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Race results, historical trends, public records, and financial data transformed into clear visual stories. Each analysis combines cleaned data, meaningful comparisons, and the context behind the numbers.

19Published analyses

1897 to 2026Historical coverage

100,000+Records examined

Latest analysis · October 10, 2026

Hartford Marathon Weekend 2026: The Full Marathon, Half Marathon and 5K

8,588 runners across three races, all of them bigger than 2025. A new women's course record in the half, the biggest marathon field since 2014, a record 5K, the relay, the wheelchair divisions, and every year of all three races since 1995 in one chart.

2026 runners 8,588 Growth over 2025 +11.4% Relay teams 131

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Preview: all three races by year

Connecticut 7 analyses

Running and historicalJuly 3, 2026

How COVID Reshaped Connecticut's Road Race Calendar

Connecticut lost one third of its races in 2021, and the calendar has recovered to only about 85 percent of its 2019 level. This analysis follows the recovery across all 169 towns.

2019 baseline 884 2021 low 588 2025 recovery 85%

Historical1995 to 2026

Hartford Marathon: Every Finisher Since 1995

Participation, the gender split that separates it from the half, median times, age groups, winners, and a searchable table of every finisher.

Finishers 49,202Peak year 2013Races 31

Historical1996 to 2026

Hartford Half Marathon: 31 Years of Data

Three decades of participation, gender trends, median times, age groups, and all time records.

Finishers 96,572Peak year 2013Races 30

HistoricalFounded 1978, analyzed 1999 to 2026

New Haven Road Race: 27 Years of 5K, 20K & Half Marathon Data

A USATF national championship 20K, a community 5K, and a half marathon added in 2016, with heat mapped US and Connecticut maps and a full breakdown of each race.

2026 finishers 4,78320K out of state 32.2%CT towns 135

Historical2001 to 2025

Hogsback Half Marathon: 25 Years of Data

Participation, gender shifts, median times, age groups, winners, and a searchable Power BI results dashboard.

Editions 24Finishers 5,193Peak 439

Government data2001 to 2025

25 Years of CT CHRO Complaints: What 2025 Reveals

Complaint filings, regions, case types, closures, and a sharp 55 percent decline in complaints against state agencies.

2025 total 2,494Coverage 25 yearsState agencies Record low

DC, Maryland and Virginia 10 analyses

Race analysisSeptember 20, 2026

DC Half Marathon: 2026 Field Analysis and Four Years of Data

The Sunday half marathon has grown every year since 2023, from 4,088 finishers to a record 9,562 in 2026, and the middle of the field has gotten almost ten minutes slower as it did. Growth, age groups, gender, finish times, every podium, and the 134 runners who have finished all four.

2026 finishers 9,562 Growth since 2023 +134% Women 52.5%

Race weekendSeptember 19, 2026

DC 5K: 2026 Field Analysis and Three Years of Data

The Saturday 5K of the DC Half weekend grew 160 percent to a record 2,072 finishers in 2026, and the men's field more than tripled. Growth, age groups, gender, finish times, and every podium since the race began in 2024.

2026 finishers 2,072 Growth vs 2025 +160% Women 59.7%

RunningAugust 29, 2026

The Freedom Now Run DC: Who Showed Up for the 10K, 5K and 2K

A free community 10K in Shaw drew 454 registrations from 19 states, but the map tells the real story. Maryland outsent the District, and Prince George's County alone outsent all of Virginia.

Registrations 454 From the DMV 87.7% Median age 34

Running and timingJune 27, 2026

HBCU Run the District 5K: 13 Years of Data

A community race that grew from 281 finishers to a record 885 while raising money for HBCU scholarships.

Editions 11Finishers 6,0732026 record 885

RunningJune 13, 2026

Juneteenth Half Marathon and 10K: Four Years of Data

Participation grew 140 percent in four years, with distinctly different gender patterns in the 10K and half marathon.

Editions 4Finishers 1,7912026 record 657

RunningJune 2026

DC Front Runners Pride Run 5K: Five Years of Data

The field moved from a clear male majority to gender parity as the nonbinary division recorded its fastest growth.

Finishers 5,415Peak 1,297Nonbinary 2026 4.5%

RunningMay 17, 2026

Capitol Hill Classic: 2026 Field and 20 Years of Data

A detailed look at the 2026 field and two decades of participation and winning times in Washington, DC.

2026 finishers 3,435Since 2006 50,230Editions 19

RunningApril 2026

Cherry Blossom 10 Mile 2026: Full Field Analysis

More than 20,000 finishers examined through finish times, gender, age groups, and pace patterns.

Finishers 20,088Distance 10 milesRace year 2026

RunningApril 2026

PNC Alexandria 5K and Half Marathon 2026

Both distances grew substantially, with full finish time, gender, age group, and year over year comparisons.

5K 1,697Half 3,630Growth 16% to 19%

Running and pacingApril 25, 2026

Sole of the City 10K 2026: Full Field Analysis

A 15 year view of Baltimore participation plus the 2026 field, where I served as the 11 minute pacer.

Finishers 2,432States 28Women 56.6%

National and World 2 analyses

World Marathon Majors1897 to 2026

The Seven World Marathon Majors: A Data Analysis

Every champion from 1897 to 2026. A separate analysis for each of the seven races, plus the combined history: winning-time trends, the nations that dominated each era, and the rise of Kenya and Ethiopia.

Majors 7Titles 627Nations 42

Opinion and financial analysisApril 2026

The Truth About Charity Runners at the Boston Marathon

BAA tax filings reveal what runners actually pay, what the race costs, and how charity entries affect the economics.

True cost $1,185Entry fee $260Revenue from fees 7.8%

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Data Analysis · 1897 to 2026 · 627 titles

The Seven
World Marathon Majors

Every champion of Boston, New York City, Chicago, Berlin, London, Tokyo and Sydney, from John McDermott's 2:55:10 in 1897 to Sabastian Sawe's 1:59:30 in 2026. Each race on its own, then all seven together: who won, how fast, and which countries ruled each era.

Adam Osmond AdamOsmond.com Updated September 27, 2026

7

World Majors

627

Titles Awarded

356

Different Champions

42

Winning Nations

130

Years Covered

The Circuit

Seven races, one global benchmark of the long road.

The Abbott World Marathon Majors is the closest thing distance running has to a Grand Slam. Boston is the oldest, first run in 1897. New York City, Berlin, Chicago and London arrived between 1970 and 1981. Tokyo joined the circuit in 2013 and Sydney became the seventh major in 2025. Select any card, or a tab above, to open that race's own analysis.

Key Findings

Eight things the data says.

Kenya is the superpower. Kenyan runners have won 190 major titles, more than the United States (105) and Ethiopia (81) combined.

Africa took over in one generation. African runners won 9% of major titles in the 1980s, 62% in the 2000s, and 93% so far in the 2020s.

The American drought. No American has won a major since Desi Linden at Boston in 2018. The United States has zero titles in the 2020s.

Fifteen minutes faster. The average men's winning time fell from 2:19:33 in the 1970s to 2:04:22 in the 2020s. Women improved by 35 minutes, from 2:53:24 to 2:18:07.

The gap between men and women shrank. Women's winners were 24% slower than men's in the 1970s. In the 2020s the gap is 11%.

Two hours is gone. Sabastian Sawe ran 1:59:30 at London in April 2026, the first sub-two-hour marathon in a record-eligible race.

Two kings. Eliud Kipchoge and Grete Waitz share the record of 11 major wins each. Waitz's 9 New York titles are the most by anyone at a single major.

Speed is local. Since 2010 Berlin and London produce winning times about five minutes faster than hilly Boston and New York.

Winning Times

A century and a third of getting faster.

In 1897 John McDermott won Boston in 2:55:10. In 2026 John Korir won the same race in 2:01:52, and days later Sabastian Sawe went under two hours in London. The chart shows every winning time at every major. Switch between men and women, and select a race in the legend to hide or show it.

Every winning time, by race

Hover a point for the champion

Average winning time by decade

All majors combined · men and women

How much slower women's winners are

Women's average as % above men's, by decade

Men's times barely moved between the 1920s and 1940s, when Boston was essentially the only major and its course length changed more than once. Real improvement began in the 1950s and has not stopped. The women's curve is steeper because the event was so new: women were not officially allowed at Boston until 1972, and the first women's champions ran against small fields.

Fastest and Slowest Courses

Some courses are built for speed. Others fight back.

Average winning time since 2010 at each major. Berlin's flat, cool September course and London's spring race lead the men. Chicago, Berlin, London and Sydney are close together for women. Boston's Newton Hills and New York's five bridges keep both races about five minutes slower, and neither uses pacemakers.

Men · average winning time since 2010

Fastest at top

Women · average winning time since 2010

Fastest at top

Sydney has only two editions (2025 and 2026) and Tokyo has no 2021 race, so their averages rest on fewer years.

Nations That Dominated

Five eras, five different rulers.

Group every title by where the champion came from and the history divides into clear eras. The United States and Canada owned the Boston-only years. Japan broke through in the 1950s. Americans and Europeans shared the running boom of the 1970s and 1980s. Then Kenya, and later Ethiopia, took nearly everything.

Where the champions came from, by decade

Share of all titles won in each decade

The leading nation in every decade

Decade	Leading nation	Titles	Titles that decade	Share

East African Era

From zero to almost everything.

From 1897 through 1982 no African runner won a major. Kenya's Joseph Nzau changed that at Chicago in 1983. Ibrahim Hussein followed at New York City in 1987 and Boston in 1988. The women's breakthrough came a decade later with Tegla Loroupe (New York, 1994) and Fatuma Roba (Boston, 1997).

Kenya built the era, but Ethiopia has closed in. In the 2000s Kenya out-won Ethiopia almost three to one (47 to 16). In the 2020s it is 43 to 25, and in 2026 so far the two nations are level at five titles each. Tokyo is the only established major where Ethiopia leads Kenya all-time (16 to 14), and Ethiopia also leads at Sydney after two editions.

Kenya vs. Ethiopia: men and women are two different stories

Kenya leads both, but by very different margins. Kenyan men have won 115 major titles to Ethiopia's 36, more than three to one, and Kenya has produced 55 different men's champions to Ethiopia's 25. The women's rivalry is much closer: 75 titles to 45, and Ethiopia has actually produced more different women's champions (27 to 26). Ethiopian women lead the all-time count at Berlin and Tokyo.

The two trends are also moving in opposite directions so far this decade. Ethiopian men have narrowed the gap from 40 to 13 in the 2010s to 21 to 14 since 2020, while Kenyan women have pulled further ahead, from 32 to 23 in the 2010s to 22 to 11. With only seven seasons in the 2020s, these are early signs rather than settled shifts.

Men · titles by decade

Kenya Ethiopia

Women · titles by decade

Kenya Ethiopia

Race	Men · Kenya	Men · Ethiopia	Women · Kenya	Women · Ethiopia

The 2020s bars cover 2020 through September 2026. Bold marks the country with more titles in that division at that race.

First African winner at each major

Race	Division	Athlete	Country	Time	Year

The American Story

From owning the sport to an eight-year drought.

Americans won 64% of all major titles in the 1970s, the decade of Frank Shorter's Olympic gold and Bill Rodgers's Boston and New York wins. By the 1990s the United States won just two titles in ten years. Meb Keflezighi (New York 2009, Boston 2014), Shalane Flanagan (New York 2017), Galen Rupp (Chicago 2017) and Desi Linden (Boston 2018) are the only American winners after 2006.

Race	Last American man	Last American woman	US titles

Nations on the Podium

Where the winners come from.

Forty-two countries have produced a major champion, but three account for 60% of all titles.

Top winning nations at each race

All-time titles · each race has its own national fingerprint

Greatest Champions

The marathoners who collected the most majors.

Eliud Kipchoge and Grete Waitz sit together at 11 titles, forty years apart. Kipchoge won at four different majors. Waitz won nine of hers in New York.

Most major titles · all-time

Top 15 athletes · Men Women

Won at three or more different majors

Range is its own kind of greatness. Kipchoge, Ingrid Kristiansen, Wilson Kipsang, Peres Jepchirchir and Benson Kipruto have each won four different majors.

Athlete	Division	Country	Majors won	Total titles	Races

Course Records

The fastest winning time at each race.

