Eve Carson Memorial 5K for Education
About this race
The 2026 Eve Carson Memorial 5K for Education is an event to celebrate the outstanding leadership and support of community service Eve Carson exhibited during her time at UNC-Chapel Hill. This year, the 18th Annual Eve Carson Memorial 5K will be held on February 15, 2026 with registration and check-in starting at 6:00 am and the race beginning at 7:30 am!
We have a great route starting and finishing at Bynum Hall/Circle. Packet pickup will occur Friday, February 13 on campus (details coming soon!), but if you are unable to pick up your packet in advance, you can also pick it up before the race starts on February 15. Pre-race festivities start at 7:15 am and include a performance by the Clef Hangers, as well as a few surprises to help celebrate this exciting event! Additionally, we will have many vendors and family-friendly activities!
Virtual participants can join the Strava group to track their run or walk and compete with other participants through 11:59 pm February 20th.
The Eve Carson 5K has become one of the most widely supported philanthropy events in the Carolina community, and with your help, we hope to have another tremendously successful event! Proceeds from this year’s event will once again benefit the Eve Marie Carson Memorial Junior-Year Merit Scholarship and the Pi Beta Phi Literacy Fund.
Thank you to our wonderful sponsors: Mill House, Red Bull, Fazit, Brandwein's, Raising Canes, Even Dough, and Fleet Feet Chapel Hill.
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5K In-Person Participant
Commemorative T-Shirt Only
Virtual 5K Participant
5K In-Person Participant
Commemorative T-Shirt Only
Virtual 5K Participant
Typical race-day weather
Based on 12 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Chapel Hill, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 7:02 AM and sets at 5:57 PM local time (EST) in Chapel Hill on February 15, 2026 — 10h 54m of daylight.
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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, 22 Chapel Hill events
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