Crack Of Dawn Dash

*Register for all 5 FRS events at once during the month of April and receive an additional 10% off the lowest price PLUS the limited edition FRS performance shirt!  Use the FRS April Bundle tab on any event registration page.  Your shirt will be the style specific to your gender and in the same size as the event t-shirts you selected UNLESS you contact the race director with different style / size choices.  This moisture wicking shirt  will be waiting for you at the packet pickup of the first race (Sunset River Run) just in time for your hot runs!

Wake up when the rooster crows and get to downtown Lenoir for The Third Annual Crack Of Dawn Dash!  The race offers two distances (5K & 10K) and starts early so it will be nice and cool!  The unique course traverses downtown on city streets, navigates some side roads and zips down the newest section of the Lenoir Greenway.  Do it twice for the 10K distance with an opportunity to pass your cheering family, friends and spectators at the halfway point (Start / Finish line).  The Crack Of Dawn Dash 10K is the official distance for The Foothills Run Series and therefore only results from the 10K distance will be considered toward the series ending standings.

Just because you are getting up early and getting your run on, we will have free, fresh, hot Southern biscuits handcrafted from scratch and provided by Biscuitville Of Lenoir (while they last!)

We will also have an amazing coffee truck with plenty of coffee and specialty drinks for purchase!

*Register by June 29 to secure your Third Annual Crack Of Dawn Dash event shirt!

Early Packet Pick Up - Friday (July 10) @ Liquid Roots Brewing (1048 Harper Ave) 5:30pm - 7:30pm

Race Day Packet Pick Up /  Registration - Saturday (July 11) 5:45am - 6:45am

2026 Crack Of Dawn Dash 10K Awards:

* Top 3 Overall Male / Female (Winner - Custom Award + $35 Mountain Running Company Gift Certificate , 2nd - Custom Award + $30 Mountain Running Company Gift Certificate ,  3rd - Custom Award + $25 Mountain Running Company Gift Certificate)
* Winner Male / Female Master (40 & Over) (Winner - Custom Award + $25 Mountain Running Company Gift Certificate)
*Top 3 Male / Female Age Groups (Winner - Custom Gold Finished Medal, 2nd - Custom Silver Finished Medal, 3rd - Custom Bronze Finished Medal)  14 and under; 15 - 19; 20 -24; 25 - 29; 30 - 34; 35 - 39; 40 - 44; 45 - 49; 50 - 54; 55 - 59; 60 - 64; 65 - 69, 70 - 74, 75+

2026 Crack Of Dawn Dash 5K Awards:

*Top 3 Overall Male / Female (Winner - Custom Award + $30 Mountain Running Company Gift Certificate , 2nd - Custom Award + $25 Mountain Running Company Gift Certificate ,  3rd - Custom Award + $20 Mountain Running Company Gift Certificate)
* Winner Male / Female Master (40 & Over) (Winner - Custom Award + $20 Mountain Running Company Gift Certificate)
*Top 3 Male / Female Age Groups (Winner - Custom Gold Finished Medal, 2nd - Custom Silver Finished Medal, 3rd - Custom Bronze Finished Medal)  14 and under; 15 - 19; 20 -24; 25 - 29; 30 - 34; 35 - 39; 40 - 44; 45 - 49; 50 - 54; 55 - 59; 60 - 64; 65 - 69, 70 - 74, 75+

Join fellow runners on July 11, 2026 for the Crack Of Dawn Dash. It's a fantastic 10K, 5K featuring a flat and fast course in Lenoir.