Miles for Heroes
About this race
5K and 1+ mile run / walk through beautiful Olde Towne Daphne on a certified 5K course benefiting IGY6;Gulf Coast which raises community awareness for suicide prevention and mental health for veterans and first responders and funds additional crisis intervention training for local first responders in our communities!
Finishers Festival immediately following the race - food trucks & music plus community organizations!
Packet pick up will be Thursday before race as well as race day morning.
Pick your distance
Running
5K
Certified course! Finisher Festival Immediately after race!
Walking
1+ Mile
Finisher Festival Immediately after race!
Typical race-day weather
Based on 1 year of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Daphne, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:42 AM and sets at 6:43 PM local time (CDT) in Daphne on September 26, 2026 — 12h 01m of daylight.
Course
No course map published yet.
The organizer hasn't released a route for this event, and we don't publish guesses. If you're the organizer, send us a GPX file and we'll draw the profile.
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🏃 Plan Your Next Race in Daphne
Find upcoming events by distance:
- Daphne 5K Races 3 races
- Daphne Running Calendar 2026 3 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, 3 Daphne events
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