Lions Run for Sight 5K
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Lions Run for Sight 5K

Lexington, Kentucky, United States View on map
Apr 03, 2027 (America/New_York local time)
Running

About this race

The 40th annual Lions Run for Sight on Saturday, April 3, 2027, will be held at 9:00 AM at beautiful Masterson Station Park in Lexington.

  Our race is an out-and-back 5K on paved roadway surface.  Runners, walkers, families, strollers, dogs (on a leash) are all welcome to participate.   RACE FEATURES
  • Out and back course through scenic Masterson Station Park
  • Chip timing and race management provided by RaceRise
  • Commemorative race T-shirts
  • Overall & Age Group Awards
  • Vision Teams and Team Pricing, Prize for our largest Vision Team
  • Free Race Photos 
  • Music, food and fellowship 
  • Over 100 Door Prizes!!!

5K ROUTE MAP


Who Benefits From our Run?

This race provides funding for our vision of service in Lexington and the surrounding bluegrass community, including:
  • Support Lexington Elementary Schools - Provide start of school year classroom support bags for teachers at Arlington, Mary Todd, and Yates elementary schools.  Assist in purchasing eyeglasses for students in need.
  • Kentucky Lions Eye Foundation - A non-profit founded in 1954 by the Lions Clubs of Kentucky to provide vision services in Kentucky.
  • Purchase eyeglasses for those who cannot afford them in the bluegrass community.
  • Central Kentucky Radio Eye - An audio service for the blind and visually impaired.
  • Leader Dogs - Training dogs to assist the blind and visually impaired.
  • Other club service projects in our community.

Race Day Registration

Registration opens at 7:30 AM, 9:00 AM start time.  Registration ends 10 minutes before start time. We will have paper registration forms, if necessary, but the easiest and quickest way to register is online.  Registration can easily be done on your phone on race day.  

Packet Pickup

We plan for an early packet pickup on Thursday, April 1st from 4-6pm at Fleet Feet Lexington located at The Summit at Fritz Farm in South Lexington (Address:  4084 Finn Way Suite 140, Lexington, KY 40517). More information when it gets closer to race day.   There will also be race morning PPU beginning at 7:30am at Masterson Station Park.  Tee shirts, bibs and goodie bags will be waiting for you at the registration table.  

Coffee and Doughnuts

Nothing goes better with the crisp clean air of a bluegrass Kentucky spring morning than a cup of coffee and a doughnut, or banana if you prefer.  

Join a Vision Team and Save

At registration time you will have the opportunity to join a Vision Team with your friends and fellow runners or create your own Vision Team and invite your friends to join.  You can easily create a team when you register, give it a fun name, then invite your friends, family, co-workers, etc. to join your team.  Teams can be as large as you want.  To help you recruit members for your team, all teams of 5 or more members, will save $3.00 off their registration! How team discount pricing works:
When people register for your team, the first 4 members of the team (including you) will pay the current full registration price.  The 5th person, and every subsequent person who joins the team will pay the current registration fee less $3.00.  After that 5th person joins the team, to complete the 5-person team discount minimum, the first 4 members of the team will each be refunded $3.00 on their credit card!

Door Prizes

The Lions Run for Sight is known for our door prizes.  We hope to have many special prizes for our 40th annual run!

Pick your distance

Running

5K Run/Walk

In-person, chip timed 5K (3.1 miles) on paved roadway surfaces. Runners, walkers, strollers and dogs on fixed length leashes welcomed. Awards presented for Top 3 M/F Overall and Age Groups.

Apr 03, 2027 5K 9:00 AM
$25.00
Open

Typical race-day weather

Based on 10 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Lexington, plus the 3 days either side.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (race-week average) 14.8° / Maximum temperature (race-week average) 25.1°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 13.7° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 28.9°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (race-week average)
16.8
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (race-week average)
4.4mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (race-week average)
71.0%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on April 3, 2027 (EDT)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on April 3, 2027 (EDT)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
12h 42m

The sun rises at 7:19 AM and sets at 8:02 PM local time (EDT) in Lexington on April 3, 2027 — 12h 42m of daylight.

Course

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  • 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, 68 Lexington events

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