Liberty Ruck & 5k
About this race
90% of our proceeds will go to our annual Veterans Day Program and 10% will be donated to a Veteran Non-Profit.
If you would like to donate click the donate tab. If you would like to become a sponsor contact Laurel Pesnell at (318) 550-6104
Race Location: 418 Dan Reneau Drive (near the engineering buildings)
Race Date: August 15th, 2026
Start time: 8:00 a.m.
Packet Pick-up:
Packet pick-up will be available the evening before the race at the United Way Business Location (939 N. Trenton St., Ruston, LA 71270) from 6:30 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. on [Friday, August 14th ].
For your convenience, race day packet pick-up will also be available starting at 7:00 A.M. on [Saturday, August 15th ] at the race site.
Entry Fees: Early Bird $30 until midnight August 14th
Race day $40
Race divisions:
5k run/ walk
1.7 mile ruck run/ walk
Awards: 1st Overall Male and Female
1st Male and Female in each of the following age group for both divisions - 10-20,21-30,31-40,41-50,51-60,61-70,71+
SHOW YOUR PRIDE!
PARTICIPANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO WEAR ATTIRE REPRESENTING THEIR FAVORITE
BRANCH OF THE U.S. MILITARY. WHETHER IT’S ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE, MARINES,
COAST GUARD, OR SPACE FORCE GEAR UP AND REPRESENT!
After race celebration / Food trucks / Music!
Pick your distance
Running
5k
This is a 2 lap course.
1.7 Mile Ruck
This is a 1 lap course.
Typical race-day weather
Based on 1 year of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Ruston, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:34 AM and sets at 7:55 PM local time (CDT) in Ruston on August 15, 2026 — 13h 20m of daylight.
Course
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2026 results — Liberty Ruck & 5k
119 finishers across 2 distances · leading places in the 5k
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joseph Wohlers | 20:12 | 6:31 /mi |
| 2 | Cason Cavin | 21:55 | 7:04 /mi |
| 3 | Landon Kay | 21:59 | 7:05 /mi |
| 4 | Titus Watts | 21:59 | 7:05 /mi |
| 5 | Cam Marlette | 22:40 | 7:19 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
All results by year
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🏃 Plan Your Next Race in Ruston
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- Ruston 5K Races 9 races
- Ruston Running Calendar 2026 10 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, 12 Ruston events
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