Florence Freedom 5K

04/01/2026

Happy 250th America!!! We are back for the 4th Annual Florence Freedom 5K on Saturday July 4. The race will start at 7:30am at Haigh Porter Park at120 E. Elm Street Florence, SC. We will have T-shirts, finisher medals, cold towels, and a great after party. Check out our new medals below. Get in on the fun and regsiter now before prices go up!!

https://runsignup.com/Race/SC/Florence/FlorenceFreedomK

09/05/2025

We are happy to announce that with your participation and donations at this years Florence Freedom 5k we were able to donate over $800 to the McLeod Guest House, our largest donation to date. The McLeod Guest House is also are donating partner for the Florence Turkey Trot this year so lets beat that number and make it an even $2000 total donated for the year!!!

07/04/2025

Some pictures from our race this morning

07/04/2025

Start of the race this morning

07/04/2025

Here are the results from our race. Finish line photos can be found on our Simply Timing page! Thank you to everyone again!!

Results for the 3rd Annual Florence Freedom 5k can be found below. Thank you to all the runners, volunteers, sponsors, spectators, and police officers that made this event our biggest yet. It is an honor to be a part of such a great running community! Next year we push for 300!! Happy 249th birthday America. We hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable holiday weekend.

https://runsignup.com/Race/Results/177107 -563479;perpage:100

07/03/2025

Attached you will find the parking information for the 3rd Annual Florence Freedom 5K Race. The yellow ovals are areas of available parking and the red rectangle denotes road closures. No cars will be able to enter into Haigh Porter Park where packet pickup and awards will be. The start and finish line will be on Elm Street just down the road from Haigh Porter Park. Please let us know if you have any questions. Registration is still open until the start of the race!!

https://runsignup.com/Race/SC/Florence/FlorenceFreedomK

07/02/2025

Here is the video for our 2nd giveaway for reaching our goal of 200 runners by the end of the day on July 1st. Congratulations to our winners:

1). Matthew Dennis- $100 gift card
2). Wes Evans- Yeti Cup
3). Jimmy Tassios- Shirt
4). Josh Crawford- Shirt

https://youtu.be/0m2PdS5WbJY

Looking forward to seeing everyone Friday. Look out for a post and email tomorrow for parking Friday morning.

06/30/2025

We have hit our 200 person goal!! Still time to register by the end of the day July 1st to be put in the drawing for a $100 gift card, yeti cup and shirts. We will post the give away by the end of the day July 2. Invite your friends and family to celebrate America's 249th birthday and take part in the 2nd largest running day of the year!!

The Florence Freedom 5K is on Friday July 4, 2025.

06/27/2025

They are ready to run, are you? We are one week away from the 3rd annual Florence Freedom 5K and celebrating America's 249th Birthday!!! Regsiter now to see if you can beat our past presidents and help us reach our goal of 200 runners by the end of the day July 1. If we reach that goal we will be doing another giveway with a $100 gift card, yeti cup and two shirts!! Don't wait, regsiter today.

https://runsignup.com/Race/SC/Florence/FlorenceFreedomK

06/27/2025

SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT!! We would like to welcome and thank DePuy Synthes for their generous support of the 3rd Annual Florence Freedom 5K. DePuy Synthes helps develop a wide range of Orthopaedics.

https://www.jnjmedtech.com/en-US/companies/depuy-synthes

06/23/2025

Don't delay, register today!! We are less than 40 runners to our goal of 200 by the end of the day July 1, so tell your friends, family, and coworkers to register now for their chance to win $100 gift card, yeti cup or t-shirts if we hit our goal. SONOCO employees can still register for free, contact your employer for more information.

The Florence Freedom 5K is on Friday July 4, 2025.