Travis Barker and Kourtney Kardashian Ran a 5K Hand in Hand: ‘Our Hands Were Really Sweaty’ (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Travis Barkergave wifeKourtney Kardashiana helping hand — literally — when she took part in hisRun Travis Run 5Kin New Orleans.

“I asked her, I said, ‘Do you want me to keep pulling you?’ And she said yes, so I could kind of keep her going,” the Blink-182 drummer, 49, told PEOPLE exclusively about the Feb. 7 race. “Our hands were really sweaty and yeah, it was great.”

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Travis Barker and Kourtney Kardashian cross the finish line at his Run Travis Run 5K in New Orleans.

When it comes to running, Barker tells PEOPLE of his wife, “Sometimes she’ll walk it and I’ll just go crazy [running].” But when it came to this 5K kick-off toSuper Bowlweekend, Barker says Kourtney “had kind of hinted to me she wanted to run it, so I stayed at her pace.”

“She finished really, really good,” he says, adding her time was a “28-minute 5K.”

“I think it’s nice being with someone that also shares that same passion about working out, taking care of each other,” he continued, adding that Kourtney “actually introduced me to a shake that I then just made way better. It’s a blueberry avocado smoothie. It’s really, really good.”

Travis Barker and Kourtney Kardashian embrace at the Run Travis Run 5K in New Orleans.

All proceeds from Barker’sRun Travis Runevent will go to the LAFD Foundation and the Anti-Recidivism Coalition, in the wake of the wildfires in Barker’s native Los Angeles.

“The running community is massive and it really inspired me to create Run Travis Run as a way to bring like-minded people together,” Barkerhas saidabout his fitness initiative. “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.”

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source: people.com