YOLO Run

About the Event

You Only Live Once, so join us for the YOLO Run for a morning of sunshine that benefits children and families. UC Davis Children's Hospital and the NEC Society are teaming up on May 16th because it's Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) Awareness Day.

Join us on the football field May 16, 2026 at the UC Davis Health Stadium in Davis, California! Choose your distance and get ready to start and finish your race in the Stadium at the first-ever YOLO Run, presented by the NEC Society and UC Davis Children's Hospital.

NEC is an intestinal disease that can affect medically fragile infants during their first weeks and months of life. UC Davis Children's Hospital provides lifesaving care for babies at risk of NEC, and the NEC Society is the world's leading nonprofit advancing NEC research, education, and advocacy. Yolo County locals, Jennifer and Noah Canvasser, launched the NEC Society after tragically losing their son, Micah, to the disease. By teaming up with UC Davis Children's Hospital, the Canvasser family and NEC Society are building a world without NEC. Join us for the YOLO Run to support this work!

Interested in sponsoring the YOLO Run? Email Jennifer@NECsociety.org

Want to learn more about NEC? Check out NECsociety.org

Race Day Info

Race start time: 8:00 a.m.
Registration fee includes a YOLO Run finisher's medal and shirt. Entries received after May 2 may not receive desired shirt size.
Bib pick up will open at 6:45 a.m. on race morning. Arrive no later than 7:30 a.m. to check-in.
Parking is available on campus in lot adjacent to the stadium.

Course Maps

Post-Race

2025 YOLO Run photos by Facchino Photography available here
2025 Race Results: View 2025 results here

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12.4 km/h (Gentle breeze)

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Moderate

terrain Course conditions

Firm and slightly soft

sunny Max UV Index

High (6.0)

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54.9%

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05:54

nightlight Sunset

20:11

About Davis

Learn more about the host city, Davis.

Davis is in Yolo County in the Sacramento Valley of California. Davis is best known for the university located there, the University of California Davis.