NAMI Sauk Area 5K
About this race
Bib/Swag Pick-up
Friday 4:00-6:00PM
- Sinnissippi Park (First Shelter) in Sterling
Saturday Race Day 7:00-7:45AM
- Hoover Park Red Barn in Sterling
Team Registration
Teams of 4 receive a $5 discount/refund per person (ONLY applies to adults - refund applied after the 4th team member has registered)
Grab 3 or more of your friends and make a team. Fastest 3 teams win a trophy!
Bag / Key Check
There will be a bag check in for race participants. You will find this inside the Red Barn. NAMI Sauk Area is NOT responsible for any items checked.
Pets & Strollers
Pets are not allowed on the race course during the race and warm-ups of the NAMI Sauk Area 5K. Strollers are allowed with walkers in the race. Please allow the runners to lead the pack, followed by walkers, followed by walkers with strollers.
Food Tent
A boxed lunch will be provided along with water to all participants. The food will be prepared and wrapped by a licensed restaurant kitchen.
Weather Plan
If there is severe weather during the race, please seek shelter in one of the pavilions in Sinnissippi Park or the Red Barn and Hoover Park. If the race needs to be cancelled due to weather, it will be posted on the Facebook page (NAMI Sauk Area 5K) and an e-mail will be sent out to all registered participants.
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Running
5K Run/Walk
Virtual Run/Walk
Typical race-day weather
Based on 10 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Sterling, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 5:34 AM and sets at 8:34 PM local time (CDT) in Sterling on July 11, 2026 — 15h 00m of daylight.
Course
No course map published yet.
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2026 results — NAMI Sauk Area 5K
3 finishers across 2 distances · leading places in the 5K Run/Walk
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sharon Blachowski | 32:14 | 10:22 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
All results by year
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🏃 Plan Your Next Race in Sterling
Find upcoming events by distance:
- Sterling 5K Races 4 races
- Sterling Running Calendar 2026 4 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, 4 Sterling events
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