Interlochen Run for the Arts
About this race
On May 2, 2026, experience live music and art as you traverse a course of accommodating paved and unpaved trails. Registration proceeds support student scholarships, so every step you take makes a difference in a young artist's life.
IMPORTANT UPDATE!! Interlochen Run for the Arts has a LIVE AND VIRTUAL option.
Participants have two options:
- 1) Run the LIVE event on the Interlochen Arts location or
- 2) Stay at home and run/walk your event with VIRTUAL options.
- With a virtual race you can run the 5K distance anywhere, in your neighborhood, on a treadmill, at a nearby park. You will have between Saturday, May 2nd and Saturday, May 16th to complete your 5K. Once you have the 5K completed you will enter your time in the Run Sign-up website. Instructions will be provided for all Virtual Participants.
- If you participate in the virtual event you will still receive a race t-shirt and medal! We will ship the t-shirt and medal to you. Cost of shipping is included in the race fee.
Event Location:
Interlochen Center for the Arts Campus
4000 M-137
Interlochen, MI US 49643
Registration Fees:
- Pre-registration Pricing (by 11:59 p.m. on April 30th): $35
- Late Registration (Friday) and Race Day (Saturday) registration pricing: $40
Event Times:
- Friday Packet Pickup - Running Fit (300 East Front Street), 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm
- Saturday Packet Pickup - Fine Arts Building located on Interlochen Center for the Art's Campus, 7:30 am - 9:00 am
- Saturday RACE TIME - 9:00 am
- Awards - 10:00 am
Age Divisions and Awards:
- Overall Male and Overall Female
- Age Division Awards (Male and Female): 14 and Under, 15-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70-79,and 80 and Over
Timing and scoring will be done by Mac's Sports Timing using ChronoTrack technology. Results will be LIVE on RunSignUp and posted during the event.
Looking to take your fundraising to the next level?
Make your run go even further by creating a fundraiser during Interlochen’s third annual Act for Art Giving Days! Rally your friends and family to join you in raising funds for scholarships that ensure the excellence of Interlochen is accessible for students from all backgrounds. You can start fundraising any time, but gifts must be in by May 10th (the week after Act for Art concludes) to count.
Act for Art Giving DaysPick your distance
Running
5K Run/Walk
5K Run - VIRTUAL EVENT
Shipping of participants Tee Shirt and Medal are INCLUDED IN THE RACE FEE.
Typical race-day weather
Based on 7 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Interlochen, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:31 AM and sets at 8:48 PM local time (EDT) in Interlochen on May 2, 2026 — 14h 17m of daylight.
Course
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2026 results — Interlochen Run for the Arts
211 finishers across 2 distances · leading places in the 5K Run/Walk
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dave Ortiz | 19:59 | 6:26 /mi |
| 2 | Nam Hoon Kang | 20:45 | 6:41 /mi |
| 3 | Cason Adams | 20:52 | 6:43 /mi |
| 4 | Douglas Brown | 21:18 | 6:51 /mi |
| 5 | John Zenner | 21:33 | 6:56 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
All results by year
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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 Interlochen event
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