Running of the Bulls 8K
About this race
JOIN US FOR THE 18TH RUNNING OF DURHAM’S PREMIERE COMMUNITY ROAD RACE!
This scenic course will wind through the historic and revitalized neighborhoods of downtown Durham, American Tobacco Campus, Trinity Park and Old North Durham neighborhoods, and finish with a lap of the warning track inside the historic Old Durham Athletic Park!
This race is proudly sponsored by Law Office of James Scott Farrin and presented by Bull City Running Co.
Strollers are permitted. Dogs and headphones are not permitted.
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Running
8K Road Race
Take the 8K tour of Downtown Durham in one of Bull City's oldest and most iconic road races. Finish with a lap of the warning track inside the historic Durham Athletic Park!
Kids Run (Age 0-6)
Children ages 0-6 will start at the first base line foul pole with Wool E. Bull of the Durham Bulls and run the warning track of Historic Durham Athletic Park finishing near 3rd base for the 1/4 mile race. Each participant will receive a personalized bib, chip time, and a finisher's cowbell!
Kids Run (Age 7-12)
Children ages 7-12 will start at the first base line foul pole with Wool E. Bull of the Durham Bulls and run the warning track of Historic Durham Athletic Park finishing near 3rd base for the 1/4 mile race. Each participant will receive a personalized bib, chip time, and a finisher's cowbell!
Typical race-day weather
Based on 5 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Durham, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:00 AM and sets at 8:25 PM local time (EDT) in Durham on May 30, 2026 — 14h 24m of daylight.
Course
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2026 results — Running of the Bulls 8K
1,594 finishers across 3 distances · leading places in the 8K Road Race, 8K Road Race — Overall Results by Chip Time
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meshack Kuyo | 25:03 | 5:02 /mi |
| 2 | Taylor Healy | 25:45 | 5:11 /mi |
| 3 | Andrew Carlin | 26:41 | 5:22 /mi |
| 4 | Vinton Euler | 26:49 | 5:24 /mi |
| 5 | Michael Harris | 27:15 | 5:29 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
All results by year
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- Durham 5K Races 34 races
- 10K Run Events in Durham 3 races
- Durham Running Calendar 2026 49 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, 56 Durham events
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