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Saturday, August 28th, 2027
Waterfront Park at the Big Four Bridge, Louisville KY
5K · 1 Mile
67–85°F · some rain risk
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2025
63–82°F
dry
2024
71–95°F
dry
2023
62–82°F
dry
2022
74–90°F
rain
2021
74–88°F
rain
2020
70–88°F
rain
2019
59–83°F
dry
2018
75–88°F
rain
2017
67–79°F
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2016
72–90°F
dry
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Race-day forecast · Saturday, Aug 28
Cloudy · 63–89°F
Saturday, Aug 28starts near 63°F · 2% chance of rain · wind up to 6 mph
About this race
Mission: Finish Line for Your Behind
Come dressed as your favorite superhero to help avenge colon cancer. Capes encouraged, courage required. We will have several family-friendly games, and please bring your four-legged friends. Please register your kids and indicate if they would like a cape package (absolutely available to our big kids and really fun adults).
SATURDAY, August 28, 2027, at 8:00 AM at Waterfront Park in Louisville
RACE FEATURES:
- Scenic paved route at Waterfront Park in downtown Louisville
- Commemorative race shirts
- Family-friendly games for kids
- "Daisy" best dressed superhero dog award
- Free Race Photos (Thanks Ruby Cline-Eaton & Donna Collins Photography)
- Chip timing by RaceRise
- Teams
- Overall & Age Group Awards
- Free Kids Dash (1/4 mile)
- Prizes for our Top Fundraising Teams
PACKET PICKUP Our packet pickup will be held on Friday, August 27th, from 12pm-6 pm in front of our office, Prevention Project (Address: 1640 Lyndon Farm Ct #108, Louisville, KY 40223). Foundation For A healthy Kentucky Building. We will also have race morning packet pickup from 7-7:30 am at Waterfront Park Big Four Lawn.
RACE DAY SCHEDULE
- 7:00AM Packet Pickup & Healthy Village Opens
- 7:40AM Kids 1/4 Mile Dash (Ages 9 and under)
- 7:50AM Pre-race Program
- 8:00AM Kicking Butt 5K Race Start
- 8:02AM 1 Mile Fun Walk starts
- 9:00AM 5K & Fundraising Awards Ceremony
KID'S DASH We'll have a FREE Kid's Dash (1/4 mile distance) at 7:40 am. SUPERHERO packets will be available for purchase when registering (for kids of all ages 0-120). Please register your kids.
DAISY AWARD: This is a best-dressed dog award in honor of Meredith Potthast. Costumes will be superhero themed.
5K RACE AWARDS Top 3 M/F Overall and Top 3 M/F in the following age groups: 0-12, 13-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70-79 and 80+
5K ROUTE MAP
1 MILE FUN WALK ROUTE MAP
-Colon cancer is the #1 cancer killer in 20–49-year-olds
-New legislation has been passed in Kentucky that makes it easier to be screened. https://kyma.org/from-cancer-detection-to-prevention-the-promise-of-krs-304-17a-257/
-Let's support our survivors
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