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8th Annual Healthy Kappa 5K Run/Walk/Ride

Name: 8th Annual Healthy Kappa 5K Run/Walk/Ride
Start: 2026-09-12
End: 2026-09-12
Location: Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

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About the Event

The Healthy Kappa 5K Run/Walk/Ride is a family-friendly event for runners, walkers, and bicyclists of all fitness levels. The vision of the event is to create a healthy space that fosters the principles of diet, nutrition, and exercise leading to healthy lifestyles.

This 8th annual event benefits the Kappa Scholarship Endowment Fund of Western Pennsylvania (KSEF). KSEF has provided over $2.7 million in financial support to approximately 160 minority college-bound students from Western PA. In 2023 alone, KSEF provided over $215,000 in financial support for college-bound minority students from Western Pennsylvania. To learn more about KSEF, or to DONATE, please visit our website at www.ksefpgh.org.

Join Us for the After-Run Health Break

Immediately following the race, starting around 10:30 AM, head around the corner to the CoHatch - Southside Works, for a free Kappa Health Symposium: Learn, Engage, & Transform event hosted by KSEF. Whether you ran, walked, or rode your bike and left your legs screaming for mercy, this is your chance to get quick health insights from local practitioners. No medical knowledge needed, just come curious and hydrated! Register to attend. CoHatch Southside Works located at 2681 Sidney St, Pittsburgh, PA 15203.

Races Offered

Healthy Kappa 5K

Sep 12, 2026

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Distance — 5K

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Type — Running

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09:00

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$30.00

Healthy Kappa 5K Bike Ride

Sep 12, 2026

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Distance — 5K

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Type — Running

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09:00

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$30.00

Healthy Kappa Walk

Sep 12, 2026

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Distance — 1.6K

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Type — Running

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09:00

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$20.00

KSEF Health Symposium: Learn, Engage, and Transform

Sep 12, 2026

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Distance — KSEF Health Symposium: Learn Engage and Transform

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Type — Running

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10:30

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$0.00

Weather History

These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for September in Pittsburgh.

thermostat Temperature

14.8° / 24.8°

wb_sunny Feels like

14.4° / 24.3°

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9h 19m

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2.7 mm

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air Avg wind speed

8.0 km/h (Light breeze)

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Moderate

terrain Course conditions

Firm and slightly soft

sunny Max UV Index

Moderate (5.0)

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72.3%

wb_twilight Sunrise

07:00

nightlight Sunset

19:26

About Pittsburgh

Learn more about the host city, Pittsburgh.

Pittsburgh is a city in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. Located in southwestern Pennsylvania where the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers meet to form the Ohio River, it had a population of 302,971 at the 2020 census, making it the second-most populous city in Pennsylvania after Philadelphia. The Pittsburgh metropolitan area has over 2.43 million people, making it the largest in the Ohio Valley and Appalachia, the second-largest in Pennsylvania, and the 28th-largest in the U.S. The greater Pittsburgh–Weirton–Steubenville combined statistical area includes parts of Ohio and West Virginia.