Cholangiocarcinoma Crushers 5K

Cholangiocarcinoma Crushers 5K is an annual charity race in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, held on November 7, 2026 with a 9:00 a.m. start over 3.1 miles. It honors patients and raises money for bile duct cancer research, and participants are welcome either running or walking the course in support of the Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation.

Charity 5Ks like this one are a good place to run your first race: the field is mixed, the distance is short, and nobody is judging the clock. Building up over four to six weeks of easy running three times a week is plenty. If you are already fit, use it as a fall benchmark — run a proper warm-up, hold an even effort through the middle mile, which is where most 5K times are lost, and finish hard over the last 800 meters.