Upstate Strut for Childhood Cancer Race
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Upstate Strut for Childhood Cancer Race

Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States View on map
Sep 26, 2026 (America/New_York local time)
Running

About this race

Come join us for a great day for an even better cause! Serious runners, casual joggers, and family strollers alike will fill the Milliken Arboretum in Spartanburg on September 26th for the Upstate Strut for Childhood Cancer Race! All proceeds go to Upstate children battling cancer through Children's Cancer Partners of the Carolinas.   1 Mile Route 5k Route


Prizes:

Top 3 Male and Female Overall

Top Male & Female Age Group

Age Group Categories

  • 0-16
  • 17-34
  • 35-54
  • 55-69
  • 70+
Race Shirts
T-shirts are limited to our first 200 registrants! Sizes will be dependent upon availability unless you registered prior to October 15.

Join/Create a Team/Group

  • Navigate to the Race Page.
  • Select Sign Up to begin the registration process.
  • Enter in all participant information
  • Select Join/Create a team
    • If joining you can search for the team
    • If the team has not been created you can select "create team"
    • From there you can type in team name and optional password
    • Follow additional registration steps to complete registration
      • donations
      • shirt selection
      • waiver
      • payment
    • Participants will receive a confirmation email of registration and group/team
 

Pick your distance

Running

5K Run

DEAL!

Sep 26, 2026 5K 9:00 AM
$40.00
Closed

1 Mile Fun Run/Walk

Sep 26, 2026 1.6K 9:30 AM
$30.00
Closed

Typical race-day weather

Based on 7 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Spartanburg, plus the 3 days either side.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (race-week average) 12.3° / Maximum temperature (race-week average) 23.4°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 11.2° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 24.6°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (race-week average)
14.7
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (race-week average)
1.6mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (race-week average)
66.6%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on September 26, 2026 (EDT)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on September 26, 2026 (EDT)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
12h 00m

The sun rises at 7:18 AM and sets at 7:19 PM local time (EDT) in Spartanburg on September 26, 2026 — 12h 00m of daylight.

Course

No course map published yet.

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2026 results — Upstate Strut for Childhood Cancer Race

177 finishers across 2 distances · leading places in the 5K Run

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Leading finishers of the 2026 Upstate Strut for Childhood Cancer Race
Place Name Time Pace
1 Jake Skory 19:00 6:07 /mi
2 Mike Mercier 19:37 6:19 /mi
3 Joshua Baugh 23:19 7:30 /mi
4 Ashley Sosa 23:28 7:33 /mi
5 Andrew Delmas 23:30 7:34 /mi

Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.

All results by year

2026 edition View Results
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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, 20 Spartanburg events

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