The Pat Campbell Fighting Cancer 5K is always held during St. Patrick's Day Weekend. It is one of the first, flattest, fastest, funnest, faith-filled, and greenest race/walk events of the year, and all proceeds go to families currently undergoing cancer treatment! Running along the scenic Ohio River, this event is USATF-certified and professionally timed.
🏅🏅🏅 AWARDS
🏃 Top 3 Overall (M/F) and Top 3 (M/F) in each Age Group receive a special one-of-a-kind medal!
🏃♀️ Age Groups are 1-12, 13-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, and 70 & up. No double medals rule applies.
🏃♂️ Every participant 12 & under receives a medal!
👕👕👕 !! T-SHIRT DEADLINE !! - (2026 T-Shirt pic below.) Please register by EOD on February 21st, 2027 to guarantee your T-shirt commemorating the event and recognizing our community sponsors.
🫡☘️ 🙏🎶💚🍌🥤🥯Featuring a live National Anthem, color guard, an Irish Blessings raffle, food, music, prayer and more! So wear your kilts and don your green outfits to help us celebrate our 17th Anniversary!
🎗️❤️🎗️❤️🎗️❤️Our goal is to help honor all those who are battling and have survived this terrible disease and to raise money to help benefit cancer patients and their families throughout the Ohio Valley. This event is the primary fundraiser for The Ohio Valley Fighting Cancer Fund, a registered 501(c)3 charity. Apply for financial assistance anytime on our website www.fightingcancer5k.com !!
This is the first race of four Toronto, Ohio 5K's needed to complete the Gem City Quadfecta Challenge! Find out more on Facebook!
Mar 13, 2027
Distance — 3.1 Miles
Type — Running
10:30
$20.00
Mar 13, 2027
Distance — 3.1 Miles
Type — Running
10:31
$20.00
These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for March in Toronto.
Learn more about the host city, Toronto.
Toronto is a city of 4,900 people (2019) in Southeast Ohio on the banks of the Ohio River. Toronto is a bedroom community for Steubenville. With a restored historic downtown, homes, and well-maintained parks along a scenic Ohio riverfront.
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