Railsplitter 5k
About this race
The Railsplitter 5K kicks off Lincoln Memorial University’s annual Homecoming activities!
Location: LMU Campus in Harrogate (LMU Park - in front of the Honeycutt and Laws Operations Building)
Thursday October 8, 2026 at 6 p.m.
Registration: $20
Registration includes the Railsplitter 5k race shirt. Abe Lincoln top hats and beards available while supplies last! Post-race refreshments provided free to runners and walkers by The Juice Spot. Prizes for top three overall male and female runners and age groups.
Course: 3.1 miles on roads on LMU campus
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Running
Railsplitter 5k Run/Walk
Course: 3.1 miles on roads on LMU campus
Typical race-day weather
Based on 3 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Harrogate, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 7:35 AM and sets at 7:08 PM local time (EDT) in Harrogate on October 8, 2026 — 11h 32m of daylight.
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2026 results — Railsplitter 5k
Railsplitter 5k Run/Walk · 110 finishers
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joshua Lewis | 19:20 | 6:14 /mi |
| 2 | Mary McDavid | 19:35 | 6:19 /mi |
| 3 | Dalton Fleenor | 19:55 | 6:26 /mi |
| 4 | Emily Combs | 20:56 | 6:45 /mi |
| 5 | Luke Browning | 21:00 | 6:46 /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 Harrogate
Find upcoming events by distance:
- Harrogate 5K Races 2 races
- Harrogate Running Calendar 2026 2 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, 2 Harrogate events
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