Run For Your Life 5k - Tarboro

OCT
25
2025
Join the 13th annual Run For Your Life in downtown Tarboro on October 25, 2025 for a community 5K or 1 mile fun run supporting local cancer patients. Finish strong with live music at packet pickup and know every dollar stays local.
Sat 25 Oct 2025
5 kilometers

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Event overview

The Run For Your Life event is the 13th annual race held on Saturday, October 25, 2025, in downtown Tarboro, North Carolina. The event location and packet pickup site is Tarboro Brewing Company, 526 North Main Street, Tarboro, NC 27886. The race program includes these distances:

  • 5K
  • 1-Mile Fun Run

Charity, registration and logistics

This race is the signature fundraiser for the Edgecombe Cancer Support Foundation. One hundred percent of race proceeds are directed to local cancer patients and are administered by volunteers. Packet pickup is at Tarboro Brewing Company on Friday, October 24 (5:00–8:00 PM) and Saturday, October 25 (7:00–8:30 AM). Online registration closes October 23, 2025 at 11:59 PM; in-person registration is available at packet pickup with a $5 cost increase. Listed event prices are $40 for the 5K and $25 for the Fun Run; a $5 increase applies after online registration closes. Key deadlines include sponsor and T-shirt size guarantee by September 15, 2025, and memorial/honor sign purchases through September 30, 2025. Awards are given to the top three overall male and female finishers and the top two male and female finishers in standard age groups. A charity concert and raffle are scheduled Friday evening at the packet pickup site. The event is timed by Run The East, LLC. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.

5 km
Fun Run (1 Mile)

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