Braveheart 5K of NC
About this race
This is the Annual Braveheart 5K & Rob Roy FUN! Run on June 14, 2025
Race through the streets of Franklin, NC and feel like William Wallace (AKA Braveheart) battling the English.
Franklin's most challenging 5K course, if you like a challenge you will ♥ love ♥ this course. The 5K/Fun Run starts in front of Franklin's town hall and finishes in the parking lot of town hall.
RACE DAY REGISTRATION/RACE PICK-UP BEGINS AT 7:30AM/ROB ROY FUN RUN (10-U) BEGINS AT 8:30AM/BRAVEHEART 5K AT 9:00AM
Awards:
All Rob Roy (10-U) finishers will receive a completion certificate and goodie bag
Braveheart 5K (Age Group Winners 1st-3rd)
Braveheart 5K (Overall Winners Male/Female) will be knighted by Sir Daniel Williamson of the Scottish Tartans Museum & Heritage Center and presented with a William Wallace sword (engraved with Braveheart 5K Overall...)
86 East Main Street Franklin, NC
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Running
5K
Typical race-day weather
Based on 6 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Franklin, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:19 AM and sets at 8:51 PM local time (EDT) in Franklin on June 20, 2026 — 14h 31m of daylight.
Course
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2026 results — Braveheart 5K of NC
5K · 94 finishers
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew Weems | 18:18 | 5:53 /mi |
| 2 | Benjamin Pignatone | 20:35 | 6:38 /mi |
| 3 | Hank Scheuter | 21:27 | 6:54 /mi |
| 4 | Chelsea Ellwood | 21:29 | 6:55 /mi |
| 5 | Cory Spychalski | 21:42 | 6:59 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
All results by year
Other races near Franklin
Different organizers, within 40 miles, in the next three months
Holler Haunt 5K Fundraiser
Cold Turkey 5K and Little Turkeys Fun! Run/Walk
Dash for Dva 5K walk/run
Gobble on the Green 5K
🏃 Plan Your Next Race in Franklin
Find upcoming events by distance:
- Franklin 5K Races 4 races
- Franklin Running Calendar 2026 4 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, 4 Franklin events
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