It’s a Good Time to Run on Route 66 5K
About this race
Groom's 5th Annual Groom Day 5K!
This year 50% of the proceeds will go back into the Groom Day fund to help keep the fun going year after year!
The remaining 50% will be split into 1st, 2nd and 3rd place prizes!
Walkers and Runners welcome!
A new Route will be set this year to travel along Route 66 in Groom!
📅 Saturday, August 1, 2026
📍 Groom, Texas
📌 Line Up: 7:30 AM (Train Tracks by the Softball Field)
⏰ Race Starts: 8:00 AM
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Running
It’s a Good Time to RUN on Route 66
Typical race-day weather
Based on 1 year of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Groom, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:53 AM and sets at 8:47 PM local time (CDT) in Groom on August 1, 2026 — 13h 54m of daylight.
Course
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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 Groom event
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