Lakebottom Park 5K
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Lakebottom Park 5K

Columbus, Georgia, United States View on map
Aug 01, 2026 (America/New_York local time)
Running

About this race

Location: Lakebottom Park 1505 Cherokee Ave Columbus GA 
Distance: 5K and 1 Mile
Date: August 1, 2026
Course: Start & Finish Lakebottom Park - race on Road

5K Course

1 mile course: https://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/2175822202

Race Start Time 5K: 8 am; 1 Mile Start Time: 730 am; 
Cost 5K: $30; 1 mile: $20
Award Categories: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, overall Male & Female; Masters Male & Female; Age group: 1st, 2nd, 3rd in under 14, 15-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70 & above, 

Medal for all 1 mile participants
T-Shirt: Register by July 24th at 12 noon to be guaranteed a t-shirt. 
Packet Pick Up: At Big Dog Running Co 12 West 11th St on Friday, July 31 from 12-6 pm. No pick up on Saturday

Part of the Columbus Roadrunners Summer Series. If signed up for series do not need to sign up for individual race.

Pick your distance

Running

5K

Aug 01, 2026 5K 8:00 AM
$30.00
Closed

1 mile

Aug 01, 2026 1.6K 7:30 AM
$20.00
Closed

Typical race-day weather

Based on 13 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Columbus, plus the 3 days either side.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (race-week average) 23.0° / Maximum temperature (race-week average) 32.7°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 23.0° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 44.9°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (race-week average)
13.7
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (race-week average)
3.7mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (race-week average)
75.3%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on August 1, 2026 (EDT)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on August 1, 2026 (EDT)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
13h 43m

The sun rises at 6:54 AM and sets at 8:37 PM local time (EDT) in Columbus on August 1, 2026 — 13h 43m of daylight.

Course

No course map published yet.

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2026 results — Lakebottom Park 5K

329 finishers across 2 distances · leading places in the 5K

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Leading finishers of the 2026 Lakebottom Park 5K
Place Name Time Pace
1 Evan Rehrauer 17:15 5:33 /mi
2 Viktor Karm 17:18 5:34 /mi
3 Bradley Brooks 17:38 5:41 /mi
4 Micah Boots 18:02 5:48 /mi
5 Mathew Lopez 18:18 5:53 /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, 61 Columbus events

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