Mogadishu Mile 5K Run
Mogadishu Mile 5K Run logo

Mogadishu Mile 5K Run

Columbus, Georgia, United States View on map
Oct 03, 2026 (America/New_York local time)
Running

About this race

Location: Woodruff Riverfront Park, 1000 Bay Ave, Columbus, GA 31901
Distance: 5K
Date: October 3, 2026
Course: https://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/6579774818/
Race Start Time: 6:00 PM
Pre-Registration Cost: $40 (until October 2, 2025)*

In-Person Registration & Packet Pick Up: 12:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M. on October 2 at Big Dog Fleet Feet 12 W 11th St, Columbus GA, and starting at 4:00 P.M. on Race Day at Woodruff Park.*

*If you register AFTER Sept 25, you will NOT be guaranteed a shirt.

Race Day Registration Cost: $45 (Oct 4,2025) You will NOT be guaranteed a shirt!

NOTE: If you are participating in a virtual capacity, you will need to sign-up through the 'Three Rangers Foundation' at https://www.threerangersfoundation.org/virtual-mog-mile

Race Benefits: Army Ranger Lead The Way Fund and H.O.O.A.H Inc.

Army Ranger Lead The Way Fund (LTWF) is an active duty, casualty assistance, recovery, transition and Veterans organization that has provided over $8 million in financial support, beyond what the government can offer, to the Rangers and families of the 75th Ranger Regiment. The organization was founded to honor of the life and legacy of SGT James J. Regan, after he was killed while on his fourth tour in Baqubah, Iraq, serving as a Fire Team Leader with Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion. 

Since inception, Army Ranger Lead The Way Fund has worked very closely with the Regiment and the USSOCOM Warrior Care Program (Care Coalition) to address the ongoing needs of our Rangers and to develop grassroots programs that would fill the gaps that were not being met by both the government and other organizations. 

Each year LTWF works tirelessly, through various fundraising and awareness events, to continue to be able to provide this financial support. The events that LTWF sponsors, and funds that are disbursed, are broadly offered to the large segment of the population (all Battalions and Companies within Regiment) and they strictly adhere to the guidelines for active duty and wounded, injured and ill recipients. 

For more information visit https://www.leadthewayfund.org/

HOOAH, Helping Out Our American Heroes, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and operates under the general direction of an all volunteer National Board of Directors. HOOAH has supporting all-volunteer chapters operating in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Texas, and Tennessee with committees and volunteers in many other states. 

We support our American Heroes anyway we can. Our focus is on deployed troops, veterans, and their families and the awareness and prevention of veteran suicide. HOOAH can state with confidence and pride that 100% of donations go directly to supporting our mission. No one in our organization will ever get paid. 

We support all branches of the military.

Our purpose at HOOAH is to provide for the health, wellness, and social welfare of troops and veterans across the United States and abroad. We assist service members, veterans and their families with financial resources where a bona fide need exists and ready benefits have failed to meet their needs. HOOAH assists military families in times of mortal crisis where distance is a barrier.

Our mission at HOOAH is to lend support to forward deployed special operations troops, servicemen and servicewomen, their stateside families, and returning veterans with a high level of understanding, compassion, empathy, and appreciation.

HOOAH's vision is to give our volunteers, and the public, an opportunity to honor our dedicated servicemen and servicewomen and veterans with customized support and services when they need it most:

Simply because it's the right thing to do.

For more information visit https://hooahinc.org/

Pick your distance

Running

Mogadishu Mile 5K Run

Oct 03, 2026 5K 6:00 PM
$45.00
Closed

Mogadishu Mile 5K Run in Full Body Armor

Oct 03, 2026 5K 6:00 PM
$45.00
Closed

Mogadishu Mile 5K Run with Stroller

Oct 03, 2026 5K 6:00 PM
$45.00
Closed

Mogadishu Mile 5K Run with Dog

Oct 03, 2026 5K 6:00 PM
$45.00
Closed

Typical race-day weather

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

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (race-week average) 18.2° / Maximum temperature (race-week average) 28.2°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 18.2° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 31.6°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (race-week average)
14.1
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (race-week average)
2.8mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (race-week average)
70.1%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on October 3, 2026 (EDT)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on October 3, 2026 (EDT)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
11h 46m

The sun rises at 7:35 AM and sets at 7:22 PM local time (EDT) in Columbus on October 3, 2026 — 11h 46m 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.

Reviews

Done this event?

If you've participated in this event, share your experience with other runners

2026 results — Mogadishu Mile 5K Run

Mogadishu Mile 5K Run · 1,316 finishers

View all results
Leading finishers of the 2026 Mogadishu Mile 5K Run
Place Name Time Pace
1 Ethan Ong 17:11 5:32 /mi
2 Viktor Karm 17:18 5:34 /mi
3 Nicholas Traxler 17:55 5:46 /mi
4 Joseph Branch 18:26 5:56 /mi
5 James Delia 18:39 6:00 /mi

Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.

All results by year

2026 edition View Results
2025 edition View Results
2024 edition View Results
2023 edition View Results
2022 edition View Results
2021 edition View Results

Other races near Columbus

Different organizers, within 40 miles, in the next three months

Find upcoming events by distance:

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, 64 Columbus events

Spotted something wrong? Tell us and we'll fix it.