Twelve of the fourteen course records were set in 2023 or later, and five fell in 2026 alone. Paula Radcliffe's 2:15:25 at London in 2003 is the oldest still standing.

Race	Division	Time	Athlete	Country	Year

Key takeaways

Winning Times

How fast the winners ran.

Winning time by year

Men and women · hover for the champion

Men's course record progression

Year	Time	Athlete	Country

Women's course record progression

Year	Time	Athlete	Country

Who Wins Here

The nations that ruled this race.

Titles by country

All-time · men and women

Where the champions came from, by decade

Titles per decade by region

Multiple winners

Athlete	Division	Country	Titles	Years

Every Champion

Complete winners list.

Year	Division	Athlete	Country	Time	Note

About the Data

Sources and notes.

The dataset lists the men's and women's champion of every edition of the seven majors from 1897 through September 27, 2026 (Berlin 2026). The 2026 Chicago (October) and New York City (November) races have not been run yet. Before analysis I made these corrections:

Merged "New York" (through 2022) and "New York City" (2023 on) into one race, and standardized country spellings such as "Zealand New" and "Germany West".
Filled in the missing name for Gérard Côté's four Boston wins (1940, 1943, 1944, 1948) and repaired accented names that had become garbled.
Added the missing 2024 Berlin times (Milkesa Mengesha 2:03:17, Tigist Ketema 2:16:42) and corrected Peres Jepchirchir's 2026 Sydney time from 2:03:37 to 2:18:31.
Removed Rita Jeptoo's disqualified 2014 Boston result, leaving Buzunesh Deba as champion.
The 1981 London men's race ended in a tie between Dick Beardsley (USA) and Inge Simonsen (Norway). Both are credited in the country and athlete totals.
Boston's 1918 military relay is left out of the time charts. Bobbi Gibb and Sara Mae Berman's 1966 to 1971 Boston wins came before women were officially allowed; Boston now recognizes them, so they count as titles but are left out of the course record lists.
Cancelled or missing editions: Chicago 1987 (no marathon), New York 2012 (Hurricane Sandy), Tokyo 2021, and Boston, New York, Berlin and Chicago in 2020.

Data analysis and visualization by Adam Osmond. Winner data compiled from official race records and World Athletics.

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Opinion + Analysis April 2026 · Boston Marathon

The Truth About Charity Runners at the Boston Marathon

Data source: BAA 2023 Tax Filing Analysis by Adam Osmond

BAA Cost $34.1M Charity Raised 2024 $71.9M Volunteers 9,000+ Runners 30,000

$34.1M
BAA Race Cost (2023)

$260

Avg Registration Fee

$1,137

True Cost Per Runner

$71.9M

Charity Raised (2024)

9,000+

Volunteers

$1.1M+

Volunteer Value (min wage)

True Cost per Runner vs. What Runners Actually Pay

The $877 gap between what runners pay ($260) and the true cost ($1,137) is bridged by sponsors, charity programs, and volunteer labor.

Where the Money Comes From

Estimated breakdown of Boston Marathon revenue sources

Charity Raised vs. Race Operating Cost

2024 charity fundraising more than doubles the BAA's entire operating budget

Every year like clockwork, someone complains that charity runners are taking spots away from qualified runners. So I decided to actually look at the numbers instead of just having an opinion about it.

I pulled the Boston Athletic Association's most recently available public tax filing for 2023. Here is what I found.

The Math Nobody Is Talking About

The BAA spent $34,116,665 to put on the race in 2023. With 30,000 runners, if you removed every sponsor and every organization that receives funds from charity runners and then turns around and supplies volunteers to make the race happen, each runner would need to pay roughly $1,137 just to cover operating costs. Most runners currently pay around $260. That gap does not close by magic.

But here is where it gets even more interesting. That $1,137 figure assumes all 9,000 to 10,000 volunteers continue working for free. If you paid each volunteer just 10 hours at minimum wage, that adds another $1,425,000 to the bill, pushing the true cost per runner to over $1,185. And that is using the most conservative numbers possible. Many volunteer roles would cost far more than minimum wage in the real world.

The Part That Gets Overlooked

The money charity runners raise goes directly to charitable organizations, not to offset your registration fee. But many of those same organizations are the ones supplying the volunteers who make race day function. On top of that, many people volunteer specifically because they know the race supports causes they care deeply about. Remove charity from the equation and you do not just lose fundraising. You risk losing a big chunk of the volunteer workforce that keeps the whole operation running.

The Airline Analogy

The charity runner does not take a spot from a qualifier in any meaningful economic sense. Think of it this way. Complaining about charity runners taking your spot is like demanding airlines remove first class. Removing first class does not create more seats for economy passengers. It just makes every remaining seat more expensive. The same applies here. Remove charity runners and you do not gain more spots. You just get a much higher registration bill.

On the contrary, the charity program provides the financial and operational floor that allows the qualified runner's spot to exist at an affordable price. The $71.9 million raised by charity runners in 2024 alone is the ultimate proof of the marathon's value to the region, ensuring that the world's most prestigious race remains viable, sustainable, and inclusive for decades to come. The interdependence of the qualifier, the charity runner, the sponsor, and the volunteer is not just a feature of the Boston Marathon. It is the very foundation of its existence.

The Bottom Line

For the small but loud group of people who complain about charity runners, let's be honest about what they are actually saying. They want their race registration subsidized by sponsors and volunteers, but they also want to eliminate the $71.9 million that charity runners raise for good causes across the region. You simply cannot have it both ways.

So before criticizing a charity runner who spent months training and raising thousands of dollars for a worthy cause, remember this. They are not taking your spot. They are part of the reason the spot is affordable in the first place, and the organizations they support are out there on the course making sure you cross that finish line safely.

The entire ecosystem depends on all of it working together.

Data source: BAA 2023 Form 990 (public tax filing). Charity fundraising figure from BAA 2024 race report. Analysis by Adam Osmond.

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Running Race Analysis October 10, 2026 · Hartford, CT

Hartford Marathon Weekend 2026: The Full Marathon, Half Marathon and 5K

8,588 runners across three races 131 relay teams 27 wheelchair finishers Analysis by Adam Osmond

Race Day Saturday, October 10, 2026 Events Marathon · Half Marathon · 5K · Team Relay Marathon 2,179 finishers Half Marathon 4,223 finishers 5K 2,186 finishers Relay 131 teams

On Saturday, October 10, 8,588 runners finished the three individual races of the Hartford Marathon weekend: 2,179 in the marathon, 4,223 in the half marathon and 2,186 in the 5K. Another 131 teams finished the marathon relay, and 27 athletes finished in the wheelchair divisions. Every one of the three races grew over 2025, the combined field rose 11.4 percent to its largest since 2016, and the half marathon got a new women's course record.

This is a look at 2026 alone. Part One covers the whole weekend, including the long view of all three races since 1995. Parts Two, Three and Four take each race in turn: the half marathon, the marathon and the 5K. Part Five looks at Connecticut's runners town by town, Part Six covers the relay and Part Seven the wheelchair divisions. For the full history of the two longer races, every finisher since the 1990s with a searchable runner lookup, see my companion analyses Hartford Half Marathon: 31 Years of Data and Hartford Marathon: Every Finisher Since 1995, both updated with the 2026 results.

Why This Race Has a Special Place in My Heart

The Hartford Half Marathon in 2011 was my first half marathon, and a year later, in 2012, I ran my first full marathon on these same streets. Since then I have missed only one year. Hartford was also the first event I ever volunteered at, and many other events followed. And for the last 13 years I have put together relay teams from work for the marathon relay. This year we had two teams. You can read about the relay, and how DOH/CHFA-1 did, in Part Six.

Race Video

My GoPro footage from the 2026 Hartford Marathon weekend. I ran the first 5.7-mile leg of the relay with my team from work, then kept running and filming all day: back toward downtown and out to mile 9 where the marathon and half split, then mile 12.8 of the half, and finally mile 25.8 of the marathon for the elite finishers and everyone under 4:30. By the end, all four batteries were dead and the memory card was full. Did you spot yourself? Let me know in the YouTube comments with the timestamp.

Watch on YouTube and subscribe for more race footage and running data.

8,588
Runners, Three Races

+11.4%

Growth Over 2025

131

Relay Teams

4,129

Women

4,435

Men

18

Nonbinary

49 + DC

States Represented

73.8%

From Connecticut

36

Median Age

Part One: The Whole Weekend

Put the three races side by side across the years and the weekend's arc is clear. It grew from 865 marathoners in 1995 into a three-race event that peaked at 11,263 finishers in 2013, the year Hartford's half marathon drew 6,585 runners in the months after the Boston Marathon bombing. It slid through the late 2010s, lost 2020 to COVID, and came back in 2021 with 4,823 finishers. It has grown every year since: 5,624, 6,679, 7,284, 7,712 and now 8,588, the largest weekend since 2016.

All three races added runners in 2026. The marathon grew the fastest, up 13.7 percent to 2,179, its biggest field since 2014. The half grew 11.9 percent to 4,223, its largest since 2016. The 5K grew 8.1 percent to 2,186, the largest 5K field in the race's history, passing the 2,105 of 2018.

Finishers by Year, All Three Races (1995–2026)

Marathon, half marathon and 5K finishers each year, stacked, with the weekend total above each bar. The marathon began in 1995, the half in 1996, and 5K counts start in 1998. No races were held in 2020. The 2026 weekend's 8,588 finishers is the most since 2016, and the 2013 peak of 11,263 still stands.

2026 Finishers by Race and Gender

The three races have three different gender profiles. The 5K is 58.7 percent women, the half is almost evenly split with men just ahead, and the marathon is 64.8 percent men.

Growth Over 2025

Every race grew. The marathon added 263 finishers, the half 449 and the 5K 164.

Age Mix by Race

Share of each race's finishers in each age group. The half and the marathon look almost identical, with close to 60 percent of each field in their 20s and 30s. The 5K is the family race: 12.0 percent of its finishers were under 20, and it had more runners 60 and over (13.9 percent) than either longer race.

Where the 2026 Finishers Came From

Finishers of the marathon, half and 5K by home state. Every state except Louisiana sent at least one runner, along with Washington DC (19 runners) and Puerto Rico (3, not shown on the map). Darker means more runners, and the color steps grow roughly tenfold so states with a handful of runners still show up. Hover over or tap a state for its count by race.

None12–45–910–2425–4950–99100–499500–9991,000+

Top 10 States

Finishers across the three races. Florida and New Hampshire tie for seventh, and Texas and Virginia tie for tenth, so eleven states are listed.

#	State	Total	Marathon	Half	5K
1	Connecticut	6,339	1,259	3,166	1,914
2	Massachusetts	924	339	477	108
3	New York	399	150	185	64
4	New Jersey	125	58	56	11
5	Pennsylvania	83	38	37	8
6	Rhode Island	59	20	27	12
7	Florida	53	17	26	10
7	New Hampshire	53	26	22	5
9	North Carolina	47	21	20	6
10	Texas	43	18	23	2
10	Virginia	43	21	19	3

A Destination for 50-State Runners

Hartford is a hometown race, but it also draws runners from all over the country, many of them working their way through a marathon or half marathon in all 50 states and coming to Hartford to check off Connecticut. It shows in the data. 2,229 finishers came from outside Connecticut, and 623 came from beyond New England, New York and New Jersey. Nine in ten of those long-distance travelers ran the half or the full, not the 5K: 289 in the marathon, 272 in the half and 62 in the 5K. Twenty-three states sent fewer than ten runners each, and the seven runners from Alaska, Hawaii, Montana, South Dakota and Wyoming all ran the half or the full.

A Hometown Race at Heart

Still, 73.8 percent of all finishers live in Connecticut, from 161 of the state's 169 towns. The share depends on the distance: 87.6 percent in the 5K, 75.0 percent in the half and only 57.8 percent in the marathon, the race people travel for. Massachusetts sent the next most runners in every race. West Hartford led every Connecticut town with 580 finishers across the three races, followed by Hartford with 322, Glastonbury 238, South Windsor 204 and Manchester 197. Part Five maps all 169 towns.

Part Two: The Half Marathon

The half is the weekend's biggest race, and 2026 was a good year for it. 4,223 runners finished, up 11.9 percent from 2025, the fifth straight year of growth since the race returned from COVID. Two things made it historic. Anna Oeser of New York ran 1:11:12, a new women's course record, five seconds under Kimberly Smith's 1:11:17 from 2011. And for the first time since 2003, men outnumbered women, 2,127 to 2,084.

