Louisville Pure Tap® 5K
About this race
The Louisville Pure Tap® 5K, presented by the Louisville Water Company, begins and ends at the home of Louisville’s award-winning drinking water: Louisville Water Tower (3005 River Road). This family-friendly race follows a scenic course running east and west along River Road.
The race will start at 8:30 a.m. on Aug. 29, 2026. It will be professionally chip-timed, and all participants will receive a commemorative Louisville Pure Tap® 5K short-sleeved race shirt and a custom finisher medal.
Once again this year, participants are invited to bring their dogs along for the run. There is an additional $10 fee to register dogs, available as a race add-on, with proceeds benefiting Friends of Louisville Metro Animal Services. Registered dogs will receive a special bandana to recognize their participation.
After the race, join us for the after-pawty from 11 a.m.–3 p.m. at Club K9 Dog Park Bar (9316 Taylorsville Road). Dogs wearing race swag get their owners in free. All dogs must be spayed or neutered and provide proof of rabies, distemper, and bordetella vaccinations.
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Running
Louisville Pure Tap® 5K
Youth participants must be at least five years old on race day and able to complete the 5K course independently.
Typical race-day weather
Based on 14 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Louisville, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 7:10 AM and sets at 8:17 PM local time (EDT) in Louisville on August 29, 2026 — 13h 07m of daylight.
Course
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2026 results — Louisville Pure Tap® 5K
Louisville Pure Tap® 5K · 651 finishers
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ethan Meyer | 15:25 | 4:58 /mi |
| 2 | Dawayad Paul | 15:34 | 5:01 /mi |
| 3 | David Grieshaber | 15:47 | 5:05 /mi |
| 4 | Tyrell Dowdell | 16:09 | 5:13 /mi |
| 5 | Garrett DeWitt | 16:23 | 5:17 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
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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, 116 Louisville events
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