 M/F in 10-year age groups
- Free race photos
- Social teams to expand your race experience (Prize for the largest team)
- 5K run/walk, Fastest Kid in Town and virtual options
- Food, fun, music and fellowship in heart of the Carlisle Blackberry Festival
FASTEST KID IN TOWN RACES This event is open to all kids 12 and under and is a FREE EVENT. Parents may add on a commemorative shirt for $10. We will have run offs by age (2-12) and then have a final Fastest Kid in Town race with all of the age category winners. Kids will receive a participation medal.
5K AWARDS We will provide awards for the Top 3 M/F Overall Finishers as well as Top 2 M/F in each age group 0-9, 10-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70+
5K ROUTE MAP
PACKET PICKUP: Our packet pickup will be on race morning (Saturday, July 4th) from 6:30-7:45am in downtown Carlisle.
Pick your distance
Running
5K Run/Walk
A chip timed 5K run/walk on paved road surfaces. Awards presented for the Top 3 M/F overall finishers and Top finishers M/F in each age group. Participants receive a commemorative race T-shirt while supplies last.
Virtual Runner/Walker
If you can't join us in person consider participating as a virtual runner/walker. For your $25 donation we'll make sure you get one of our commemorative race T-shirts and you can run/walk your own 5K on your own schedule from anywhere.
Typical race-day weather
Based on 4 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Carlisle, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:17 AM and sets at 9:03 PM local time (EDT) in Carlisle on July 4, 2026 — 14h 45m of daylight.
Course
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2026 results — Blackberry Festival 5K
94 finishers across 2 distances · leading places in the 5K Run/Walk
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chase Simpson | 17:32 | 5:39 /mi |
| 2 | Josh Obert | 18:26 | 5:57 /mi |
| 3 | John Taylor Yazell | 19:41 | 6:21 /mi |
| 4 | Griffin Burchell | 20:38 | 6:39 /mi |
| 5 | Jesse Williams | 20:55 | 6:45 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
All results by year
Other races near Carlisle
Different organizers, within 40 miles, in the next three months
Propellers to Pavement 5K
Propellers & Pavement 5K Run/Walk
Run for a Reason 5K
Run Rolling Hills 5K Run/Walk
🏃 Plan Your Next Race in Carlisle
Find upcoming events by distance:
- Carlisle 5K Races 2 races
- Carlisle Running Calendar 2026 2 races
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 Carlisle events
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