37.4 percent of the field, 1,579 runners, had finished the Hartford Half before. The full history of the race, with every finisher since 1996, is in Hartford Half Marathon: 31 Years of Data.

Half Marathon Finishers by Year (1996–2026)

Every Hartford Half from the first in 1996, with 2026 highlighted. No race was held in 2020.

Three Decades of the Half in One Chart

The half started small, 460 finishers in 1996, and grew almost every year for 17 years to its peak of 6,585 in 2013. Then came a long slide: the field shrank in five of the next six years, to 3,706 by 2019, and COVID took it down to 2,431 in 2021. Since then it has grown five years in a row. The 2026 field of 4,223 is the eighth largest in the race's 30 runnings and up 74 percent from 2021, but it is still 36 percent below the 2013 record. The race has recovered its momentum, not yet its peak.

4,223
Finishers

+11.9%

Growth Over 2025

2,127

Men

2,084

Women

8

Nonbinary

2:08:32

Median Finish

36

Median Age

1:04:01

Men's Winner

1:11:12

Women's Winner (Record)

The 2026 Half Marathon Podium

The top three men, women and nonbinary finishers by net time, with age, hometown, overall place, and where each time ranks among every half marathon finish at Hartford since 1996. Anna Oeser's 1:11:12 is the fastest women's time ever run here, and Christopher Collet's 1:04:01 is the third fastest men's time. Nonbinary results start in 2023.

Men

1Christopher ColletAge 25, Cranston, RI, 1st overall3rd fastest ever of 44,212 men1:04:014:53 per mile
2Jordan DanielAge 31, Lake Grove, NY, 2nd overall37th fastest ever of 44,212 men1:05:425:01 per mile
3Grant O'connorAge 29, West Hartford, CT, 3rd overall47th fastest ever of 44,212 men1:05:505:02 per mile

Women

1Anna OeserAge 27, New York, NY, 29th overallfastest ever of 52,327 women (record)1:11:125:26 per mile
2Alexandra RossAge 26, Brookline, MA, 44th overall30th fastest ever of 52,327 women1:15:335:46 per mile
3Chloe TrudelAge 22, Amherst, NH, 47th overall44th fastest ever of 52,327 women1:16:105:49 per mile

Nonbinary

1Liv LohmeierAge 25, Easthampton, MA, 92nd overall4th fastest of 24 nonbinary finishes since 20231:23:226:22 per mile
2Miche PalmerAge 44, New Haven, CT, 126th overall8th fastest of 24 since 20231:27:016:39 per mile
3Stefan KellerAge 36, Hartford, CT, 129th overall9th fastest of 24 since 20231:27:226:40 per mile

Half Marathon Finish Time Spread

All 4,223 finishers in ten-minute bands, stacked by gender. The busiest band was 1:50 to 2:00 with 708 finishers. The median finish was 2:08:32 overall, 2:00:08 for men and 2:16:10 for women. The overall median was the third slowest of the race's 30 runnings, and the women's median was the slowest ever. 1,580 finishers (37.4 percent) broke two hours and 175 broke 1:30.

Finishers by Age Group and Gender

The 30s (1,246) and 20s (1,227) were nearly tied as the largest groups. Women outnumbered men in their 30s and 40s; men led every other group, most clearly from 50 up.

Median Finish Time by Age Group

The middle finish time in each group for women and men. Among adults, men in their 20s and 30s had the fastest medians at about 1:57, and women in their 20s were fastest at 2:10.

Half Marathon Age Group Leaders

The fastest woman and man in each ten-year age group by net time, including the overall winners. The race awards its own five-year divisions; these ten-year groups are for comparison.

Age Group	Fastest Woman	Time	Fastest Man	Time
Under 20	Elisenda Ferrer, 19	1:38:28	Leon Germain, 19	1:14:28
20–29	Anna Oeser, 27	1:11:12	Christopher Collet, 25	1:04:01
30–39	Emilee Risteen, 31	1:17:06	Jordan Daniel, 31	1:05:42
40–49	Allyson Casey, 48	1:22:57	Mario Vazquez, 47	1:06:35
50–59	Alison Gallerani, 59	1:33:47	Daniel Ifcher, 58	1:25:17
60–69	Mary-Lynn Currier, 62	1:29:41	Jeffrey Gerbert, 60	1:30:01
70+	Jung Sohn, 72	2:08:01	Christopher Bae, 72	1:54:33

Mary-Lynn Currier, 62, ran 1:29:41, faster than every woman in her 50s and faster than the fastest man in his 60s. The youngest finisher was 12-year-old Malakai Inahuazo of Guilford in 1:36:57, and the oldest were two 82-year-olds, Earl Rivers of Cincinnati in 2:55:33 and Tom Caporaso of Glastonbury in 2:56:23.

Part Three: The Marathon

2,179 runners finished the marathon, up 13.7 percent from 2025 and the most since 2014. It was the fourth straight year of growth, and the field is now 86 percent bigger than its post-COVID low of 1,174 in 2022. It is also the weekend's most traveled race: 57.8 percent of finishers came from Connecticut, runners came from 45 states, and 13 came from outside the United States, six of them from Quebec.

Conor Lundy of Bronxville, NY won in 2:17:38, 21 seconds ahead of Claudio Rocha. On the women's side, Rachel Schilkowsky of Providence ran 2:33:53, the second fastest women's time in the race's history and just 27 seconds off Ramilia Burangulova's 2003 course record. Only 22.8 percent of the field had finished the Hartford Marathon before, so most of the growth came from first-time Hartford marathoners. Robert Kopac crossed the line for the 29th time. The full history of the race since 1995 is in Hartford Marathon: Every Finisher Since 1995.

Marathon Finishers by Year (1995–2026)

Every Hartford Marathon from the first in 1995, with 2026 highlighted. No race was held in 2020.

The Marathon Is Closing In on Its Peak

The marathon opened with 865 finishers in 1995, dipped to its smallest field ever, 666, the next year, then climbed for most of two decades to 2,707 in 2013. Like the half it declined through the late 2010s, and it bottomed out later, at 1,174 in 2022. The rebound since has been the strongest of the three races: four straight years of growth, an 86 percent gain from the low, and 2,179 finishers in 2026, the seventh largest field in 31 runnings and the biggest since 2014. It is now only 20 percent below its 2013 peak, much closer than the half.

2,179
Finishers

+13.7%

Growth Over 2025

1,413

Men

761

Women

4

Nonbinary

4:15:38

Median Finish

36

Median Age

2:17:38

Men's Winner

2:33:53

Women's Winner

The 2026 Marathon Podium

The top three men, women and nonbinary finishers by net time, with where each time ranks among every marathon finish at Hartford since 1995. Rachel Schilkowsky's 2:33:53 is the second fastest women's time ever run here, and all three men ran top-25 all-time times, finishing inside 61 seconds of each other. Nonbinary results start in 2022.

Men

1Conor LundyAge 28, Bronxville, NY, 1st overall12th fastest ever of 30,829 men2:17:385:15 per mile
2Claudio RochaAge 26, Peabody, MA, 2nd overall19th fastest ever of 30,829 men2:17:595:16 per mile
3Mark HegartyAge 32, Manchester, CT, 3rd overall24th fastest ever of 30,829 men2:18:395:17 per mile

Women

1Rachel SchilkowskyAge 34, Providence, RI, 21st overall2nd fastest ever of 18,281 women2:33:535:52 per mile
2Mira RecordsAge 34, Middletown, CT, 31st overall14th fastest ever of 18,281 women2:38:516:04 per mile
3Karen BertassoAge 42, Selkirk, NY, 40th overall39th fastest ever of 18,281 women2:43:526:15 per mile

Nonbinary

1Teagan FarAge 22, Lenox Dale, MA, 550th overall7th fastest of 17 nonbinary finishes since 20223:43:498:32 per mile
2Km JonesAge 44, New York, NY, 1,046th overall10th fastest of 17 since 20224:13:049:39 per mile
3Teresa DavenportAge 43, Savoy, IL, 1,932nd overall16th fastest of 17 since 20225:23:2312:20 per mile

Marathon Finish Time Spread

All 2,179 finishers in fifteen-minute bands, stacked by gender. The busiest band was 3:45 to 4:00 with 281 finishers, the rush to break four hours. The median was 4:15:38 overall, 4:06:53 for men and 4:35:23 for women. The overall median was the seventh slowest of 31 runnings, and the women's median was the slowest on record. 110 runners broke three hours, 849 (39.0 percent) broke four, and 1,732 (79.5 percent) broke five.

Finishers by Age Group and Gender

Men outnumbered women in every age group. The 30s (656) and 20s (647) were the largest groups, and only six finishers were 70 or older.

Median Finish Time by Age Group

Median marathon time for women and men in each age group.

Marathon Age Group Leaders

The fastest woman and man in each ten-year age group by net time, including the overall winners.

Age Group	Fastest Woman	Time	Fastest Man	Time
Under 20	Addison Barr, 19	3:28:37	Raza Malik, 19	2:38:14
20–29	Annika Hildebrandt, 27	2:46:46	Conor Lundy, 28	2:17:38
30–39	Rachel Schilkowsky, 34	2:33:53	Mark Hegarty, 32	2:18:39
40–49	Karen Bertasso, 42	2:43:52	Trevor Uyemura, 42	2:30:20
50–59	Claudia Brinkruff, 50	3:11:38	Maxwell Laurans, 50	2:59:37
60–69	Jessica Yu, 61	3:43:49	Billy Barone, 61	3:06:37
70+	Suzanne Carson, 71	5:01:48	Jay Pasqualoni, 70	4:26:44

Maxwell Laurans, 50, broke three hours in 2:59:37, and Billy Barone, 61, ran 3:06:37. Jack Landry, 16, of Manchester, NH was the youngest finisher in 3:23:52, and Mike Fanning, 75, of East Amherst, NY was the oldest in 5:45:37.

Part Four: The 5K

The 5K is the weekend's most local and most family-friendly race. 2,186 runners finished, up 8.1 percent from 2025 and the most in the race's history, passing the 2,105 of 2018. 87.6 percent of finishers live in Connecticut, from 163 different towns, and Hartford itself sent the most, 171. It is also the race where women dominate: 1,284 women and 895 men, 58.7 percent women.

Age is the other difference. 185 finishers were 14 or younger, 53 of them under 10, and the youngest was five years old. At the other end, 84 finishers were 70 or older, led by 85-year-old Dick Walsh of Old Lyme in 45:49.

5K Finishers by Year (1998–2026)

Every year of 5K results from 1998, with 2026 highlighted. No race was held in 2020.

The Only Race at an All-Time High

The 5K tells a different story from the two longer races. It grew from about 500 finishers in the late 1990s to more than 2,000 in 2012, and then, while the half lost nearly half its field after 2013, the 5K held steady between about 1,800 and 2,100 through 2019. COVID cut it to 1,066 in 2021, but it bounced back faster than anything else on the weekend, passing 2,000 again by 2024. In 2026 it set its record with 2,186 finishers, more than double its 2021 field. Of the three races, it is the only one at an all-time high.

2,186
Finishers (Record)

+8.1%

Growth Over 2025

1,284

Women

895

Men

6

Nonbinary

36:30

Median Finish

38

Median Age

14:49

Men's Winner

17:07

Women's Winner

The 2026 5K Podium

Jonathan Volpe of Naugatuck won by 44 seconds in 14:49. Angela Kaiser of New Haven won the women's race in 17:07, ninth overall. Alyssa Natario and Rebecca Carusone tied for second in 17:31.

