Porter 5K (3.1 mile) Rec Park, Columbia, CT
About this race
Welcome to our first annual 5K (3.1 mile) race & 1-mile kids fun run/walk to benefit Horace W. Porter's eighth grade class. Please join us Saturday, May 2, 2027, at Rec Park 11:00am 60 Henniquin Rd. Columbia, CT. This race is a hybrid consisting of some road and some trail. You'll start at rec park upper pavilion, loop around the yellow trail (Utley Hill Yellow Loop) continuing to Lake Rd, right onto Henniquin Rd, and right back into Rec Park. Please car-pool if possible. We will have local food vendors, a DJ to keep you pumped up, and concessions open during the race. Prizes for top finishers.
Early registration is discounted, and same day registration is available.
Bib pick up & race day registration will begin at 9am-10:45am.
Pre-race complementary yoga for athletes 10:15am-10:40am.
5K Race starts at 11am
Kids 1-mile fun run/walk immediately after.
Pick your distance
Running
3.1 Mile Run
1 Mile Fun Run
Race-day daylight
We have no recorded weather for Columbia yet, but sunrise and sunset follow from the venue and the date.
The sun rises at 5:44 AM and sets at 7:48 PM local time (EDT) in Columbia on May 2, 2027 — 14h 03m of daylight.
Course
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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 Columbia event
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