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Sunday, November 8th, 2026
8801 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Denver CO
5K
31–56°F · low rain risk
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On this date: rain 2 of the last 10 years
2025
39–55°F
dry
2024
29–32°F
rain
2023
36–45°F
dry
2022
39–70°F
dry
2021
34–49°F
rain
2020
41–58°F
dry
2019
21–61°F
dry
2018
26–39°F
dry
2017
22–57°F
dry
2016
34–63°F
dry
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Race-day forecast · Sunday, Nov 8
Sunny · 49–71°F
Sunday, Nov 8starts near 49°F · 8% chance of rain · wind up to 7 mph
About this race
This family-friendly 5K Run/Walk is open to the community and all fitness levels are welcome. You can run for time, run for fun, or walk with friends. (Please read Course Information & Restrictions for important event day details to help you plan, including parking tips)
RACE DAY SCHEDULE
9:00 am -- Final packet pick-up and in-person registration opens. Food trucks open. Race expo opens.
9:50 am -- Packet Pickup and Registration closes; participants join Izzi The Dragon at the start line!
10:00 am -- Dragon Dash 5K Run/Walk BEGINS (Groups released in waves every 2 minutes)
11:30 am -- 5K course closes
12:00 pm -- Event area closes
The Dragon Dash will be professionally chip-timed and on an official 5K course which is flat and mostly paved. The Dragon Dash is hosted by, and proceeds benefit, Isabella Bird Community School - a DPS elementary school serving 500+ students in ECE through 5th grade.
*PLEASE NOTE: event staff will not be responsible for children who participate in the race unattended. We ask that, if you are registering any child age 10 or under that at least one adult 18+ is also officially registered and has plans to accompany the child throughout the race and while in the expo area.
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