Men

1Jonathan VolpeAge 23, Naugatuck, CT, 1st overall14:494:46 per mile
2Max AronowAge 29, Bloomfield, CT, 2nd overall15:335:00 per mile
3Ryan KittredgeAge 23, Arlington, MA, 3rd overall15:385:02 per mile

Women

1Angela KaiserAge 26, New Haven, CT, 9th overall17:075:31 per mile
2Alyssa NatarioAge 35, Glastonbury, CT, 12th overall17:315:38 per mile
3Rebecca CarusoneAge 23, Waterford, CT, 13th overall17:315:38 per mile

Nonbinary

1Thomas DutcherAge 34, Bloomfield, CT, 116th overall23:227:31 per mile
2Tai MichaelsAge 25, Brooklyn, NY, 960th overall34:5111:13 per mile
3Jay HollowayAge 30, Hartford, CT, 986th overall35:0611:18 per mile

5K Finish Time Spread

All 2,186 finishers in five-minute bands, stacked by gender. The busiest band was 30 to 35 minutes with 465 finishers. The median was 36:30 overall, 32:49 for men and 39:25 for women. 40 runners broke 20 minutes and 512 (23.4 percent) broke 30.

Finishers by Age Group and Gender

Women outnumbered men in every age group from 20 up. The 30s were the largest group with 492 finishers.

Median Finish Time by Age Group

Median 5K time for women and men in each age group. The medians run past 30 minutes in most groups, a sign of how many families, kids and walkers this race draws.

5K Age Group Leaders

The fastest woman and man in each age group by net time, including the overall winners.

Age Group	Fastest Woman	Time	Fastest Man	Time
14 & under	Andrea Schildgen, 13	21:07	Logan Cardillo, 13	19:07
15–19	Claire Michel, 16	22:29	Roko Skarica, 16	17:18
20–29	Angela Kaiser, 26	17:07	Jonathan Volpe, 23	14:49
30–39	Alyssa Natario, 35	17:31	Cooper Goslin, 30	17:35
40–49	Gillian Plummer, 40	19:19	Joe Woodworth, 48	19:31
50–59	Katey Scrimgeour, 57	21:03	Wesley Alves, 59	19:17
60–69	Diane Snow, 63	26:30	Kevin Glenn, 68	19:42
70+	Vicki Swan, 71	29:36	John Shostrom, 72	23:42

Thirteen-year-old Logan Cardillo broke 20 minutes in 19:07, and so did Kevin Glenn, 68, in 19:42. Sixteen-year-old Roko Skarica ran 17:18, tenth overall.

Part Five: Connecticut's Runners

6,339 of the weekend's finishers live in Connecticut, 73.8 percent of the three fields combined. Registration forms let runners type their own town, so many wrote a village or neighborhood instead of an official town: Unionville, Plantsville, Weatogue, Storrs, Niantic, Collinsville, Sandy Hook and dozens more. I mapped every one of them to the official town that contains it, which puts the count at 161 of Connecticut's 169 towns. The only eight towns with no 2026 finishers were Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Colebrook, Cornwall, Lyme, North Canaan, Sterling and Warren, all small towns, most of them in the northwest hills of Litchfield County.

Statewide, about 1.7 of every 1,000 Connecticut residents finished one of the three races. That rate is anything but even. The map below shows where the runners came from, and the toggle switches it to runners per 1,000 residents using each town's population.

Connecticut Finishers by Town

All three races combined, by official town. Darker means more runners. Switch to per 1,000 residents to see which towns turn out the highest share of their population. Hover over or tap a town for its numbers.

None1–45–910–2425–4950–99100–199200+

Top 10 Towns by Runners

West Hartford sent 580 finishers, almost twice as many as the city of Hartford next door. Every one of the top ten is in Hartford County except Middletown, and together they account for 37 percent of all Connecticut finishers.

#	Town	County	Runners	Marathon	Half	5K
1	West Hartford	Hartford	580	73	371	136
2	Hartford	Hartford	322	31	120	171
3	Glastonbury	Hartford	238	47	137	54
4	South Windsor	Hartford	204	28	78	98
5	Manchester	Hartford	197	28	90	79
6	Wethersfield	Hartford	173	25	85	63
7	Farmington	Hartford	170	28	87	55
8	Southington	Hartford	156	31	72	53
9	Bristol	Hartford	144	16	87	41
10	Middletown	Middlesex	144	21	72	51

Top 10 Towns per 1,000 Residents

Runners per 1,000 residents, for towns with at least ten finishers. West Hartford tops this list too, at 9.1, more than five times the statewide rate. Small Bolton, with 25 runners from fewer than 5,000 residents, makes the top ten.

#	Town	County	Population	Runners	Per 1,000
1	West Hartford	Hartford	63,620	580	9.1
2	South Windsor	Hartford	26,907	204	7.6
3	Glastonbury	Hartford	35,293	238	6.7
4	Wethersfield	Hartford	27,250	173	6.3
5	Farmington	Hartford	27,134	170	6.3
6	Simsbury	Hartford	25,066	140	5.6
7	Bolton	Tolland	4,853	25	5.2
8	Burlington	Hartford	9,680	49	5.1
9	Rocky Hill	Hartford	20,880	98	4.7
10	Ellington	Tolland	16,455	75	4.6

The Closer You Live, the More You Run, and the Shorter You Go

Distance from Hartford explains more about these numbers than anything else. Towns within 10 miles of downtown sent 4.3 runners per 1,000 residents. Between 10 and 20 miles the rate falls to 2.8, then 1.4, then 0.8, and towns 45 miles or more away sent just 0.34 per 1,000. But the runners who do make the trip from farther away come for the long race. Only 14 percent of runners from the closest towns ran the marathon, against 39 percent from the farthest. Close to home, the 5K is the easy choice. An hour away, if you are getting up before dawn to drive to Hartford, you might as well run 26.2.

Runners per 1,000 by Distance from Hartford

Towns grouped by straight-line distance from Hartford to each town's center. Bars show runners per 1,000 residents; the line shows the share of each group's runners who chose the marathon.

Runners per 1,000 by County

Hartford County leads at 3.9 per 1,000. Fairfield County, the most populous in the state, sends the fewest per resident at 0.4, but 36 percent of its runners chose the marathon, the highest share of any county.

Connecticut's Eight Counties

Runners by county and race. Hartford County alone sent 3,524 finishers, 56 percent of everyone from Connecticut, and more than a third of them ran the 5K.

County	Population	Runners	Per 1,000	Marathon	Half	5K	Chose the marathon
Hartford	901,094	3,524	3.9	521	1,776	1,227	15%
Tolland	150,122	433	2.9	97	222	114	22%
Middlesex	165,840	447	2.7	83	232	132	19%
New London	268,596	296	1.1	83	150	63	28%
Litchfield	186,435	199	1.1	59	102	38	30%
New Haven	867,469	909	1.0	236	435	238	26%
Windham	116,725	104	0.9	26	47	31	25%
Fairfield	968,227	426	0.4	153	202	71	36%

The Fastest Towns

Now the fun part. Which towns sent the fastest runners? Comparing towns fairly takes two rules. First, men and women are ranked separately, because a town whose field happens to be mostly men would otherwise look faster just from its mix. Second, a town needs enough runners that one fast person cannot carry it: at least ten men or ten women in the half and the 5K. The marathon gets its own approach, explained below, because few towns sent ten women marathoners.

Fastest Towns: Marathon

Towns with at least eight marathon finishers. Each runner is compared with the median Connecticut marathoner of the same sex (4:12:32 for men, 4:36:48 for women), and the town's score is how much faster its runners were on average. That puts towns with mostly men and towns with mostly women on equal footing. 60 towns qualify. East Hampton's 14 marathoners were 10.3 percent faster than typical, with Canton close behind.

#	Town	Runners	Men / Women	Average time	Faster than typical
1	East Hampton	14	10 / 4	3:52:46	10.3%
2	Canton	12	10 / 2	3:52:03	9.6%
3	Norwalk	14	11 / 3	3:57:26	7.8%
4	Madison	13	9 / 4	4:03:19	6.5%
5	Tolland	18	15 / 3	4:02:14	5.7%
6	Simsbury	21	12 / 9	4:08:03	5.6%
7	Colchester	14	5 / 9	4:14:33	5.1%
8	Glastonbury	47	31 / 16	4:07:30	5.0%
9	Stamford	20	18 / 2	4:02:33	4.9%
10	Middlebury	8	3 / 5	4:14:50	4.5%

Fastest Towns: Half Marathon, Men

Average time, towns with at least ten men. 45 towns qualify. Guilford's 13 men averaged 1:48:02.

#	Town	Runners	Average	Median
1	Guilford	13	1:48:02	1:45:30
2	Tolland	16	1:49:42	1:48:48
3	Canton	10	1:53:52	1:54:14
4	Burlington	14	1:54:19	1:50:08
5	Cheshire	27	1:55:58	1:51:30
6	Ellington	21	1:56:08	1:57:48
7	Hamden	21	1:58:27	2:02:35
8	Simsbury	37	1:58:55	1:59:41
9	Farmington	41	1:59:40	1:57:46
10	Meriden	20	1:59:45	1:58:52

Fastest Towns: Half Marathon, Women

Average time, towns with at least ten women. 47 towns qualify. Hamden's 11 women averaged 2:03:00, with Milford a minute behind.

#	Town	Runners	Average	Median
1	Hamden	11	2:03:00	2:06:40
2	Milford	14	2:03:53	2:00:26
3	Simsbury	37	2:08:16	2:05:11
4	Avon	17	2:08:35	2:02:38
5	Portland	15	2:10:04	2:01:54
6	Wethersfield	44	2:11:20	2:09:07
7	Burlington	15	2:11:38	2:07:33
8	Branford	12	2:12:16	2:15:28
9	Tolland	15	2:12:21	2:08:20
10	Berlin	22	2:13:03	2:14:45

Fastest Towns: 5K, Men

Average time, towns with at least ten men. 22 towns qualify. New Britain's 17 men averaged 29:43.

#	Town	Runners	Average	Median
1	New Britain	17	29:43	26:10
2	Vernon	14	30:10	28:24
3	Avon	10	31:24	30:30
4	Manchester	32	31:48	32:38
5	Simsbury	17	31:56	30:28
6	Glastonbury	23	32:15	29:23
7	Cheshire	13	32:44	29:27
8	West Hartford	60	32:50	32:16
9	Wethersfield	26	33:49	34:02
10	Enfield	11	34:09	32:36

Fastest Towns: 5K, Women

Average time, towns with at least ten women. 30 towns qualify. Middletown's 32 women led at 36:22.

#	Town	Runners	Average	Median
1	Middletown	32	36:22	35:22
2	Wallingford	14	37:19	37:29
3	Avon	13	37:29	39:08
4	Farmington	26	38:34	35:54
5	Cheshire	19	38:34	36:04
6	Glastonbury	31	38:36	38:28
7	West Hartford	76	38:52	37:33
8	East Windsor	11	39:27	39:37
9	Southington	30	39:48	39:30
10	Simsbury	28	40:14	38:19

Some towns show up again and again. Simsbury is the only town in all five tables, Avon, Cheshire, Glastonbury and Tolland each make three, and Burlington, Canton, Farmington, Hamden, West Hartford and Wethersfield each make two. Small groups still swing more than large ones, so a town with exactly ten runners in a table can move a long way with one fast or slow finisher; the runner counts are shown so you can judge.

Connecticut Runners vs. Visitors

How the Connecticut field compares with runners from out of state in each race. Median finish times, the share of women, and the share who had finished the same Hartford race before.

Race	CT runners	Visitors	CT median	Visitor median	CT women	Visitor women	CT returning	Visitor returning
Marathon	1,259	920	4:20:37	4:09:07	33%	38%	31%	11%
Half Marathon	3,166	1,057	2:07:35	2:11:33	48%	52%	43%	21%
5K	1,914	272	36:32	35:54	59%	60%	n/a	n/a

Two patterns stand out. Visitors were faster than Connecticut runners in the marathon by about eleven minutes at the median, but slower in the half by about four. The gap is not a quirk of the mix: it holds for men and women separately and for first-time Hartford runners only. Someone who travels from another state for a marathon is more likely to be a committed marathoner, some of them checking off Connecticut on a 50-state list, while the hometown field has room for more first-timers. And Connecticut runners come back: 31% of Connecticut marathoners and 43% of Connecticut half marathoners had finished the same race before, against 11% and 21% of visitors.

Connecticut's Fastest Finishers

The fastest Connecticut man and woman in each race, with home town and overall place. Connecticut runners won the 5K outright on both sides.

