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5K Races in Ames, Iowa

4 upcoming 5K races in Ames, listed by date with entry fees from race registration.

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upcoming 5K races

Other distances in Ames

October 2026

November 2026

5K results in Iowa

From 65 5K races with official results in the last two years, 11,577 finishers in all. Ames has too few scored 5K races for its own numbers, so these cover all of Iowa.

Typical 5K times by age and gender

35:56
typical finish
11:34 /mi
typical pace
105
finishers in a typical race
38:44
women, typical finish
32:03
men, typical finish
under 25:39
the fastest tenth

Entry for upcoming 5K races in Iowa usually runs from $30 to $40, with a typical fee of $30 before processing fees.

Typical times are the middle finisher across these races, weighted by field size. School meets, stair climbs, and results with timing errors are left out.

Fastest 5K races in Iowa

  1. 1Inwood Firecracker 5k and 1 Mile Fun Run/WalkInwood · median 27:18 · 114 finishers in 2026
  2. 2George Freedom Days RunGeorge · median 28:13 · 179 finishers in 2026
  3. 3Mental Health Matters 5kHiawatha · median 29:52 · 103 finishers in 2025
  4. 4Summer Sizzler- Des MoinesDes Moines · median 31:36 · 156 finishers in 2026
  5. 52026 Running Free 5K Presented by Running WildDavenport · median 31:36 · 105 finishers in 2025

Biggest 5K races in Iowa

  1. 1YMCA of the Iowa Mississippi Valley McCarthy-Bush Turkey TrotDavenport · 1,760 finishers in 2025
  2. 2Deal's Orchard Spiked Apple 5kJefferson · 463 finishers in 2026
  3. 3Fire Runner 5kWaterloo · 433 finishers in 2026
  4. 4West Point Sweet Corn Festival RunWest Point · 367 finishers in 2026
  5. 5Ditmars Wine Run 5kCouncil Bluffs · 339 finishers in 2026
When 5K races happen in Iowa