Crazy Water 5K
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Crazy Water 5K

Mineral Wells, Texas, United States View on map
Oct 10, 2026 (America/Chicago local time)
Running

About this race

Come for the run and stay for the festival! The Crazy Water Festival begins on Thursday, October 8th with the Wade Bowen concert and runs all day Saturday, October 10th, 2026. For more information, please go to www.crazywaterfestival.org.

Back to the run! This run will feature road running with lots of crazy turns! This event happens rain (rain...not thunder, lightning, hail or flash flooding aka severe weather) or shine. Please note that if this event is rescheduled due to severe weather, all race entries will be honored. All runners receive a free entry into the Crazy Water Festival. For race updates please visit the registration website at www.facebook.com/Crazy-Water-5k.

Registration is now only online. We are no longer accepting paper registration forms or team registrations. 

Packet Pick-up will be on Friday, October 9th, location and time TBD, and Saturday, October 10th, starting at 7:30 am at the race site. Parking can be found along the intersection of NW 8th St and NW 4th Ave. & along the intersection of NW 7th St and NW 4th Ave.

Prices are as follows: To simplify registration fees, there is now a single fee for all participants. The first 200 participants registered will receive a shirt. 

$35.00 for all participants through race day. 

$40.00 for all participants day of race.

Free 5 & Under (No Shirt)

Award Categories:

Overall Male and Female awards

Top 3 Male/Female for the below age groups will be awarded a medal.

Age Group are as follows: 12 & under, 13-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70 & over 

Pick your distance

Running

5K

Oct 10, 2026 5K 8:30 AM
$35.00
Open

Typical race-day weather

Based on 9 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Mineral Wells, plus the 3 days either side.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (race-week average) 17.9° / Maximum temperature (race-week average) 30.4°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 17.4° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 33.0°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (race-week average)
19.2
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (race-week average)
1.2mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (race-week average)
50.3%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on October 10, 2026 (CDT)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on October 10, 2026 (CDT)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
11h 32m

The sun rises at 7:33 AM and sets at 7:05 PM local time (CDT) in Mineral Wells on October 10, 2026 — 11h 32m of daylight.

Course

No course map published yet.

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Results — Crazy Water 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, 4 Mineral Wells events

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