Be A Beast 5k

🏃‍♂️ Event Overview

We invite you to join us for the 8th annual Be a Beast 5K and 1 Mile Fun Walk/Run on Saturday September 26, 2026.

🌟 About Ann Higginbotham

• Legacy: Ann Higginbotham, a life-long educator in Campbell County and Middlesboro City Schools, passed away in September of 2016.
• Resilience: Although she lost her fight with ovarian cancer, she was as resilient in sickness as she was in life. She was a BEAST!
• Funding: The proceeds of this run will benefit students from Campbell County High School and Anderson County High School (where her daughter spent 18 years as an educator).
• Scholarship: All monies raised will go toward the Ann Higginbotham Memorial Scholarship Fund.

🎗️ Ovarian Cancer Awareness

This event will also offer the community ovarian cancer awareness. Ovarian cancer is a silent killer and is often not detected until the latter stages.

🕖 Registration Details

• On Site Registration: 7:00 am to 8:15 am.
• 5K Start Time: 8:30 am.
• Fun Walk Start Time: The walk will begin at approximately 8:35 am after the 5K race starts.
• Course Location: The run will begin at Anderson County High School in the parking lot facing Charles G. Seivers Boulevard, near the library.

🏅 Course Information

Course snakes through the parking lot to a left turn onto the boulevard. Course then follows Charles G. Seivers Boulevard towards Clinton to a turn around point at 1.55 miles then returns to the start/finish line for a 3.1 mile distance. This course is challenging, in fact, it’s a BEAST.

🏆 Awards Format

• Overall: 1 deep M/F Overall
• Masters: 1 deep M/F Master-Grandmaster-Veteran
• Age Groups: 3 deep M/F Age Group 1-10, 11-19, 20-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70+

🔗 More Information

For further details, please visit the race page: Be A Beast 5k.