22May
5K Run
Running
- Distance
- 5K
- Start time
- 08:00
- Entry fee
- $40.00
The Best 5K on the Brazos
Waco,
Texas,
United States
198 days left
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Date
22 May, 2027
Races
2 distances
Entry fee
$40.00
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Website
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The Best 5K on the Brazos
About the event
The racecourse for the Best 5K on the Brazos is a flat and scenic course that runs along the Brazos River from Indian Spring Park.
Take this opportunity to possibly set a personal record for the 5K.
This is the target race for the Waco Women's Training Program. So, please come out and support them as this will be the first 5K race for many of them.
The 5K awards will include medals for the top overall male and female and for the first 3 male and female finishers in 5 yr. age categories from 14 and under to 70 and over.
Note: Dogs are not allowed on the course for insurance and safety reasons.
Races offered
22May
Volunteer
Running
- Distance
- Volunteer
- Start time
- 08:00
- Entry fee
- $0.00
Weather history
3-year monthly averages for May in Waco.
Temperature19.7° / 28.8°
Feels like20.0° / 29.7°
Sunshine hours9h 28m
Rainfall6.6 mm
Snowfall—
Wind12.5 km/h (Gentle breeze)
Humidity75.8%
Max UV indexHigh (6.0)
Sweat lossHigh
Course conditionsHard and dry surface
Sunrise06:31
Sunset20:17
About Waco
Learn more about the host city, Waco.
Waco is a city in the Blackland Prairie region of north central Texas. Waco is best known in Texas for being the home of Baylor University, the largest Baptist university in the world, chartered during the Republic of Texas.
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