2025 - Y It Matters 5K & Fun Run
2025 distances
Running
Couch to 5K Training
Get ready for race day! This year, we are introducing a Couch to 5K training program, developed by YMCA of Greater Birmingham fitness staff! Participants will receive an easy-to-follow training plan. Upon registration, stop by your home branch, to receive your Couch to 5K Display Card and begin logging your progress. You will receive additional info via email upon registration. Non-members are welcome to participate. In-branch progress tracking is not required, but strongly encouraged!
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.
Race-day weather
Conditions on September 16, 2025 — historical Open-Meteo data.
The sun rises at 6:31 AM and sets at 6:52 PM local time (CDT) in Birmingham on September 16, 2025 — 12h 20m 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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