Love Durham Run 5k
About this race
Love that goes further than 3.1 miles
Through the work of the Durham Civitan Club, we're running for more than the finish line. Your participation helps impact the Durham community and beyond through our partnerships with Special Olympics, Boys & Girls Home of NC, backpacks for Durham middle and elementary students, college scholarships for Durham high school seniors, and The Civitan International Research Foundation at the University of Alabama Birmingham just to name a few.
AWARD CATEGORIES INCLUDE MALE AND FEMALE:
- Overall First Place Male
- Overall First Place Female
- Male & Female: 16 & Under
- Male & Female: 17 - 29
- Male & Female: 30 - 39
- Male & Female: 40 - 49
- Male & Female: 50 - 59
- Male & Female: 60+
- First Place Stroller
Each participant will receive a t-shirt and custom medal. As well as a hardy cheering at the bubble finish line! Registrations after 12:01 am on September 1 will not be guaranteed a participant shirt. But all finishers will receive a finisher medal.
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Running
5k run/walk/roll
Packet Pick Up: Shirts and bibs will be available for pick up at the South Durham Bull City Running Company on Friday, September 12 from 4:30 pm until 76:30 pm. 202 W NC 54 #109 Durham, NC 27713 You can also pick up from 7:00 am until 7:45 am at the C.M. Herndon Park on race morning (Saturday, September 13). 511 Scott King Road Durham, NC 27713 We will be accepting race registration & entries at Pack Pick Up and on Race Day. So bring a friend! The cost will be $40 to register on race day and t-shirts are not guaranteed but likely available!
Typical race-day weather
Based on 5 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Durham, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:56 AM and sets at 7:27 PM local time (EDT) in Durham on September 12, 2026 — 12h 31m of daylight.
Course
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2026 results — Love Durham Run 5k
5k run/walk/roll · 191 finishers
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josh Barrett | 18:21 | 5:55 /mi |
| 2 | Domenick DiBiase | 18:38 | 6:01 /mi |
| 3 | Lindsay Lucier | 19:07 | 6:10 /mi |
| 4 | Michael Kravets | 19:26 | 6:16 /mi |
| 5 | David Rawson | 19:47 | 6:23 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
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🏃 Plan Your Next Race in Durham
Find upcoming events by distance:
- Durham 5K Races 33 races
- 10K Run Events in Durham 3 races
- Durham Running Calendar 2026 47 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, 54 Durham events
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