Challenge Your Friends
Move Toward a Healthier Future: Join the 2026 5K@ADA Challenge
Get moving with YOUR country for the 5K@ADA Challenge in 2026! Together, we are celebrating our global community raising diabetes awareness.
While we will be celebrating our community on Global Running Day in early June, we encourage you to lace up, go 5K@ADA today. Invite your friends and family to join in as we move toward a healthier future, together.
In 2025, over 7,000 people from 132 countries completed their 5K@ADA. Can we count on you in 2026?
5K@ADA Challenge brings together people across the globe and ADA attendees to emphasize the need for increased physical activity to help prevent diabetes and diabetes complications. This disease awareness activity provides participants with the opportunity to raise public awareness about the importance of a healthy lifestyle in preventing and controlling diabetes.
9,000+ People on the Move!
🏃 Why the 5K@ADA Challenge is For Everyone
You don’t have to be a runner. You just have to show up. 💥
Whether you’re walking your first mile, jogging with friends, or chasing a PR, the 5K@ADA is built for every pace and every story.
🆓 100% free to join — no fees, no barriers
👟 All levels welcome — beginners to seasoned runners
💙 Move your way — walk, jog, roll, or run
🤝 Stronger together — bring friends, family, coworkers
🎯 Set your own goal — finish, improve, or just have fun
🌎 Be part of something bigger — every step supports a powerful cause
No pressure. No judgment.
Just movement, community, and impact.
Let’s go. 🚀
8,900+ People in Strava Club
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Group Run in New Orleans
with Team Novo Nordisk
Get moving at the ADA 2026 Scientific Sessions with an early morning run or walk along the banks of the Mississippi through the French Quarter! Together, we are celebrating our global community raising diabetes awareness in New Orleans.