Name: Hearts and Souls 5K
Start: 2026-02-21
End: 2026-02-21
Location: Calhoun, Georgia

About the Event

Make Plans to TODAY to participate in the 2nd. Annual running of the “Hearts and Souls 5K”! - Saturday – February 21st. 2026 – Calhoun GA City Recreation Park – 9:00 AM 5K Start! Join the Members from the South Calhoun Baptist Church as they pour their Hearts and Souls into local missions and work to spread the love of Christ throughout Calhoun, Gordon County, and our surrounding area. Proceeds from the Heart & Soles 5K and Fun Run will provide materials for minor home repairs for the elderly, literature for our jail ministry, and other local missions.

Registration:
*$30 5K Pre-Race Registration
*$20 Kids Fun Run Pre-Race Registration

5K Start-Finish & Race Day Parking:
*Both the Start & Finish Lines are located in Calhoun City Recreation Department (Park), 10 McDaniel Station Rd., Calhoun GA, 30701

Race Day Parking:
There is plenty of race day parking in the park adjacent to the ball fields and the start/finish line.

Race Day Schedule of Events:
*7:45 AM Race Day Registration Opens
*8:45 AM Race Day Registration Closes
*9:00 AM 5K Start Time
*9:45 AM Kids Fun Run Start
*10:15 AM Awards Presentation

Pre-Registration Packet Pick up:
*Pre-Registration Packet Pick up will be held Friday, February 14th. from 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM at the South Calhoun Baptist Church located at 500 Pine St., Calhoun, GA 30701.

Awards:
Awards will be given to the following:
*Top 3 Overall Male and Top 3 Overall Female Winners
*Top Masters Male and Top Masters Female Winners
*Top 3 Male & Female in the following Age Categories: 10-Under, 11-14, 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70 & Over

Please note, this is a rain or shine event.

Please plan to join us for this very memorable event in support of an outstanding cause!

Races Offered

Other

Feb 21, 2026

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Distance — Other

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Type — Road running

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1K

Feb 21, 2026

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5K

Feb 21, 2026

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Weather Overview

These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for February in Calhoun.

Temp (°C)

Feels Like (°C)

thermostat 8.5° / 19.9°

wb_sunny 5.6° / 17.6°

Wind (km/h)

Humidity (%)

air 12.4 /

water_drop 70.8%

Temp (°C)

Feels Like (°C)

Wind (km/h)

Humidity (%)

thermostat 8.5° / 19.9°

wb_sunny 5.6° / 17.6°

air 12.4 km/h

water_drop 70.8%

About Calhoun

Calhoun is in the Northwest High Country of Georgia and has this sort of idiosyncrasy in that it calls itself "The Land Of The Cherokee" even though there's hardly a Cherokee left standing, thanks to things like President Andrew Jackson and the Indian Removal Act. But there was a time when it was the land of the Cherokee, after they had been pushed out of their former territory in modern day eastern Tennessee and western South Carolina by European Americans. Here they established a town called Ustanali and then an actual capital called New Echota where council meetings were held and a newspaper was printed using the syllabary that Sequoyah had created. By the 1830s though, they were forced out by Georgia and the command of Winfield Scott, with broken treaties of promised sovereignty in the Indian Territory that would become Oklahoma. New Echota is now preserved as a historic site near Calhoun.