Step Up for America's Heroes Stair Challenge

Step Up for America's Heroes Stair Challenge

Mount Pleasant, Michigan, United States View on map
Oct 24, 2026 (America/Detroit local time)
Running

About this race

Come support America's Heroes and test yourself with the Step Up for America's Heroes Stair Challenge! Climb 2,200 steps to complete the ultimate stair climb challenge. Why 2,200 stairs? Because that is how many stairs it was to the top of the World Trade Center when firefighters, law enforcement, military personnel, and civilians unselfishly and willingly climbed the stairs to save others during the September 11th terrorist attacks. Climb the stairs to honor, remember, and commemorate these brave heroes and their sacrifices, both, during the attack and after the attack when American military personnel were sent to fight in the Middle East during the Global War on Terrorism. 

This event will be happening at Community Memorial Stadium at Mt. Pleasant High School. There will be doughnuts and beverages for participants. If you would rather not climb all 2,200 stairs but still want to participate, that is totally fine, climb as many as you are comfortable with. Not a stair climber? We also have the track around the football field you may walk or run around. This event is free but we do ask that you make a donation toward the Disabled American Veterans organization. Our goal is $1,100!

Donation Link: https://support.dav.org/participant/28672 

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Step Up for America's Heroes Stair Challenge

This is not a 5K run. This is a stair climbing challenge.

Oct 24, 2026 5K 9:00 AM
Free
Open

Typical race-day weather

Based on 1 year of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Mount Pleasant, plus the 3 days either side.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (race-week average) 4.2° / Maximum temperature (race-week average) 14.9°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 0.6° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 14.9°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (race-week average)
17.1
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (race-week average)
0.4mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (race-week average)
64.6%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on October 24, 2026 (EDT)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on October 24, 2026 (EDT)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
10h 36m

The sun rises at 8:04 AM and sets at 6:41 PM local time (EDT) in Mount Pleasant on October 24, 2026 — 10h 36m of daylight.

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  • Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
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