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Spark the FREEdom 5K and 3k Run / Walk
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Spark the FREEdom 5K and 3k Run / Walk

Greenville, South Carolina, United States View on map
Jul 04, 2026 (America/New_York local time)
Running

About this race

Spark the FREEdom 5K & 3K Run/Walk A FREE July 4th Celebration for the Upstate Running Club Family Friday, July 4th 6:30 PM – 10:30 PM Lakewood Nature Preserve 220 Lakewood Drive, Greenville, SC 29607   Lace up your shoes, grab your lawn chair, and prepare for a little red, white, and woo-hoo!   Join us on July 4th for a fun and FREE 5K or 3K run/walk as we celebrate our Upstate Running Club members, running family, and the kind of summer night that feels best with trail dust on your shoes and fireworks in the sky. After the run, stick around for a post-run social, potluck dinner, food, drinks, fireworks, and whatever zippity-do-dah energy the night decides to bring. This is not a fancy banquet. This is a backyard-style, running-family friendza where everyone brings a little something, shares a few laughs, and helps turn Lakewood Nature Preserve into the most patriotic aid station in Greenville. Bring a side dish, dessert, snacks, drinks, camp chairs, picnic blankets, or anything that makes a summer gathering better. Fireworks are welcome too, but please keep it to the kind that lights up the sky, not the kind that turns someone’s hand into a math problem.   Camping is available for $25 per participant for anyone who wants to keep the freedom festivities rolling under the moon and stars.   Please note that there is no water or power on site, but we do have plenty of open parking, beautiful nature trails, wildlife, wide-open sky, and just enough controlled chaos to make this a Fourth of July night worth remembering.   Come run, walk, eat, laugh, camp, contribute, and celebrate with the URC community. Freedom. Fireworks. Friendship. Free miles. That’s the Spark the FREEdom way. 🇺🇸✨

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Running

5k Run/Walk

Jul 04, 2026 5K 6:30 PM
Free
Closed

3k Run / Walk

Jul 04, 2026 3K 6:30 PM
Free
Closed

Typical race-day weather

Based on 12 years of historical conditions on this event's race dates in Greenville.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (race-day average) 21.8° / Maximum temperature (race-day average) 31.8°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-day average) 21.8° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-day average) 39.1°
Wind (km/h)
Average wind speed (race-day average)
15.1
Precip (mm)
Average precipitation (race-day average)
1.0mm
Humidity
Average relative humidity (race-day average)
67.8%

Course

Route map and elevation profile

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  • 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, 87 Greenville events

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