Get Your Heart Started 5k

Get Your Heart Started 5k

Join Cardiology Associates of North Mississippi on February 28, 2026, at Fairpark in Tupelo for the Get Your Heart Started 5K and 1-Mile Fun Run! This event encourages active lifestyles and raises awareness about heart health. Proceeds provide help and support to patients on their heart health journey throughout our region. Every step you take helps build a future where every heartbeat counts — free from preventable heart disease.

Start Times:

• 5K (3.1 miles) at 7:30 a.m.
• 1-Mile at 7:35 a.m. (not timed)

Route: Start and finish at Fairpark; out back to the Elvis Presley Birthplace and back to Fairpark.

T-Shirts: Short-sleeved t-shirts are guaranteed for those registered by Feb. 5, 2026.

Packet Pickup:
Feb. 27 | 3–6 p.m. | Gloster Creek Village Food Court
Race Day | 6:30–7:15 a.m. | Fairpark

Timing: Chip-timed by Time2Run Race Timing using the Agee Race Timing System.

Awards: Overall awards will be given to males and females in the following categories: Overall 1st, 2nd and 3rd; Masters (40 years of age and over) 1st; Grandmasters (50 years of age and over) 1st. Age division awards will be given three deep to males and females in the following divisions: 9 & Under, 10-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70 & Over.

Donations: Checks can be made payable to The Health Care Foundation of North Mississippi. Learn more or give online: How Can I Give? – HCF of North Mississippi

Get your heart started in February while walking or running with us at Fairpark. It's also American Heart Month in February! Make this a family event! You will learn about heart disease that can be caught and treated early and/or even prevented.