5K races near Chatsworth

Lance's Legacy 5K and Fun Run is a fundraising run in Dalton, Georgia, starting from 652 Haig Mill Lake Road. It offers a 5K and a fun run, with a $30 registration fee for runners supporting the cause. The event is organized by Lance's Legacy, a nonprofit created in memory of Lance Sotelo, a runner from the Dalton and Charlotte running communities who died while out on a run. The race is held on Lance's birthday and raises money for scholarships for high school and college runners. These scholarships are for athletes who show perseverance, acceptance, and love, the qualities his family chose to carry forward through the nonprofit. The day also includes a live DJ, food vendors, inflatables, and awards, structured as both a community fundraiser and a family-friendly race day.

The Apple Festival 5K takes place in Ellijay, Georgia, on the morning of the Georgia Apple Festival. It includes a 5K, a one-mile fun run, and a virtual 5K option. The Ellijay Lions Club organizes this event, which is one of Georgia's longest-running 5Ks. The race details reflect a local event rather than a large-scale production. BT Race Timing manages the results, but chip timing is not used; finishers submit a card with their name, age, bib number, and gender. Awards are given to overall winners, masters, grand masters, and in five-year age groups from 10-and-under up to 80-and-over. Refreshments are available post-race, and free parking is offered around Ellijay Elementary School before festival road closures commence.

Marigold Miles 5K: Día de los Muertos Run is a 5K in Downtown Los Angeles incorporating Day of the Dead traditions. Thousands of families and friends gather to run, walk, and remember departed loved ones. The event supports the Olvera Street Merchants Association Foundation, which funds traditional, historical, cultural, and educational events connected to Olvera Street. The race begins on Main Street within El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument, the city's oldest area and Olvera Street's location. The course travels through lower Chinatown and passes Los Angeles State Historic Park. Before the start, traditional Aztec dancers conduct a purification ceremony; around the course, participants paint their faces like skulls and place marigolds, candles, photos, and memorabilia on altars, including an official Community Altar. Following the finish, the festival proceeds with mariachi bands, folkloric dance groups, and stilt walkers, and the top three finishers in each gender category are awarded hand-painted skull trophies.

The Cleveland Turkey Trot is a Thanksgiving morning race held at Greenway Park in Cleveland, Tennessee. A chip-timed 5K begins first, followed shortly by an untimed 1-mile fun run/walk. Terra Running Company organizes the event, and race-morning registration remains open until just before the start. This accommodates the casual holiday participants as well as runners aiming for a recorded 5K time. The 5K course starts and finishes at Greenway Park. It follows an out-and-back route heading south on the Greenway toward Willow Street. The event relocated to Greenway Park to accommodate larger numbers, with past participation exceeding 600 people. The course permits strollers and dogs, provided they begin at the rear due to runners moving in both directions. A food drive benefiting the Chattanooga Area Food Bank collects donations within Bradley County. The race also upholds a local tradition: early registrants receive beanie hats, and the first group to register gets sealed prize envelopes to be opened later at Terra Running Company.

Pine Log Possum Trot is a Thanksgiving morning 5K hosted by historic Pine Log United Methodist Church in Rydal, Georgia. It starts and finishes from the church at 3497 Pine Log Rd NE, and the day is designed for families, neighbors, runners, and walkers rather than for a competitive race field. Participants can run, walk, jog, or “wog,” which indicates the mood: the objective is getting out together before the holiday meal, not competing for first place. All proceeds support Hickory Log Personal Care Home, so the event connects a local 5K to a direct benefit for community members.

The Kyle Pease Foundation Blue Ridge Turkey Trot is a Thanksgiving Day race/walk in downtown Blue Ridge, Georgia. It is built for the whole family, with room for walkers, first-timers, and serious competitors on the same holiday-morning start line. The event keeps the schedule simple: get out, move through town, and still make it home in time to put the turkey in the oven. That makes it less like an all-day racing production and more like a local Thanksgiving ritual that can fit before the rest of the family plans.