Great New Year's Eve Race 5K
About this race
This is a great 5K to bring in the new year and spend time with your family!
The course is a simple out and back that runs through some of Stow's neighborhoods.
Custom Long Sleeve Hooded Shirts to first 700 registered runners! Purchase a Grateful Runner Hoodie for $40.
Race proceeds benefit Bulldog Bags and other community programs.
Packet pick-up and day of race registration ONLY at Stow-Munroe Falls High School on December 31st starting at 2:30pm .
Race starts at 4pm.
Awards Ceremony at 5:10pm
Top 3 overall Male and Female
Top 3 overall in age groups: 14U, 15-19,20-24,25-29,30-34,35-39,40-44,45-49,50-54,55-59,60-64,65-69,70-74,75-79,80 plus
We hope to see you there!
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Running
5K
Typical race-day weather
Based on 3 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Stow, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 7:50 AM and sets at 5:06 PM local time (EST) in Stow on December 31, 2026 — 9h 15m of daylight.
Course
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Results — Great New Year's Eve Race 5K
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🏃 Plan Your Next Race in Stow
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- Stow 5K Races 2 races
- Stow Running Calendar 2026 3 races
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 Stow events
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