2026 Handcart Days Races

About the Event

Join the South Davis Recreation Center for our annual Handcart Days Half Marathon, Frontier 5k & Pioneer Pete1k!

This event is a hoot and a holler! Pick an event (half marathon, 5k or 1k), and run with our Race Pacers in the Half and our Pioneer Pete in the 1K.

Race details will be send out via email, the week of the race. We offer some breakfast items to go along with our traditional oranges, bananas, and muffins.

Make this a yearly tradition for you and yours!

Packet Pick-up:

* Please only those participating in the race, come and pick up your packets OR have participating friends and/or family, pick up.

Friday, July 24th @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 p.m Half Marathon participants are required to pick up their packets, the day before.

Saturday, July 25th @ 5:00am - 6:00 am.

Race Start Times:

•HandCart Half Marathon: Official Start Time: 5:30 am *with Race Pacers

Early start @5 am. Designed for the slower runner (14 min/mile +) Not eligible for awards.

•Frontier 5K 6:30 am

•Pioneer Pete 1K 7:30 am

http://www.southdavisraces.com/

Races Offered

Half Marathon - Individual

Jul 25, 2026

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Distance — 21.1K

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Type — Running

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05:30

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$39.00

5K - Individual

Jul 25, 2026

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Distance — 5K

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Type — Running

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06:30

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$34.00

1K - Individual

Jul 25, 2026

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Distance — 1K

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07:30

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$24.00

Weather History

These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for July in Bountiful.

thermostat Temperature

20.9° / 33.4°

wb_sunny Feels like

18.5° / 29.5°

light_mode Avg sunshine hours

14h 2m

water_drop Avg rainfall

0.1 mm

ac_unit Avg snowfall

—

air Avg wind speed

9.5 km/h (Light breeze)

opacity Sweat loss rate

Moderate

terrain Course conditions

Hard and dry surface

sunny Max UV Index

Very High (8.0)

humidity_mid Humidity

24.4%

wb_twilight Sunrise

06:10

nightlight Sunset

20:55

About Bountiful

Learn more about the host city, Bountiful.

Bountiful is a city in Davis County, Utah. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 45,762, an eight percent increase over the 2010 figure of 42,552. The city grew rapidly during the suburb growth of the late 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s and was Davis County's largest city until 1985, when it was surpassed by Layton. Bountiful is Utah's 18th-largest city.