Y It Matters 5K & Fun Run
About this race
- 5K Race Fee: TBD
- Fun Run Race Fee: TBD
- YMCA members receive and YMCA will receive a discount: More info to come.
- To be guaranteed a shirt, you must register by Friday, Nov. 13, 2026
- Sleep in registration available. If you do not want to participate on race day but want to support the Y and get a race T-shirt, we are happy for the support. Shirts must be picked up prior to event day at packet pickup.
- Payment: Credit cards are the only accepted form of payment. No cash or checks will be accepted.
- Please note there is a processing fee and sales tax associated with each entry.
- Race Start/Finish Location: Starting near Good People Brewing on 1st Avenue South
- Course Information: Participants will head northeast up 1st Avenue South towards the Rotary Trail toward 32nd Street South where they will turn around and race back towards Good People Brewing. Flat and fast! CLICK HERE to view the course map.
- Our course is not certified.
- Pre-race Packet Pickup - Day, time and place TBD
- Race-Day Packet Pickup: TBD
- Swag: Please note that while we will do the best, only participants who registered on or before Nov. 13, 2026 are guaranteed a race shirt.
Pick your distance
Running
Y It Matters 5K
All 5K participants will receive a medal. Top 3 finishers in each age/gender category will receive a medal or non-cash prize.
Y It Matters 5K - Sleep-In Option
Don't want to run or walk the event but still want to support the Downtown YMCA Youth Center? You will still get the official race day t-shirt if you register by Nov. 21
Y It Matters Fun Run
Children and their families are invited to run our inagural Fun Run as part of the Y It Matters Race Day. The course is a 1-mile fun run, out and back. Paying participants will receive a race shirt. A parent/guardian may run alongside their child(ren) at no cost, but will not recieve a bib, shirt or medal. Fun Run Registration will prompt adults registering minors to identify as a parent running with a minor so we can accurately track participation.
Typical race-day weather
Based on 12 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Birmingham, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:42 AM and sets at 4:39 PM local time (CST) in Birmingham on December 12, 2026 — 9h 57m of daylight.
Course
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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, 49 Birmingham events
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