North Augusta Hardest & Funnest 5k
About this race
🎃 North Augusta’s Hardest & Funnest 5K — Where Sweat Meets Spectacle 🎃
Step into the inaugural running experience that flips the script on your typical 5K. This isn’t just a race… it’s a four-act showdown of strength, grit, and pure Halloween-season energy. Welcome to the first-ever North Augusta Hardest & Funnest 5K, where every lap throws down a new challenge and every finish line moment feels earned.🌀 THE FORMAT: 4 LAPS. 4 CHALLENGES. 1 EPIC FINISH.
You’ll tackle four 0.75-mile loops, and just when your legs think they’ve figured things out… boom, a 100-foot challenge lane awaits.- 🔥 Lap 1: Lunges – Wake up those quads early and set the tone
- 🐻 Lap 2: Bear Crawl – Get low, get gritty, embrace the grind
- 💥 Lap 3: Burpee Broad Jump – Full-body chaos in the best way possible
- ⚡ Lap 4: SPRINT – Empty the tank and fly to the finish
🎁 REGISTRATION INCLUDES:
- ✔️ Custom race t-shirt
- ✔️ Finisher award (you earned it!)
- ✔️ Entry into one of the most unique 5Ks around
- 📅 Race Day: Saturday, October 24, 2026
- 📍 During the Jack-O-Lantern Jubilee festivities
- 🕢 Packet Pickup: 7:30 AM
- 🧘 Pre-Race Warm-Up & Meeting: 8:30 AM
- 🏁 5K Start: 9:00 AM
- 🎉 Kids Run: 10:00 AM
- 🏆 Awards: 10:30 AM
- ⛔ Course Closes: 11:00 AM
- 👕 T-Shirt Deadline: October 1st (don’t miss it!)
🎃 Come for the run… stay for the festival, the costumes, the chaos, and the community.
This is your chance to be part of something brand new, a little wild, and wildly fun. Let’s make some noise in North Augusta.
Pick your distance
Running
5k Run/Walk - Solo
5K (4x .75mi loop w/ exercise component at the end of each loop: bear crawl, burpee broad jump, lunges, sprint)
5k Relay (Up to 4 People)
5K (4x .75mi loop w/ exercise component at the end of each loop: bear crawl, burpee broad jump, lunges, sprint) Relay members should run in an alternate order based on relay size.
Race-day daylight
We have no recorded weather for North Augusta yet, but sunrise and sunset follow from the venue and the date.
The sun rises at 7:39 AM and sets at 6:44 PM local time (EDT) in North Augusta on October 24, 2026 — 11h 04m of daylight.
Course
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🏃 Plan Your Next Race in North Augusta
Find upcoming events by distance:
- North Augusta 5K Races 6 races
- 10K Run Events in North Augusta 3 races
- North Augusta Half Marathons 2 races
- North Augusta Running Calendar 2026 7 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, 7 North Augusta events
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