24Apr
2.5K
Running
- Distance
- 2.5K
- Start time
- 11:00
- Entry fee
- $25.00
Boondocks Breakaway 5K & 2.5K
Anchorage,
Alaska,
United States
176 days left
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Date
24 Apr, 2027
Races
2 distances
Entry fee
$25.00
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Website
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Boondocks Breakaway 5K & 2.5K
About the event
The Anchorage Running Club's season kickoff event features a 5K and 2.5K race on the trails at Russian Jack Park. Your Anchorage Running Club membership gives you 100% discount on this race, nonmembers pay $25.
Join us for this fun race event where the course may have patches of snow left on it in some areas which makes it slightly different and a bit challenging.
Post race there is an award ceremony to give out Over All and Age Group awards as well as snacks, water, and Gatorade.
Races offered
24Apr
5K Run
Running
- Distance
- 5K
- Start time
- 11:00
- Entry fee
- $25.00
Weather history
3-year monthly averages for April in Anchorage.
Temperature-2.8° / 6.2°
Feels like-6.9° / 2.7°
Sunshine hours8h 2m
Rainfall1.7 mm
Snowfall0.8 cm
Wind6.9 km/h (Light breeze)
Humidity72.9%
Max UV indexLow (2.5)
Sweat lossLow
Course conditionsFirm and slightly soft
Sunrise06:34
Sunset21:23
About Anchorage
Learn more about the host city, Anchorage.
Anchorage is the largest city in Alaska, in the Southcentral region. Anchorage is a cosmopolitan port city with a population of 291 247 (2020). It is a consolidated city-borough referred to as a municipality. The urbanized city is defined by Muldoon Road to the east, Rabbit Creek Road to the south, and Cook Inlet to the north and west. Several small suburbs are within the Municipality of Anchorage while physically outside what most Anchorageites would call the "Anchorage" proper area. These include Eagle River and Chugiak to the north and Girdwood to the south.
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