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XC Experience

Rutherfordton, North Carolina, United States View on map
Sep 19, 2026 (America/New_York local time)
Trail running

About this race

Gather your friends to run/walk the R-S Central High School Cross Country course. This two-lap course features mostly packed dirt or grass trails and has some paved sections. Runners start the race on the north end zone of the football field and head into the woods where they will wind their way through a canopy of foliage and fields until they return to the stadium for a finish on a beautiful track. This is a great 5k for runners, joggers, and walkers alike. Spectators will also love it because they will get to see and cheer you on multiple times throughout the race.

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Running

XC Experience 5k

Sep 19, 2026 5K 8:00 AM
$30.00
Closed

Typical race-day weather

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

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (race-week average) 15.3° / Maximum temperature (race-week average) 27.6°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 15.0° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 31.0°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (race-week average)
11.4
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (race-week average)
2.2mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (race-week average)
67.4%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on September 19, 2026 (EDT)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on September 19, 2026 (EDT)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
12h 15m

The sun rises at 7:13 AM and sets at 7:29 PM local time (EDT) in Rutherfordton on September 19, 2026 — 12h 15m of daylight.

Course

No course map published yet.

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2026 results — XC Experience

XC Experience 5k, Overall Results · 67 finishers

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Leading finishers of the 2026 XC Experience
Place Name Time Pace
1 Easton Holland 19:38 6:19 /mi
2 Rudy Ryback 19:57 6:25 /mi
3 Dominic Adams 20:11 6:29 /mi
4 Lauren Bennett 21:00 6:45 /mi
5 L. Kennedy 21:45 7:00 /mi

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

All results by year

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2019 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, 1 Rutherfordton event

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