Travis Barker is running all over Los Angeles — and making great time doing it.
Barker, 49, participated in the Big 5 Sporting Goods LA 5K at Dodger Stadium on Saturday, March 15, per photos shared via Instagram by the LA Marathon’s official account. He crossed the finish line in 22 minutes and 31 seconds.
“Travis Barker lit up today’s @big5 Sporting Goods LA 5K at Dodger Stadium, clocking 22:31 (7:15/mi) and placing 95th out of 8,000+ runners!” the caption read, noting the drummer’s impressive runtime. “The Blink-182 drummer has been running more since launching @run.travis.run last year.”
Barker, who launched a running community called Run Travis Run in 2024, commented on the social media post, writing, “So fun 
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Per the Run Travis Run website, Barker became an avid runner after surviving a plane crash in 2008, which claimed the lives of four people and left him critically injured, with “70% of [his] body” burned.
“I was told by doctors that I may never be able to walk or play drums the same again,” he wrote. “I was never athletic and I never played sports but I immediately had this urge to prove everyone wrong including myself.”
He continued, “It started off with short walks and then that turned into short runs every day. I felt this sense of calmness and a rush of dopamine every time I ran. I’ve kept this up for years now, and I always start my day with it. I even run 3 miles every day before my shows when I’m on tour.”
The musician added that after running his first half-marathon last year, he was inspired by “how everyone from all walks of life ran together and supported one another,” which led him to create Run Travis Run.
He wrote, “The running community is massive and it really inspired me to create Run Travis Run as a way to bring like-minded people together. I wanna motivate people to get outside and walk or run for a few hours, as well as make healthy decisions and create healthy habits.”
Barker has hosted several other runs around the country, including in New Orleans and Queens. He hosted a Run Travis Run 5K at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles in Inglewood, California, in July 2024, where he was joined by wife Kourtney Kardashian.
“I don’t want it to be discouraging. It should just be fun,” Barker told People of the event at the time. “I feel like everyone can get out and do 5Ks. Even if they see this and they don’t run it, maybe it motivates them to get outside.”
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