About the Coon Dog Day 5k
The course starts and finishes on Main Street, right in the middle of downtown Saluda. The route is the same one the race has always used, through the streets of a small mountain town. The whole thing wraps up well before the Coon Dog Day festival gets going, so sticking around afterward for the crafts, food, and music is an easy plan.
Packet pickup is the evening before at the Saluda Inn on Greenville Street. Race-morning check-in is at a realty office on East Main Street, beside the post office. Parking is available at several nearby churches for race participants, though those lots clear out once the festival begins. The elementary school lot on Seminary Street is a short walk to the start and has no time pressure.
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Coon Dog Day 5k 2026 Results
Going by the 2026 results, this is a decent-sized field, and the spread of finish times is wide, so this is a mostly recreational race rather than one for club runners.
5K Results · 2026
340finishers
17:37winner
33:36median
1:08:13cutoff
Top 3: Logan Totten-Lancaster (17:37) · Jay Upchurch (17:51) · Colson Totten-Lancaster (18:10)
The Coon Dog Day 5k has been held every year since at least 2022. That is as far back as RunSignup's records for this race go, so it may well be older.
How we calculate these stats: RunSesh calculates these figures from the most recent published results of past editions, sourced from RunSignup. We show aggregates only: field size, winning and median times, and the cutoff. We never publish individual finisher tables. Last updated Nov 12, 2026.
Distances & Start Times
5K7/10/2027 08:00$30
1K7/10/2027 08:05$15
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