2022 - Smoky Mountain Bigfoot 5K & Fun Run
2022 distances
Running
5K Run
5K (3.1 mile) out-and-back run from the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center, with virtually guaranteed Bigfoot (and Sassy Squatch!) sightings along the way, and an aid station you'll hit twice on the course.
1 Mile Fun Run
1 mile out-and-back run from the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center, with virtually guaranteed Bigfoot (or Sassy Squatch!) sightings along the way, and an aid station at the halfway point.
Race-day weather
Conditions on May 7, 2022 — historical Open-Meteo data.
The sun rises at 6:36 AM and sets at 8:26 PM local time (EDT) in Townsend on May 7, 2022 — 13h 50m of daylight.
Course
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2022 results — Smoky Mountain Bigfoot 5K & Fun Run
425 finishers across 2 distances · leading places in the 5K Run
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack Hillenbrand | 17:00 | 5:28 /mi |
| 2 | Cory Krabbe | 18:19 | 5:54 /mi |
| 3 | Matthew Williams | 19:30 | 6:16 /mi |
| 4 | Joshua Melton | 19:40 | 6:20 /mi |
| 5 | Russell Gallman | 20:00 | 6:26 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
Other races near Townsend
Different organizers, within 40 miles, in the next three months
Smoky Mountain Very Scary 5K
S'mores Run 5k & 10k (Townsend, TN )
Little River Run 5K
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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, 8 Townsend events
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