Bourbon & Beyond 5K
About this race
The 2026 Bourbon & Beyond 5K takes place at 8 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026, at the Kentucky Expo Center (937 Phillips Ln.).
Pre-race festivities begin at 7 a.m. with music, light snacks and refreshments, giving runners and walkers plenty of time to warm up before the race begins at 8 a.m.
The course winds through the Kentucky Exposition Center grounds and Kentucky Kingdom, featuring a special Bourbon & Beyond playlist along the way. Participants will also enjoy live music at the finish line from the 2024 Bourbon & Beyond Battle of the Strings winner, Bourbon Revival.
The race will be professionally chip-timed, and all participants will receive a commemorative Bourbon & Beyond 5K short-sleeve race shirt and a custom finisher medal.
Packet Pick-Up
Packet pick-up will be held at Planet Fitness (4025 Poplar Level Rd., Louisville, KY 40213):
Thursday, Sept. 24 | 5 – 8 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 25 | 12 – 6 p.m.
Race Morning Packet Pick-Up
Kentucky Exposition Center (near the start line in Parking Lot E2):
Saturday, Sept. 26 | 7 – 7:45 a.m.
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Running
Bourbon & Beyond 5K
Youth participants must be at least five years of age on race day and must be able to complete the 5K on their own.
Typical race-day weather
Based on 13 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Louisville, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 7:34 AM and sets at 7:34 PM local time (EDT) in Louisville on September 26, 2026 — 11h 59m of daylight.
Course
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2026 results — Bourbon & Beyond 5K
Bourbon & Beyond 5K · 832 finishers
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas Ott | 16:46 | 5:25 /mi |
| 2 | Trayce Eckman | 16:47 | 5:25 /mi |
| 3 | Riley Pfeiffer | 16:58 | 5:28 /mi |
| 4 | Kamden Lengel | 17:13 | 5:33 /mi |
| 5 | Seth Snider-Hayes | 17:30 | 5:39 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
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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, 116 Louisville events
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