GTD - Go The Distance 5K Fun Run/Walk and Kids Dash
About this race
❤️🏃 Our mission: To build self-esteem, establish support systems, and empower recovery one run at a time.
Go the Distance is a nonprofit organization that advocates for recovery through fitness, community, and compassion. Proceeds from this event will help empower more people in early recovery and support Go the Distance’s impact on our community members.
Join us for our 2nd annual GTD 5k Fun Run at Fernhill Park on Sept. 7th! Sign up to run with us for an even bigger and better event this year.
Registration for this year’s race will also include the following:
- 2025 GTD 5k Medal
- Race shirt featuring all our sponsors
- Specially customized GTD bib
- Timing- so you can improve on your time from last year!
- Kids’ dash (free!)
- Virtual 5k run/walk options if you can’t make it in person
As our valued community members that signed up to run with us last year, you are receiving a special $5 off race registration from now until Aug. 9, when the price will increase for general registration.
Come one come all for a morning filled with PR’s (personal records) and PV’s (positive vibes) and spend it with your friends at GTD!
📍 Race location: Fernhill Park
6010 NE 37th Ave, Portland, OR 97211
📝 T-shirt pick-up and race check-in:
T-shirt pick-up will be on race day, Sunday September 7th starting 9am at Fernhill Park
⏰ Race schedule:
All races will take place on Sunday, September 7th.
- 9:00 am: Opening festivities
- 9:30 am: Kids’ fun run
- 10:00 am: Go the Distance 5k
📱 Follow Go The Distance on Instagram to receive updates and exciting news about the race!
✉️ Questions: Reach out to info@gtdgothedistance.org
Pick your distance
Running
5K Fun Run/Walk
Kids’ Dash
Virtual 5k Run/Walk
Typical race-day weather
Based on 8 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Portland, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:47 AM and sets at 7:25 PM local time (PDT) in Portland on September 13, 2026 — 12h 38m of daylight.
Course
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2026 results — GTD - Go The Distance 5K Fun Run/Walk and Kids Dash
Virtual 5k Run/Walk · 1 finisher
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liz Hendershott | 33:33 | 10:48 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
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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, 36 Portland events
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