5K runs in Dorset
Find 5k runs in Dorset in 2025/2026 - filter by date, location or category, display on a map or use the advanced search to find your perfect race.
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- Sat 8 Nov
- £25-£30
Poole MoRun | 5K
MoRunning brings everyday people together with the focus being to inspire you, your family, your kids and your friends to have the best time running! Get ready for the 5K, Poole!
- Chip timing
- Enter online
- Undulating
- All ages
- 5 km trail running
- Sun 14 Dec
- £37.50-£39.50
SoBo Series | Volume 1 | Step into Christmas
Set along the beachfront promenade at Southbourne (SoBo), choose your own distance from 5K to ultra, along this flat, tarmacked, lapped route suitable for all abilities.
- Newcomers
- Enter online
- Flat
- Traffic free
- Event village
- Coast
- Public transport links
- Age 18 & over
- 7 hrs road running + 0 ft ascent
- Sun 15 Feb 2026
- £37.50-£39.50
SoBo Series | Volume 2 | My Funny Valentine
Set along the beachfront promenade at Southbourne (SoBo), choose your own distance from 5K to ultra, along this flat, tarmacked, lapped route suitable for all abilities.
- Newcomers
- Enter online
- Flat
- Traffic free
- Event village
- Coast
- Age 18 & over
- 7 hrs road running + 0 ft ascent
- Sun 26 Apr 2026
- £37.50-£39.50
London Calling
Missed out on the London Marathon Ballot? No probem! 'London Calling' is the special 'Not London' event!
- Newcomers
- Enter online
- Traffic free
- Event village
- Urban
- Age 18 & over
- 7 hrs multi terrain running + 33 ft ascent
- Sun 17 May 2026
- £37.50-£39.50
SoBo Series | Volume 3 | Good Vibrations
Set along the beachfront promenade at Southbourne (SoBo), choose your own distance from 5K to ultra, along this flat, tarmacked, lapped route suitable for all abilities.
- Newcomers
- Enter online
- Flat
- Traffic free
- Event village
- Coast
- Age 18 & over
- 7 hrs road running + 0 ft ascent
- Sun 20 Sep 2026
- £37.50-£39.50
Something to Talk About
Set in the heart of the beautiful New Forest, with a Grade I listed 'calendar' manor house as the backdrop, this is a technical trail loop suitable for all abilities.
- Families
- Newcomers
- Enter online
- Undulating
- Traffic free
- Event village
- Age 18 & over
- 7 hrs trail running + 404 ft ascent
- Sun 27 Sep 2026
- £37.50-£39.50
SoBo Series | Volume 4 | Stop me (if you think you've heard this one before)
Set along the beachfront promenade at Southbourne (SoBo), choose your own distance from 5K to ultra, along this flat, tarmacked, lapped route suitable for all abilities.
- Newcomers
- Enter online
- Flat
- Traffic free
- Event village
- Coast
- Public transport links
- Age 18 & over
- 7 hrs road running + 0 ft ascent
- Sat 10 Oct 2026
- £23-£34
- 2 charities
Bournemouth Supernova 5K
A magical dusk 5K along Bournemouth’s seafront — walk, jog or run beneath the glow of the setting sun and the sparkle of the pier lights.
- Chip timing
- Enter online
- Undulating
- Traffic free
- Age 11 & over
- 5 km road running
- Sat 15 Nov
The Maverick Exposure Lights Dark Castle | Short
- 5 km trail running + 120 m ascent
- Sun 21 Dec
5K and 10K Series - St Margaret’s Hospice | 5K
- 5 km road running + 207 ft ascent