Feel the Burn 5K & 10K
About this race
🔥 17th Annual Feel the Burn 5K & 10K 🔥
Lace up and join us for Princeton Volunteer Fire Department’s biggest (and one of our only!) fundraisers of the year. We're a 100% volunteer crew, and your support keeps us fired up and ready to serve!
🕖 Evening Race Alert!
Races begin at 7:00 PM
Registration & check-in open at 5:30 PM
🏃♀️ Course Info:
5K is USATF Certified
10K = Run the 5K course twice
💵 Entry Fees:
Now through September 30th:
- 5K – $25
- 10K – $30
✅ Shirt included & guaranteed through Sept 30
October 1st – Race Day:
- 5K – $30
- 10K – $35
🚫 No shirt guarantee after Sept 30
🏅 Awards:
1st & 2nd place finishers (male & female) in both races in the following age groups: under 14, 15-20, 21-30, 31-40, 41-50, 51-59, 60
Come for the run. Stay for the cause. Let’s Feel the Burn together! 🔥👟
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Running
5K
10K
Typical race-day weather
Based on 9 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Princeton, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 7:14 AM and sets at 6:44 PM local time (EDT) in Princeton on October 10, 2026 — 11h 29m of daylight.
Course
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Results — Feel the Burn 5K & 10K
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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, 1 Princeton event
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