Dragon Dash 5K Run/Walk
About this race
This family-friendly 5K Run/Walk is open to the community and all fitness levels are welcome. You can run for time, run for fun, or walk with friends. (Please read Course Information & Restrictions for important event day details to help you plan, including parking tips)
RACE DAY SCHEDULE
9:00 am -- Final packet pick-up and in-person registration opens. Food trucks open. Race expo opens.
9:50 am -- Packet Pickup and Registration closes; participants join Izzi The Dragon at the start line!
10:00 am -- Dragon Dash 5K Run/Walk BEGINS (Groups released in waves every 2 minutes)
11:30 am -- 5K course closes
12:00 pm -- Event area closes
The Dragon Dash will be professionally chip-timed and on an official 5K course which is flat and mostly paved. The Dragon Dash is hosted by, and proceeds benefit, Isabella Bird Community School - a DPS elementary school serving 500+ students in ECE through 5th grade.
*PLEASE NOTE: event staff will not be responsible for children who participate in the race unattended. We ask that, if you are registering any child age 10 or under that at least one adult 18+ is also officially registered and has plans to accompany the child throughout the race and while in the expo area.
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Dragon Dash 5K Run/Walk
Race start time is 10:00 AM. Same day registration and packet pick up open at 9:00 AM. Expo area and food trucks open at 9:00 AM.
Typical race-day weather
Based on 9 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Denver, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:36 AM and sets at 4:50 PM local time (MST) in Denver on November 8, 2026 — 10h 13m of daylight.
Course
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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, 81 Denver events
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