Walk the Talk 5k and Fun Run
About this race
Walk the Talk 5k, fun run, and health fair is about nurturing and strengthening the body, mind, and spirit. We will have 30 plus vendors, educators, instructors, and coaches on site from local studios, educational backgrounds, farmer’s markets, businesses, and food/snack trucks. We will feature dance and gymnastics performances, aerobics classes (all-levels), plant bingo, and registration for various athletics/hobbies such as paddle boarding or tennis/pickleball clubs!
Course Certification: We are seeking official USATF certification for this event. We will post that designation as soon as we are approved!
Pick your distance
Running
5k - Elite
Male runners under 18:00 and Female runners under 21:00.
5k - Open
Youth Fun Run ( 4-12)
For children 4-12 years old
Vendor Expo
Shirt Only
Cost to purchase a shirt is $20
Race-day daylight
We have no recorded weather for Bessemer City yet, but sunrise and sunset follow from the venue and the date.
The sun rises at 7:11 AM and sets at 7:26 PM local time (EDT) in Bessemer City on September 19, 2026 — 12h 15m of daylight.
Course
No course map published yet.
The organizer hasn't released a route for this event, and we don't publish guesses. If you're the organizer, send us a GPX file and we'll draw the profile.
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2026 results — Walk the Talk 5k and Fun Run
30 finishers across 2 distances · leading places in the 5k - Elite
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greg Dreibelbis | 32:45 | 10:32 /mi |
| 2 | Candie Dreibelbis | 32:51 | 10:35 /mi |
| 3 | Ed Hall | 1:11:53 | 23:08 /mi |
| 4 | Hunter Holland | 1:12:11 | 23:14 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
All results by year
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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, 1 Bessemer City event
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