Charlotte New Year's Day 5K
About this race
Start your year off right with Charlotte's premier New Year's Day event!!
The race begins on the campus of UNC Charlotte and heads out on Toby Creek Greenway before finishing back on campus for an epic post-race party.
Race Registration includes:
- Custom race shirt
- Beer (21+)
- Coffee
- Lunch and hot beverage from your choice of participating food vendors
- Kid Zone
- Finisher Medals!! 🏅
- The FIRST party of 2027!
Pick your distance
Running
5K
Typical race-day weather
Based on 5 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Charlotte, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 7:31 AM and sets at 5:21 PM local time (EST) in Charlotte on January 1, 2027 — 9h 50m of daylight.
Course
No course map published yet.
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Results — Charlotte New Year's Day 5K
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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, 84 Charlotte events
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