Electric 5k Race:
Thu July 3, 2025
Events
- Electric 5k: $30 ($0: Ages 0-14), 8:00PM - 9:00PM MDT. Sign Up
- 1 Mile Fun Run: $30 ($0: Ages 0-14), 7:30PM - 7:50PM MDT. Price increases after May 31, 2025 at 11:59pm MDT. Sign Up
Description
5K / 1 MILE FUN RUN RUN IN FRONT OF THOUSANDS OF SPECTATORS at DUSK!!!! STAY FOR THE ELECTRIC LIGHT PARADE ONLY SW 5K RUN IN FRONT OF A PARADE !!! The Official Las Cruces Electric 5k is Volunteer produced by runners for runners!!! Runners enjoy Tech Shirt, Race swag, and plus Age Group Awards separate from Top 3 Overall This is a Closed Course Race!!! As Always: Free to runners age 14 and under. Race photos posted results page (tagged by bib #) Finisher Video posted to results page Prizes for best costume and largest team. After race snacks and drinks. $5 per person discount for groups of four or more runners who register at the same time. Free 1 Mile Youth runners cannot register with a group to obtain group discount.
Location of Events
All races begin and end on W Hadely Ave across from the Meerschiedt Center. Our 5k runs South on W Hadley Ave to Solano north to Madrid making a Uturn before the Apodaca Baseball field and retraces back to the finish line. Street will be lined with thousands of spectators waiting to watch the Las Cruces Electric Parade. With less than 10ft of elevation gain, this is our flattest race, creating the perfect conditions for you to run fastest times
Start and Finish Times
- 1mile: 7:30 p.m. (chip timing)
- 5k: 8:00 p.m. (chip timing)
*Racecourse will close at 9:30 pm for all events
Give Aways
Free Participants will receive a Bib, Paid participants will receive a Bib, t-shirt (not guaranteed after 6/12),
Awards
- 5k Overall Top 3 Female/Male: 1st-3rd
- Top 3 Age group Male/Female (top runners removed)
- 1mile 1-14 Age Group Overall 1st-3rd
- 15+ Age Group Overall 1st-3rd
*Awards will be based on chip timing.
Event Parking
Paz Baseball fields and Las Cruces Skating Park Parking lot of off W Hadley
