Great Lakes Cancer Foundation 5K

Name: Great Lakes Cancer Foundation 5K
Start: 2026-07-25
End: 2026-07-25
Location: Traverse City, Michigan

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Traverse City, Michigan, United States

calendar_today 25 Jul, 2026

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About the Event

Join us July 25, 2026 in Traverse City, MI for the Great Lakes Cancer Foundation 5k and kids 1 mile fun run to help raise awareness, funds, and hope for any and all that have been affected by Cancer. At the Great Lakes Cancer Foundation, our mission is to remove financial barriers for at-risk individuals seeking essential cancer screenings and diagnostic services. We believe everyone deserves access to early detection, and we’re here to make it possible.

The festivities will start at 8am with our kids untimed 1 mile race! This race will take place from Eastern elementary down Eastern Ave as a safe out and back on the sidewalk. The out and back style course will allow the kiddos to high five and smile at one another while they cheer and run their way back to the finish at Eastern Elementary.

The 5k will start and end at Eastern Elementary School at 8:30am. The flat fast course will take you past an aid station around mile one, running past the shore of the beautiful East Bay, and looping back to the Elementary School where you will be cheered across the finish line by all our supporting partners and volunteers! Come join the fun!

Races Offered

Kids 1 Mile UNTIMED Fun Run

Jul 25, 2026

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Distance — 1 Miles

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Type — Running

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08:00

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Great Lakes Cancer Foundation 5K

Jul 25, 2026

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Distance — 5K

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Type — Running

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08:30

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$40.00

Weather Overview

These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for July in Traverse City.

Temp (°C)

Feels Like (°C)

thermostat 17.4° / 26.0°

wb_sunny 17.2° / 25.9°

Wind (km/h)

Humidity (%)

air 10.8 /

water_drop 73.7%

Temp (°C)

Feels Like (°C)

Wind (km/h)

Humidity (%)

thermostat 17.4° / 26.0°

wb_sunny 17.2° / 25.9°

air 10.8 km/h

water_drop 73.7%

About Traverse City

Traverse City is a scenic city on the Grand Traverse Bay of Lake Michigan. Directly north of Traverse City, the Old Mission Peninsula splits the Grand Traverse Bay in two, with a beautiful windswept landscape and great views of the bay on either side. Slightly to the west, the Leelanau Peninsula, with its charming small towns, forms the "pinkie finger" of the Michigan peninsula, jutting into Lake Michigan. Both peninsulas are prime winemaking regions within the state, and as such are one of the main tourist attractions in the region. Over a million visitors come each year to tour the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, a scenic lakeside park with impressively large sand dunes. It's also a very popular destination for outdoor activities, owing to the proximity of Lake Michigan in summer, the impressive autumn colors, and the high snowfalls in winter.