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Feel the Burn 5K & 10K
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Feel the Burn 5K & 10K

Princeton, North Carolina, United States View on map
Oct 10, 2026 (America/New_York local time)
Running

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! 🔥👟

Pick your distance

Running

5K

Oct 10, 2026 5K 7:00 PM
$25.00
Open

10K

Oct 10, 2026 10K 7:00 PM
$30.00
Open

Typical race-day weather

Based on 9 years of historical conditions on this event's race dates in Princeton.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (race-day average) 14.2° / Maximum temperature (race-day average) 23.6°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-day average) 14.2° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-day average) 23.6°
Wind (km/h)
Average wind speed (race-day average)
16.2
Precip (mm)
Average precipitation (race-day average)
6.1mm
Humidity
Average relative humidity (race-day average)
75.8%

Course

Route map and elevation profile

No course map published yet.

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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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