Race		Runner, Age	Town	Time	Overall
Marathon	Man	Mark Hegarty, 32	Manchester	2:18:39	3
Marathon	Woman	Mira Records, 34	Middletown	2:38:51	31
Half Marathon	Man	Grant O'connor, 29	West Hartford	1:05:50	3
Half Marathon	Woman	Brooke Morabito, 25	South Windsor	1:16:51	54
5K	Man	Jonathan Volpe, 23	Naugatuck	14:49	1
5K	Woman	Angela Kaiser, 26	New Haven	17:07	9

Race choice also follows the map. In Hartford itself, 53 percent of the city's 322 finishers ran the 5K, and East Hartford, South Windsor, Rocky Hill and Windsor all sent close to half their runners to the 5K. At the other end, 14 of Norwalk's 23 finishers ran the full marathon, and Groton, New Milford, East Lyme and Fairfield all sent more than 40 percent of their runners to the full.

Part Six: The Marathon Relay

131 teams finished the marathon relay, sharing the 26.2 miles among their members. Finn's Family won in 2:54:44, more than twelve minutes ahead of Yoder of Waterbury in 3:07:07. The median team finished in 4:13:48. Most teams came from Connecticut (102 of the 131), with Massachusetts and New York next, and the team names range from company and hospital groups to running clubs, families and a few that ask the obvious question, like "Oh Dear God Why Did We Do This?"

Relay Finish Times

All 131 relay teams in thirty-minute bands. Most finished between 3:30 and 5:00.

Top Five Relay Teams

Overall finish order of the 2026 relay.

Place	Team	Time
1	Finn's Family	2:54:44
2	Yoder (Waterbury, Ct)	3:07:07
3	Chris Beck Center For Crossfitters Who Don’t R (Avon, Ct)	3:08:00
4	The Ginyu Force (Pelham, Nh)	3:09:15
5	Smitten & Sprintin' (New York, Ny)	3:16:32

Our Relay Teams From Work

For the last 13 years I have put together relay teams from work for this race, and this year we had two. DOH/CHFA-1 finished 85th of 131 teams in 4:29:01, a pace of 10:16 per mile. Every year it starts with a spreadsheet of legs and estimated paces, and this year I also built a free relay planner on the Run 169 Towns website, because a spreadsheet is hard to read on a phone on race morning.

Part Seven: The Wheelchair Divisions

27 athletes finished in the wheelchair divisions: 12 in the marathon, 13 in the half marathon and 2 in the 5K. They are scored separately and are not included in the runner counts above. Krys Zybowski of Avon won the marathon in 1:37:01, and 14-year-old Harry Houng-Lee of New York won the half in 1:02:28, faster than any runner in the half marathon field.

Marathon Wheelchair Division

All 12 finishers.

Place	Athlete, Age	Hometown	Time
1	Krys Zybowski, 50	Avon, CT	1:37:01
2	Delmace Mayo, 20	Jamaica Plain, MA	2:08:08
3	David Streich, 57	Mount Kisco, NY	2:28:12
4	Thomas Stearley, 66	Stamford, CT	2:28:32
5	Kyle Harris, 41	Cambria Heights, NY	2:36:26
6	Romel Palis, 63	New York, NY	2:42:20
7	Matthew Ferber, 40	Hackensack, NJ	2:53:12
8	Puspa Poarangan, 46	New York, NY	2:54:10
9	Joe Lemar, 55	Fall River, MA	2:59:02
10	Angel Robles, 23	Springfield, MA	3:39:00
11	Hiram Cruz, 44	Springfield, MA	3:39:04
12	William Johnson, 55	Madison, CT	4:05:18

Half Marathon Wheelchair Division

All 13 finishers.

Place	Athlete, Age	Hometown	Time
1	Harry Houng-Lee, 14	New York, NY	1:02:28
2	Stephen Gulley, 58	Bellingham, MA	1:31:48
3	Carol Hetherington, 56	Bellingham, MA	1:31:48
4	Nicole Grehn, 36	Oceanside, NY	1:41:26
5	Robert Powell, 18	Southbridge, MA	2:00:20
6	Caleb Powell, 26	Southbridge, MA	2:00:22
7	Eamon Manley, 22	Norwich, CT	2:18:56
8	Keion Manley, 18	Norwich, CT	2:18:58
9	Tom Branchaud, 55	West Simsbury, CT	2:26:58
10	James Joyce, 66	Bristol, CT	2:41:32
11	Kevin Toomey, 74	Manchester, CT	2:41:34
12	Kelsey Joyce, 32	Jamaica Plain, MA	2:41:35
13	Mason Joyce, 36	Bristol, CT	2:41:35

5K Wheelchair Division

Both finishers.

Place	Athlete, Age	Hometown	Time
1	Colton Robinson, 17	West Springfield, MA	21:14
2	Carlos Quiles, 45	Middletown, CT	27:41

Sources and Notes

All figures come from the published 2026 results for each event. Runner counts are finishers in each race's main division; relay teams and wheelchair athletes are counted separately. Finish times are net times, and pace is calculated from finish time over each race's distance. Gender and age are as published; a small number of finishers had no sex recorded (6 across the three races) and appear only in totals. Age groups on this page are ten-year groups for comparison and do not match the races' own award divisions. Returning runner shares for the half and the marathon come from matching each 2026 finisher by name and birth year against every earlier year of results. The 5K counts before 2026 come from earlier published results and cover 1998 to 2025. For the full history of the two longer races, see Hartford Half Marathon: 31 Years of Data and Hartford Marathon: Every Finisher Since 1995.

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Historical Analysis 1996–2026 · Hartford, CT

Hartford Half Marathon: 31 Years of Data

30 races analyzed 96,572 total finishers 1996–2026

The Hartford Half Marathon has been a Connecticut running institution since 1996. With 31 years of results data covering 96,572 finishers across 30 races, there's a rich story to tell: the race's explosive growth through the early 2010s, the gender shift that transformed the field and is now swinging back, a new women's course record in 2026, and what median finish times reveal about who is running and how the sport has evolved.

96,572

Total Finishers

30

Races (1996–2026)

6,585
Peak Field (2013)

54%

Female Finishers (all-time)

2:11:20

All-Time Median (F)

1:56:54

All-Time Median (M)

Runner Lookup — Every Finisher, 1996–2026

96,572 finishes matched into 60,366 individual runners, so the same person keeps one ID as they age from year to year. 17,234 of them have run Hartford more than once, and one has finished 24 times. Search a name or town, filter by year or age group, then open any runner to see their times year by year.

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Runner IDs match each finisher's name against an implied birth year (race year minus reported age, allowed to vary by one year for birthdays either side of race day), so a runner keeps one ID as they age. Where two people share a name, sex and birth year, they are separated by the town they registered from. Three things to know about the source data. The results file dated one race 2008 when it was actually run in 2007, and carried a duplicate copy of 2006 in place of 2007; both are corrected here, and the real 2008 results have been added from a separate source, so every year is present except 2020, when the race was cancelled. Finishing places for 2009 through 2018 are calculated from finish times, because the source recorded bib numbers in the place column for those years. And the 1998 town field is unusable, so those towns show a dash. Pace is calculated from the finish time over 13.1 miles. The 2026 results were added in October 2026 and matched to earlier years the same way.

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Total Finishers Per Year (1996–2026)

The race grew steadily from 460 finishers in 1996 to a peak of 6,585 in 2013, then declined. No race was held in 2020 (COVID). The field has grown every year since 2021 and reached 4,223 in 2026, the largest since 2016.

Finishers by Year — Men, Women & Non-binary

In 1996, only 16.5% of finishers were women. By 2013 that had risen to nearly 60%. The gap then narrowed for a decade, and in 2026 men outnumbered women (2,127 to 2,084) for the first time since 2003. Non-binary finishers first appear in 2023 and remain a small number, 3 that year, 5 in 2024, 8 in 2025 and 8 in 2026, 24 in total, too few to plot as a third line without it reading flat along zero.

Median Finish Time by Year — Men vs. Women

Finish times in minutes. Both genders show a gradual slowdown over time, likely reflecting the field becoming broader and more recreational as the race grew. In 2026 the men's median was 2:00:06 and the women's 2:16:12, the slowest women's median in race history.

Winning Time by Year — Men vs. Women

The fastest man and fastest woman each year. Timothy Ritchie's 1:02:41 in 2017 is the men's course record. Anna Oeser set the women's record in 2026 with 1:11:12, five seconds under Kimberly Smith's 1:11:17 from 2011.

All-Time Finishers by Age Group

The 30–39 age group accounts for the most finishers overall, followed closely by 40–49. The race draws a broad adult demographic with strong representation from 20–59.

All-Time Top 3 Men

Fastest male finishers in race history

Rank	Name	Year	Age	Time
1	Timothy Ritchie	2017	30	1:02:41
2	Ako Benedict	1999	23	1:03:37
3	Christopher Collet	2026	25	1:04:01

All-Time Top 3 Women

Fastest female finishers in race history

Rank	Name	Year	Age	Time
1	Anna Oeser	2026	27	1:11:12
2	Kimberly Smith	2011	29	1:11:17
3	Kim Smith	2010	28	1:11:32

The Story Behind the Numbers

The Hartford Half Marathon has been running since 1996, and 31 years of race data tells a fascinating story about how the event grew, shifted, and evolved.

When the race launched in 1996, just 460 runners crossed the finish line, and the field was 83.5% male. That changed almost overnight. By 1997, the field more than doubled to 968 finishers, and the gap had already narrowed to 62% male, 38% female. The growth never really stopped from there.

Then came 2004, a turning point. For the first time in race history, women became the majority, making up 50.9% of the 1,839 finishers. It was a milestone that stuck. Women never gave that majority back, and over the next decade they kept building on it, peaking at 59.5% of the field in 2013.

That 2013 race holds a special place in Hartford Half history. It was the all-time record year with 6,585 finishers, and that number carries special meaning. The Boston Marathon bombing happened in April 2013, and the running community responded the way runners always do, by showing up. Hartford that fall saw a record-breaking turnout as runners across Connecticut and beyond used the race as a way to stand in solidarity with Boston and affirm that they would not be scared away from the roads. Women outnumbered men by over 1,200 finishers that year (3,915 to 2,670), the widest gap in race history.

The years after 2013 saw a gradual decline in overall participation, a pattern common to many road races nationally as the post-2010s running boom cooled. But something compelling has been happening in the last three years. The gap between male and female finishers has been closing steadily and noticeably. In 2023, it was 51.3% female to 48.6% male. In 2024, it tightened further to 50.7% female and 49.1% male, the closest the race had been to even since the early 2000s. And in 2025, it was 51.7% female to 48.1% male, with overall participation climbing to 3,774 finishers. After two decades of a wide and consistent female majority, the race was trending back toward parity.

In 2026 it went past parity. Of 4,223 finishers, 2,127 were men (50.4%) and 2,084 were women (49.3%), the first time men have outnumbered women at the Hartford Half since 2003. The swing came from both directions: the men's field grew by 311 over 2025 while the women's grew by 134.

And for the first time, starting in 2023, non-binary runners began appearing in the official results. There were 3 non-binary finishers in 2023, 5 in 2024, 8 in 2025 and 8 again in 2026. Small numbers, but a meaningful step forward in how the race recognizes and welcomes all participants.

Key Year Snapshots

Year	Finishers	Female %	Note
1996	460	16.5%	First year
2004	1,839	50.9%	Women become majority for first time
2013	6,585	59.5%	All-time record, #BostonStrong
2023	3,405	51.3%	First year with non-binary category
2024	3,599	50.7%	Gap continuing to close
2025	3,774	51.7%	8 non-binary finishers
2026	4,223	49.3%	Men outnumber women for the first time since 2003; new women's course record

A Personal Connection

This race has special meaning to me. The Hartford Half was my first half marathon in 2011, and the following year I ran the full marathon, which was also my first marathon. I have been watching this race's data for a long time, and the story it tells keeps getting more interesting.

Back in 2019, I did a deep dive into half marathon participation data across Connecticut and found something striking. Every single half marathon in the state had peaked between 2012 and 2014, and all of them were on a steady decline heading into 2019, with some even folding entirely. At the same time, big city races like the Brooklyn Half were seeing massive growth, suggesting runners were not disappearing but migrating toward marquee events.

Fast forward to 2026, and the Hartford Half has grown every single year since returning from COVID in 2021, reaching 4,223 finishers in 2026, a 74% rebound from the post-COVID low and the biggest field since 2016. The days of chasing 2013 numbers may be behind us, but the Hartford Half is clearly healthy and growing again.

