Saturday, June 6th, 2026
800 Madison St, Lincolnton NC
5K
About this race
NextGen United's Summer Sun and Racing Fun 5K is coming up soon! We invite you to walk or run in our first-ever 5K race to kick off the summer season! To ramp up the fun, get a group together, dress up in fun summer-themed costumes, and help us kick off summer! Support our teen group and help raise money for UWLC's Community Fund, supporting our neighbors in need during one-time hardships, critical programs across the county, and much more! Plus, all runners will get to jumpstart summertime with snow cones, slushies, and much more once they cross that finish line!
The 5K route is as follows:
Leave Betty Ross Park on Motz Avenue
Travel 0.1 of a miles to rail trail entrance
Continue on rail trail crossing the following streets
Congress Street @ Government Street
Academy Street
Sycamore Street
Pine Street
Dixon Street
Runners will cross Dixon Street, make a U-turn on the Rail Trail, and return to the start/ finish line following the same route
Top placement in each of the categories below:
Top Male and Female overall
Top Male & Female Runner with Strollers
Summer Fun Costume Contest Winner
Train with a club
Run clubs near Lincolnton to train with before race day.
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