Mount Olive Wag, Walk, and Run!
About this race
Join us for the 1st Annual Mount Olive Wag, Walk, and Run!
Whether you’re chasing a personal best or just looking for a fun morning with family and friends, this event has something for everyone! Choose between a 5K or a 1-Mile Fun Run, with the option to bring your well-mannered dog along for the adventure. Proceeds benefit The Mount Olive Friends of the Parks, supporting improvements to our local parks, and Pawtism, a North Carolina nonprofit that helps provide service dogs to children with autism. Come run, walk, wag, and make a difference!
Registration Fees:
5K
- $30 through September 9th
- $40 September 10th through race day
1-Mile Fun Run
- $20
Awards:
- 1st & 2nd Place Overall Male
- 1st & 2nd Place Overall Female
- 1st & 2nd Place Overall Under Age 14
- 1st Place Finisher with a Dog
Giveaway:
Participants who register by September 10, 2026 are guaranteed a race T-shirt. Registrations received after September 10 will receive a T-shirt while supplies last and are not guaranteed. Additional shirts are available for purchase as a registration add-on for $15.
Course:
Road course that runs in and around the town of Mount Olive. Start and ends at Westbrook Park, great amenities for kids to play.
Pick your distance
Running
5K Without Dog
A race shirt is included with this event. Additional shirts are available for purchase as a registration add-on for $15 each.
5k With Dog
A race shirt is included with this event. Additional shirts are available for purchase as a registration add-on for $15 each.
1 Mile Run & Walk
A race shirt is not included with this event. Shirts are available for purchase as a registration add-on for $15 each.
Race-day daylight
We have no recorded weather for Mount Olive yet, but sunrise and sunset follow from the venue and the date.
The sun rises at 7:14 AM and sets at 6:43 PM local time (EDT) in Mount Olive on October 10, 2026 — 11h 29m 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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2026 results — Mount Olive Wag, Walk, and Run!
5K Without Dog · 34 finishers
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Kennedy | 20:57 | 6:45 /mi |
| 2 | Nicolas Quimbay Ramirez | 22:51 | 7:21 /mi |
| 3 | Kendra Pagan Silva | 23:00 | 7:24 /mi |
| 4 | Robert Adjafon | 24:07 | 7:46 /mi |
| 5 | Jennifer Crandall | 24:35 | 7:55 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
All results by year
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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, 1 Mount Olive event
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