Finish Time Trends

Median finish times tell another story. Both genders show a gradual slowdown over the decades, consistent with the field becoming more recreational and diverse. The fastest men ran sub-1:03 in the late 1990s and 2000s, and those course records still stand. On the women's side, Kimberly Smith's back-to-back 1:11 performances in 2010 and 2011 stood as the standard for 15 years until Anna Oeser, who had run 1:12:09 in 2025, came back in 2026 and ran 1:11:12. Christopher Collet's 1:04:01 winning time in 2026 is the third fastest men's time in race history. At the other end of the field, the 2026 women's median of 2:16:12 is the slowest on record, another sign of a broader, more recreational field.

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Historical Analysis 1999–2026 · New Haven, CT

New Haven Road Race: 27 Years of 5K, 20K & Half Marathon Data

27 in person runnings analyzed 4,783 finishers in 2026 Race founded 1978

The New Haven Road Race was established in 1978, when just over 1,200 runners lined up for the inaugural 20K and Bill Rodgers won it. The 2026 edition was the 49th running. It is now really three races in one: a community 5K, a USATF national championship 20K, and, since 2016, a half marathon. Published results are available online from 1999 onward, so this analysis covers 1999 to 2026, 27 in person runnings of the race's 49 year history (the 2020 edition was held virtually because of COVID). Those 27 years show how the three distances have grown and shrunk at very different rates, what happened to the 20K once runners had a half marathon option, and how a national championship field draws from a completely different map than a hometown 5K. This analysis covers the full history, the 2026 field in detail, each race on its own, and heat mapped views of where every runner came from.

4,783

2026 Finishers, All Distances

49

Runnings Since 1978 (27 analyzed)

5,931
Peak Combined Field (2013)

32.2%

20K Out of State (highest of the three)

-63.7%

20K Drop When Half Added (2015–2016)

+123.6%

Half Marathon Growth Since 2021 Low

Finishers by Distance, 1999–2026

The 5K and 20K ran side by side for 17 years, growing together to an all time combined peak of 5,931 finishers in 2013. The half marathon joined in 2016 and the 20K field collapsed almost immediately. The 2020 edition was held virtually, so it has no in person results. By 2026 the combined field of 4,783 is the largest of the three distance era.

Where the Runners Come From

Every 2026 finisher mapped to their home state and, for Connecticut runners, their home town. Darker means more runners. Use the filter to switch between all three races combined and each individual distance; switching to the 20K visibly widens the national map while thinning out Connecticut.

United States — finishers by home state

Each square is one state, sized equally so small states and DC stay readable. Pale grey squares had no finishers in the selected race.

Connecticut — finishers by home town

All 169 Connecticut towns are drawn. Village and borough names in the results (Northford, Higganum, Sandy Hook, Mystic and others) are rolled into their parent town.

Top States Outside Connecticut, 2026

Connecticut supplies 76.6% of the field, so it is left off this chart to make the rest readable. New York and Massachusetts dominate the out of state travel, together accounting for 484 of the 1,112 out of state finishers.

Top Connecticut Towns, 2026

New Haven alone supplied 1,168 finishers, more than four times the next town. The rest of the leaderboard is almost entirely the ring of towns immediately around the city and along the shoreline.

Reading the Maps

The two maps tell different halves of the same story. Nationally, the race is a New England and mid Atlantic event with a long thin tail: 4,745 finishers had a usable home state, and they came from 48 states plus DC. But the distribution is extremely top heavy. Connecticut accounts for 76.6% on its own. New York adds 310, Massachusetts 174, and after that the numbers fall off a cliff: California is third with just 78. Thirty-odd states are represented by fewer than ten runners each, which is the signature of a regional race that also happens to host a national championship.

That championship is what puts the far flung squares on the map at all. Filter the maps to the 20K and the character changes completely: a field of just 584 runners still reaches 29 states and DC, while the 5K needs 2,769 runners to reach 43. Colorado, Minnesota, Oregon, Iowa and Arizona all appear largely because of 20K entrants chasing the national title, and the top five finishers of both the men's and women's 20K came from outside Connecticut entirely.

Inside Connecticut the pattern is tight and geographic. Runners came from 135 of the state's 169 towns, but 60.8% of all Connecticut finishers came from just the top ten towns. The heat concentrates on New Haven and the ring around it: Hamden, West Haven, North Haven, Woodbridge, Orange and Branford, then spreads east and west along the shoreline through Milford, Guilford and Madison, and north up the Route 10 and Route 5 corridors to Cheshire and Wallingford. It thins out fast toward the northwest hills and the northeast corner, where a number of towns sent nobody at all. Bridgeport and Hartford appear but modestly for their size, which fits a race whose pull is local rather than statewide.

Out of State Runners by Distance, 2026

32.2% of the 20K field traveled from outside Connecticut, against 30.0% for the half marathon and just 18.2% for the 5K.

Gender Split by Distance, 2026

The 5K is close to even at 49.4% women, the profile of a broad community field. Both the 20K and the half marathon skew more male, consistent with the more competitive fields those distances draw. Non binary finishers appear in all three races, 11 in the 5K, 1 in the 20K and 6 in the half.

Age Profile by Distance, 2026

Each distance drawn as a share of its own field so the three can be compared directly despite very different sizes. The 5K skews young and the 20K skews old, with the half marathon sitting between them.

Each Race in Detail

The three distances share a start line and a date and almost nothing else. Below, each is broken out on its own with its finish time distribution, age profile, geographic reach and 2026 podium.

5K

The 5K is the community heart of the event and by far the biggest field at 2,769 finishers, more than the 20K and half marathon combined. It is the youngest race by a wide margin, with a median age of 29, and the only one of the three that is close to an even gender split at 49.4% women. It is also the most local: 81.8% of runners with a known home state came from Connecticut.

2,769

2026 Finishers

31:45

Median Finish Time

29

Median Age

49.4%

Women

18.2%

From Outside Connecticut

43

States Represented

5K — Finish Time Distribution

Every 2026 finisher grouped into 5 minute bands. Median 31:45, winning times 14:57 (men) and 16:48 (women), last finisher 2:57:02.

5K — Finishers by Age Group

The 5K is the only distance where the under 20 group is one of the two largest, at 655 finishers, just behind 20 to 29 at 729. Together those two bands are 50.2% of the field, the signature of a race that families, students and school teams turn out for.

5K — Where They Came From

2,245 of the 2,743 finishers with a known home state came from Connecticut (81.8%), spread across 116 towns. The rest came from 42 other states and DC.

#	Connecticut town	Finishers	Share
1	New Haven	807	29.1%
2	Hamden	164	5.9%
3	Cheshire	84	3.0%
4	Milford	78	2.8%
5	Wallingford	68	2.5%
6	North Haven	66	2.4%
7	Guilford	58	2.1%
8	Branford	52	1.9%

#	State (outside CT)	Finishers	Share
1	New York	120	4.3%
2	Massachusetts	65	2.3%
3	California	43	1.6%
4	New Jersey	38	1.4%
5	Florida	25	0.9%
6	Texas	23	0.8%
7	Pennsylvania	22	0.8%
8	Virginia	15	0.5%

2026 5K — Top 5 Men

Rank	Name	Age	Hometown	Time
1	Jonathan Volpe	23	Naugatuck, CT	14:57
2	Mario Oliva	23	Stratford, CT	15:45
3	Ryan Kittredge	22	Arlington, MA	15:55
4	Luca Parente	13	Weston, CT	16:04
5	Owen Corbett	23	Shelton, CT	16:07

2026 5K — Top 5 Women

Rank	Name	Age	Hometown	Time
1	Angela Kaiser	26	New Haven, CT	16:48
2	Ryen Frazier	29	Detroit, MI	16:54
3	Sierra Gray	22	Miller Place, NY	16:58
4	Brooke Morabito	25	New Milford, CT	17:14
5	Laena Romond	43	Brookfield, CT	17:16

20K

The 20K is the USATF 20K national championship, and it behaves like a championship field rather than a mass participation race. It is the smallest of the three at 584 finishers but the most far reaching, drawing 32.2% of its runners from outside Connecticut across 29 states and DC. It is also the oldest field, median age 39, and the most male at 58.6% men.

584

2026 Finishers

1:34:22

Median Finish Time

39

Median Age

41.3%

Women

32.2%

From Outside Connecticut

29

States Represented

20K — Finish Time Distribution

Every 2026 finisher grouped into 10 minute bands. Median 1:34:22, winning times 58:03 (men) and 1:04:58 (women), last finisher 3:19:10.

20K — Finishers by Age Group

The 20K has almost no youth entry at all, just 4 finishers under 20, and its mass sits in the 20 to 49 range. That is the profile of a serious, self selecting field: experienced runners who chose an unusual 12.4 mile distance on purpose.

20K — Where They Came From

393 of the 580 finishers with a known home state came from Connecticut (67.8%), spread across 93 towns. The rest came from 28 other states and DC.

#	Connecticut town	Finishers	Share
1	New Haven	74	12.7%
2	Hamden	28	4.8%
3	Milford	19	3.3%
4	Branford	14	2.4%
5	Cheshire	13	2.2%
6	Guilford	12	2.1%
7	West Hartford	11	1.9%
8	Manchester	10	1.7%

#	State (outside CT)	Finishers	Share
1	New York	52	8.9%
2	Massachusetts	44	7.5%
3	Washington DC	9	1.5%
4	Rhode Island	9	1.5%
5	California	7	1.2%
6	New Jersey	7	1.2%
7	Colorado	6	1.0%
8	Pennsylvania	6	1.0%

2026 20K — Top 5 Men

Rank	Name	Age	Hometown	Time
1	Kieran Tuntivate	29	Concord, MA	58:03
2	Charles Hicks	25	Eugene, OR	58:06
3	James Mwaura	28	Waltham, MA	58:20
4	Emad Bashir-Mohammed	23	Aurora, CO	58:51
5	Merga Gemeda	27	Minnetonka, MN	59:00

2026 20K — Top 5 Women

Rank	Name	Age	Hometown	Time
1	Rachael Rudel	32	Centennial, CO	1:04:58
2	Elena Hayday	26	Minneapolis, MN	1:05:53
3	Amanda Vestri	27	St. Augustine, FL	1:06:05
4	Kasandra Parker	27	Waverly, IA	1:06:18
5	Lauren Hagans	40	Flagstaff, AZ	1:06:41

Half Marathon

Added in 2016, the half marathon is now the fastest growing part of the event and set a record 1,429 finishers in 2026, up 123.6% from its 2021 low. It sits between the other two distances on almost every measure: median age 33.0, 41.1% women, and 30.0% from outside Connecticut.

1,429

2026 Finishers

2:04:15

Median Finish Time

33.0

Median Age

41.1%

Women

30.0%

From Outside Connecticut

45

States Represented

Half Marathon — Finish Time Distribution

Every 2026 finisher grouped into 10 minute bands. Median 2:04:15, winning times 1:09:22 (men) and 1:13:10 (women), last finisher 3:26:04.

Half Marathon — Finishers by Age Group

The half marathon field is concentrated in the 20 to 39 range, which accounts for 59.1% of all finishers, the classic half marathon demographic and the clearest sign of the crowd it pulled away from the 20K.

Half Marathon — Where They Came From

995 of the 1,422 finishers with a known home state came from Connecticut (70.0%), spread across 103 towns. The rest came from 44 other states and DC.

#	Connecticut town	Finishers	Share
1	New Haven	287	20.1%
2	Hamden	62	4.3%
3	Branford	31	2.2%
4	Milford	31	2.2%
5	West Haven	28	2.0%
6	Wallingford	26	1.8%
7	North Haven	25	1.7%
8	Fairfield	22	1.5%

#	State (outside CT)	Finishers	Share
1	New York	138	9.7%
2	Massachusetts	65	4.5%
3	New Jersey	31	2.2%
4	California	28	2.0%
5	Florida	15	1.0%
6	Texas	15	1.0%
7	Pennsylvania	14	1.0%
8	Rhode Island	11	0.8%

2026 Half Marathon — Top 5 Men

Rank	Name	Age	Hometown	Time
1	Ian Tibbals	25	Rye, NY	1:09:22
2	John Cho	20	Summit, NJ	1:12:26
3	Christopher Battoo	38	Brookline, MA	1:15:33
4	Alexander Hancock	37	Roxbury, CT	1:18:22
5	Alden Neuman	16	CT	1:18:27

2026 Half Marathon — Top 5 Women

Rank	Name	Age	Hometown	Time
1	Michka-Mae Hyde	24	Orlando, FL	1:13:10
2	Tyler Beling	27	Mobile	1:18:39
3	Alicia Decastro	30	Providence, RI	1:24:57
4	Heather Devane	35	Plymouth, MA	1:24:58
5	Lucinda Doogan	24	Brooklyn, NY	1:26:19

Race History: What Happened Before the Data

Published results only reach back to 1999, but the race is far older than that, and its first two decades explain a great deal about what the numbers show. The New Haven Road Race began in 1978 as a single 20K, with just over 1,200 runners and Bill Rodgers taking the win. Rodgers also won the inaugural 5K when it was added in 1987. John Bysiewicz came on as full time director in 1989, and the race grew quickly from there, passing 3,000 runners in 1991 and 4,000 in 1992.

The decision that shaped everything this analysis measures came in 1993, when the event became the Men's National 20K Championship, making it the largest 20K in the country. The women's national championship followed in 2001. That status is the direct cause of the pattern in the maps above: a 20K field of only 584 runners in 2026 still reaching 29 states is not what a regional road race looks like, it is what a national championship looks like. The race has hosted an extraordinary run of record performances over the years, including world bests in the 1990s, American records from Meb Keflezighi and Marla Runyan in 2003, a masters American record from Colleen DeReuck in 2009, Keira D'Amato's course record of 1:04:29 in 2022, and Conner Mantz's American 20K record of 56:16 in 2025.

Milestones That Show Up in the Numbers

Year	Milestone	Why it matters to this analysis
1978	Inaugural 20K, just over 1,200 runners, won by Bill Rodgers	The race is a 20K first. Every other distance was added later.
1987	First 5K, also won by Bill Rodgers	The 5K is nine years younger than the race itself.
1993	Becomes the Men's National 20K Championship	Explains the 20K's national reach: 32.2% out of state today.
2001	First time hosting the US Women's National 20K Championship	All five of the 2026 women's 20K top finishers came from out of state.
2012	35th anniversary, new and flatter 20K course	20K times before and after 2012 are not run on the same course.
2014	Second 5K start line added to ease congestion	Came right at the 5K's all time peak of 3,731 finishers in 2013.
2016	Half marathon and two person half marathon relay added	The single biggest break in the data. The 20K fell 63.7% in one year.
2020	Held virtually because of COVID	The only year in this analysis with no in person field.
2025	Conner Mantz sets an American 20K record of 56:16	The championship field is still drawing the country's best.

Two Things the History Clarifies

First, a caution on comparing 20K times across eras. The course was changed to a flatter layout for the 35th anniversary in 2012, so a time from 2005 and a time from 2015 are not strictly comparable. Greg Meyer's 58:26 from 1982 and Conner Mantz's 56:16 from 2025 were set on different courses entirely, which is worth remembering before reading anything into the trend.

Second, the race's own history describes crowds of nearly 7,000 runners in 2011 and 2012 and over 7,000 in 2013, while this analysis counts 5,523, 5,910 and 5,931 finishers in those years. Both are right. Those larger figures are registrations and the figures here are finishers, and a gap of roughly 15% between the two is normal for a race of this size. Everything on this page counts people who crossed the finish line and appear in the published results, which is the only basis on which the three distances can be compared consistently across 27 years.

Race history and milestones are drawn from the event's own account at newhavenroadrace.org.

The Story Behind the Numbers

For its first 17 years the New Haven Road Race was a two distance event, a 5K and a 20K run side by side. Both grew steadily through the 2000s and into the early 2010s, reaching an all time combined peak of 5,931 finishers in 2013, the same year Hartford and many other fall races surged as the running community turned out in force in the months after the Boston Marathon bombing.

The turning point for the 20K came in 2016, when the race added a half marathon. The 20K field fell from 1,844 finishers in 2015 to 669 in 2016, a 63.7% drop in a single year, and it never recovered. By 2026 it is down to 584. The 5K dipped too, from 3,052 to 2,655, but that is only 13.0%. The clearest reading is that the half marathon absorbed the 20K's mass participation crowd. A hilly 12.4 miles is an unusual distance that most recreational runners only chose because it was the longer option on offer. Once a standard half marathon existed, most of them switched, and the age profiles above show where they landed: the half marathon's field is concentrated in exactly the 20 to 39 band that used to fill out the back of the 20K.

What is left of the 20K is smaller but far more specialized. As the USATF 20K national championship it draws 32.2% of its field from outside Connecticut against 30.0% for the half and 18.2% for the 5K, it has the oldest median age at 39, and it is the only race of the three whose entire top five in both genders came from out of state.

The 2020 edition went virtual because of COVID, leaving no in person field, and the 2021 return was only partial, with 2,976 finishers across all distances, down 25.0% from 3,970 in 2019. The half marathon was hit hardest, bottoming out at 639. The recovery since has been steady and, for the half, dramatic: it has grown every year since 2021 and reached a record 1,429 in 2026, up 123.6% from that low. The 2026 combined field of 4,783 is not just a full COVID recovery, it is the highest total since the three distance format began, passing the previous high of 4,606 set in 2017.

Key Year Snapshots

Year	5K	20K	Half	Total	Note
2013	3,731	2,200	—	5,931	All time combined peak
2015	3,052	1,844	—	4,896	Last year before the half marathon
2016	2,655	669	1,146	4,470	Half added, 20K drops 63.7%
2020	—	—	—	—	Held virtually (COVID), no in person results
2021	1,960	377	639	2,976	Post COVID low
2026	2,770	584	1,429	4,783	Highest total of the three distance era

Race Video

My GoPro footage from the 2025 running of the New Haven Road Race.

Course footage recorded with my GoPro at the 2025 New Haven Road Race.

A Personal Connection

I have run all three of New Haven's distances, the 5K, the 20K and the half marathon, multiple times over the years. One year I paced the 1:50 group for the half marathon, and another year I volunteered at the race. I missed it this year because of a scheduling conflict, but I plan to be back running one of the events next year. Out of the more than 500 races I have done, including every one of Connecticut's 169 towns and many other states, New Haven remains one of my favorites.

About This Data

Results are compiled from the publicly posted race results at jbsportsresults.com and athlinks.com. This page is not affiliated with the race or its timing company.

Four notes on the source data. The 2026 5K results list 2,769 finishers, one short of the 2,770 reported total, because overall place 401 is missing from the published results. Where two runners recorded identical times they share a place and the next place is skipped, which is standard timing practice, so place numbers do not run perfectly consecutively. A small number of entries were registered without a hometown or with only a state or country, so they are excluded from the out of state percentages and the maps, which are calculated against runners with a known state rather than against the whole field. And three finishers registered from outside the United States (Canada and the United Kingdom), so they appear in the totals but not on the US map. If you spot something wrong, or would like an entry removed, use my contact form and I will take care of it.

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Historical Analysis 1995–2026 · Hartford, CT

Hartford Marathon: Every Finisher Since 1995

31 races analyzed 49,202 total finishers 1995–2026

The full marathon runs the same October morning as the Hartford Half, and the two tell very different stories. Where the half has grown into a field of thousands with women in the majority, the marathon has stayed smaller, older and roughly 60 percent male. This analysis covers 49,202 finishes across 31 runnings, from the 2013 peak through the collapse to 2022 and the four straight years of growth since, capped by 2,179 finishers in 2026, the biggest field since 2014.

49,202

Total Finishers

31

Races (1995–2026)

2,707

Peak Field (2013)

37%

Female Finishers (all-time)

4:24:06

All-Time Median (F)

3:59:48

All-Time Median (M)

Runner Lookup — Every Finisher, 1995–2026

49,202 finishes matched into 37,138 individual runners, so the same person keeps one ID as they age from year to year. 6,341 of them have run the marathon more than once, and one has finished it 29 times. Search a name or town, filter by year or age group, then open any runner to see their times year by year.

Repeat runners only

See something wrong, or want your entry removed? These results are compiled from publicly posted race results and this page is not affiliated with the race or its timing company. If a name, time, town or year is wrong, if a year of yours is missing, or if you would like your results taken off this page, use my contact form and I will take care of it.

Runner IDs match each finisher's name against an implied birth year (race year minus reported age, allowed to vary by one year for birthdays either side of race day), so a runner keeps one ID as they age. Where two people share a name, sex and birth year, they are separated by the town they registered from. The results came from separate files in three different shapes, with 2026 added in October 2026. Gender place was missing for 2009 to 2018 and 2022, and division place for 2009 to 2018, so both were calculated by ranking finish times within each year. Pace is calculated from the finish time over 26.2188 miles. 153 rows carried no finish time and are not included. Every year from 1995 through 2026 is present except 2020, when the race was cancelled. 2008 originally arrived 152 finishers short; the missing rows, all from three skipped result pages, were added separately and that year is now complete. Places are as published, so a year can run a little past its own finisher count where the results include ties.

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Total Finishers Per Year (1995–2026)

The field peaked at 2,707 in 2013 and bottomed at 666 in 1996. The field was small in the race's earliest years, climbed for over a decade to that 2013 peak, then fell sharply after COVID before climbing again four straight years, to 2,179 in 2026.

Finishers by Year — Men, Women & Non-binary

The marathon field has stayed close to 60 percent male throughout. Non-binary finishers first appear in 2022 and remain a small number, 1 that year, 3 in 2023, 3 in 2024, 6 in 2025 and 4 in 2026, 17 in total, too few to plot as a third line without it reading flat along zero.

Median Finish Time by Year — Men vs. Women

Remarkably flat for both. Across 31 runnings both the men's and the women's medians stay inside a 41-minute band, with no clear trend up or down. The 2026 women's median of 4:35:24 is the slowest on record.

Winning Time by Year — Men vs. Women

The fastest man and fastest woman each year. The men's course record is Abiyot Endale's 2:15:34 in 2012; the women's is Ramilia Burangulova's 2:33:26 in 2003. Rachel Schilkowsky came within 27 seconds of it in 2026 with 2:33:53.

All-Time Finishers by Age Group

The marathon skews older than the half. The 40 to 44 band is the largest single group.

All-Time Top 3 Men

#	Runner	Year	Time
1	Abiyot Endale	2012	2:15:34
2	Jonas Hampton	2015	2:15:57
3	Moses Kemboi	2005	2:16:33

All-Time Top 3 Women

#	Runner	Year	Time
1	Ramilia Burangulova	2003	2:33:26
2	Rachel Schilkowsky	2026	2:33:53
3	Marci Klimek	2019	2:35:20

The Story Behind the Numbers

The marathon and the half share a start line and almost nothing else. Across all 31 runnings the marathon field is 37 percent women against 54 percent for the half, and the median marathoner finishes in 3:59:48 for men and 4:24:06 for women.

Participation runs in two long arcs. The race opened in 1995 with 865 finishers, dipped to its smallest field ever the very next year at just 666, and then climbed almost without interruption for a decade and a half to the 2013 peak of 2,707. The second arc is the COVID collapse: by 2022 the field had fallen to 1,174, down 57 percent from the peak, before recovering four straight years to 2,179 in 2026, up 86 percent from the low and the largest field since 2014.

The 2026 race also produced one of the best women's performances in the event's history. Rachel Schilkowsky of Providence, a Hartford regular since 2018, ran 2:33:53, the second fastest women's time ever on this course and 27 seconds off Ramilia Burangulova's 2003 record. Conor Lundy won the men's race in 2:17:38. Women made up 34.9 percent of the 2026 field, below the all-time share, because the men's field grew far faster.

What has not moved is the clock. Median finish times drift within a band of well under an hour across 31 runnings, with no clear trend in either direction. Whoever shows up to run 26.2 miles in Hartford runs it at roughly the pace their predecessors did, whether that predecessor ran in 1997 or 2024.

6,341 people have finished the marathon more than once. Robert Kopac leads with 29 finishes, every running except 1999, 2000 and the cancelled 2020. Search any name in the lookup above to see a runner's full history and how their times have moved year to year.

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A selection of accounting, financial reporting, data analytics, Power BI, database, and dashboard projects. I am available for a limited number of part time freelance projects, completed outside my full time employment hours during evenings and weekends. Connect on LinkedIn.

Fifty States Striders — National Race Tracking Platform

Web Application · Interactive Dashboards · Google Sheets · Google Apps Script · Workflow Automation · Live Public Project

HTML/CSS JavaScript Google Sheets Google Apps Script Interactive Maps Data Visualization Workflow Automation UX Design

Fifty States Striders is a live, public-facing membership and race tracking platform I designed and built for runners pursuing qualifying race finishes across all 50 states. The platform allows members to join, submit completed races, view personalized progress dashboards, and celebrate completion through an official certificate showcase.

This project combines website development, data management, visualization, and operational automation. Member and race data flow through Google Sheets and Google Apps Script, while the website provides interactive maps, progress indicators, race history tables, administrative workflows, and a mobile-friendly experience for the running community.

The Problem

Runners completing races in all 50 states need a simple way to track progress and see their completed states in one place
Race histories may include many years of data, making manual tracking difficult for members and administrators
New membership, race submissions, corrections, and certificate recognition require an organized workflow
Members benefit from a visual and shareable way to celebrate reaching all 50 states

The Solution

I built a responsive platform that manages membership submissions, race history, individualized dashboards, administrative review, and completion recognition. Each approved member can view a dashboard showing completed states, percentage complete, races by year, and the most recently completed state. The system also includes automated email workflows and administrative tools for managing race submissions accurately.

Interactive Member Dashboards

Personalized dashboards display completion percentage, states completed, an interactive United States map, races by year, and the qualifying race history used for tracking progress.

Membership & Race Submission

Members can join online and submit multiple completed races at once, while duplicate email protection prevents accidental creation of multiple member profiles.

Administrative Workflow

Google Sheets and Apps Script support approval review, admin bulk race uploads, correction requests, duplicate controls, and accurate dashboard record maintenance.

Automated Communications

New member alerts are sent to administrators, and approved members receive a formatted welcome email with their Member Number and access information.

Completion Certificate

A demonstration finisher profile showcases an official two-page certificate packet with dashboard visuals and a 50-state qualifying race record.

Mobile-Friendly Experience

The public website and dashboards are designed for runners to access progress, race submission tools, and completion visuals from a mobile device.

Project Screenshots

The live platform includes a branded website, interactive completed-state dashboard, official certificate showcase, and race submission workflow.

Fifty States Striders Avery Miles demonstration member dashboard showing 50 of 50 states complete

Fifty States Striders sample certificate of completion

Fifty States Striders multi-race submission and correction request page

Features and Outcome

Created a complete live platform for runners pursuing race finishes in all 50 states
Developed interactive member dashboards with completed-state maps, progress tracking, annual charts, and race history records
Automated member numbers, approval emails, administrative new-member alerts, and duplicate email prevention
Enabled multi-race submission, administrative bulk race upload, and a structured race correction request process
Designed a sample completion certificate system to recognize future 50-state finishers
Built a public-facing application that demonstrates web design, data organization, visualization, and workflow automation in one project

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Run 169 Towns Society Member Dashboard and MySQL Migration

MySQL · PHP APIs · Google Sheets Sync · Cron Jobs · Data Migration · Member Dashboard · 6,000 Members

Hostinger MySQL PHP JavaScript Google Sheets Apps Script Power BI Cron Jobs Data Migration Interactive Maps Member Portal

The Run 169 Towns Society is a Connecticut running community of more than 6,000 members working to complete an official race in every one of Connecticut's 169 towns. As co-founder and Technology Lead, I designed and rebuilt the member tracking system from a Power BI and Google Sheets workflow into a faster website based platform powered by Hostinger MySQL.

The original Power BI dashboard was a major improvement over manual tracking, but the group eventually outgrew it. The published report had limited scheduled refreshes, was not true real time, and was difficult for many members to use on mobile. Members wanted to submit a town and immediately see their personal dashboard update, without waiting for the next refresh cycle.

My first replacement used Google Sheets and Apps Script so the website could display member data directly. That worked, but as the data grew to more than 100,000 town records, the website forms and dashboard became too slow. Some submissions took too long to process, and dashboard updates still had delays. That pushed the project into the next stage: moving the core data into MySQL while keeping Google Sheets where it still made sense for volunteers.

The Problem

Power BI was useful for analytics, but the refresh schedule and mobile experience were not enough for a live member portal
Google Sheets and Apps Script helped move the dashboard onto the website, but the system slowed down as the data grew
Submit Town and Join Us needed to update member records faster and more reliably
Members needed individual dashboards with completed towns, remaining towns, latest submitted town, year colors, and upcoming races
Volunteers needed to keep updating the public race calendar in Google Sheets without learning a new database system

The MySQL Solution

I created a Hostinger MySQL database and moved the core Run 169 data into structured tables for members, town submissions, and upcoming races. I then built PHP API files to connect the website directly to MySQL, including the member directory, individual member dashboard, Submit Town form, Join Us form, and database count endpoints. The private database connection file is stored outside the public website folder, so the credentials are not exposed through the public site.

Member Directory

The public member page now reads from MySQL and supports fast search, filters, sorting, pagination, member totals, town records, and direct dashboard links.

Individual Dashboard

Each member has a dashboard showing completed towns, remaining towns, current round, latest submitted town, yearly progress chart, Connecticut map, town history, and upcoming races.

Submit Town

Race submissions now write directly to the MySQL town submissions table, which removed the Google Apps Script delay and lets dashboards update much faster.

Join Us

New members are added directly to MySQL, receive the next available member ID automatically, and trigger both an admin notification email and a welcome email.

Upcoming Races

Volunteers still update the race calendar in Google Sheets, while an hourly Hostinger Cron Job syncs the sheet into MySQL for the member dashboard.

Data Quality Fixes

The dashboard now counts unique towns correctly, uses the latest submission timestamp for the latest town, skips past races, and uses higher contrast year colors on the map.

Google Sheets Where It Still Works Best

I did not remove Google Sheets from the entire process. Volunteers already had a working race calendar workflow, so I kept Google Sheets as the editing source for upcoming races. The website now uses a scheduled PHP sync file that reads the published Google Sheet CSV, validates the rows, skips past races, and refreshes the MySQL race table every hour. This gives volunteers the simple editing process they know, while members get the speed of a database powered dashboard.

New Website Screenshots

The updated website now includes a fast MySQL member directory and individual member dashboards with completed town maps, progress cards, race history, and upcoming race suggestions.

Run 169 Towns MySQL member directory with search, filters, member totals, town records, and dashboard links

Run 169 Towns individual MySQL member dashboard showing completed towns, current round progress, completed towns map, and races by year

Impact

Moved the core member system from refresh limited reporting into a live MySQL powered website experience
Reduced delays in Submit Town, Join Us, member search, and individual dashboard loading
Connected more than 6,000 members and more than 100,000 town records to a faster database structure
Preserved the volunteer Google Sheet race calendar workflow while syncing upcoming races into MySQL automatically every hour
Created individual member dashboard links that members can bookmark and reuse without searching their name each visit
Improved data accuracy by counting unique towns, using the latest submission timestamp, and filtering upcoming races from today forward
Built a scalable foundation for future features, including additional race filters, dashboard improvements, and administrative tools

The Story Behind the Project

I completed this rebuilding project entirely as a volunteer and cofounder of the Run 169 Towns Society. Over two months, I dedicated many evenings and weekends to creating a faster and more useful system for more than 6,000 members. Read the full story to learn about the technology, community feedback, volunteer support, and impact behind the project.

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Run 169 Day — Annual Anniversary Run Dashboard

Power BI · Google Sheets · Real-Time Automation · Live Event Tracking · 169 Towns · 5 Years Running

Power BI Google Sheets DAX Power Query Real-Time Automation Interactive Maps Live Event Tracking

Run 169 Day is the annual anniversary event of the Run 169 Towns Society, held every March 5th. The goal is for every one of Connecticut's 169 towns to have at least one runner cover a minimum of 1.69 miles on that single day. I created this event in 2022 to celebrate the Society's 10th anniversary and March 5, 2026 marked the 5th consecutive successful Run 169 Day.

In the first year, eight volunteers each monitored one of Connecticut's eight counties all day long, manually tracking whether every town had been covered. Starting in year two, I replaced that entire process with a fully automated two-report Power BI system connected to Google Sheets — and we have never needed volunteers tracking towns again.

The Two-Dashboard System

Registration Dashboard

Opens two months before March 5th. Members register for the town they plan to cover. Updates automatically so members can see which towns still need a runner and recruit friends to sign up.

Race Day Dashboard

Published on March 5th. As members complete their runs, the Connecticut map fills in automatically. Members watch the map turn blue town by town until all 169 are covered.

County Progress Charts

Bar charts show completion percentage by county in real time, creating friendly competition between regions and helping identify areas that still need coverage.

Full Automation

Both dashboards connect to Google Sheets and refresh automatically. No manual updates, no volunteer monitoring. The system runs itself from registration through race day completion.

Dashboard Screenshots

Top: Registration dashboard showing 252 runners registered across all 169 towns. Bottom: Race day dashboard with all 169 towns completed, 310 total runs, and 100% county completion across all eight counties.

Run 169 Day Race Day Dashboard - all 169 towns completed

Replaced a full day of manual volunteer monitoring across 8 counties with a fully automated system
Registration dashboard allows the community to self-organize and recruit runners for uncovered towns
Real-time race day map creates a shared live experience for nearly 6,000 members watching from across the state
Members have traveled back to Connecticut from out of state specifically to participate on race day
Some members have covered an entire county in a single day, running more than ten towns
Zero volunteer overhead required after the first year — fully self-sustaining automated system

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CT CHRO Complaints & Public Hearings Dashboard

Power BI · Public Interest · Civil Rights Data · 25 Years · Searchable Case Decisions

Power BI DAX Power Query Public Data Civil Rights Case Search Government Data PDF Consolidation

The Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities (CHRO) publishes its complaint and public hearing data annually, but only as separate PDF files, one per year, with no way to search across years, filter by case name, or compare trends over time. Anyone who wanted to research a case, track a respondent, or study complaint patterns had to manually open dozens of documents.

I identified this gap and built a free, publicly accessible Power BI dashboard that consolidates 25 years of CHRO data into one place, covering complaint filings by region and type from FY 2001 through FY 2025, plus a fully searchable table of public hearing decisions going back to 1999.

The Problem

CHRO complaint and decision data existed only in individual PDFs published year by year, with no searchable archive
Researchers, attorneys, journalists, and the public had no way to find cases by name, respondent, referee, or decision type without opening dozens of separate files
No historical trend visualization existed for complaint volumes, regional breakdowns, or case outcomes over time
Public hearing decisions dating back to 1999 were effectively inaccessible without knowing the exact year to search

The Solution

I consolidated and structured 25 years of publicly available CHRO data into a multi page interactive dashboard. Every number came from official CHRO publications. The work was in extracting, cleaning, and connecting it into a unified, usable format. The result is the only public tool that lets anyone search, filter, and explore the full history of CHRO complaints and hearing decisions in one place.

Complaints Overview (FY 2001 to 2025)

Stacked bar chart showing annual filings broken out by all five CHRO regions, plus a separate chart tracking complaints filed against state agencies, where 2025 produced an all time low of 87.

Type of Complaints

Year by year breakdown of filings by case type: Employment, Housing, Public Accommodations, Credit, and Other, with filters to isolate trends by category across the full 25 year span.

Decision Summary

Complete matrix of public hearing decisions by type (final decisions, motions to dismiss, damages hearings, and more) split by Discrimination and Whistleblower cases, with referee level volume breakdown and year filter.

Searchable Case Table

A fully filterable table of hundreds of public hearing decisions, searchable by case name, respondent, referee, decision year, decision type, and case summary. Every row includes a full case summary. No attorney or researcher needs to dig through PDFs again.

Dashboard Screenshots

Four pages from the live public dashboard: complaint trends by region, searchable case decisions, decision year filter, and the decision summary with referee breakdown.

CHRO Complaints by Region FY 2001 to 2025 and State Agency Complaints Chart

CHRO Decision Summary, referee decisions and case type breakdown

CHRO Searchable Case Decisions, filter by case name and respondent

CHRO Filter by Decision Year, year by year case table

Why This Matters

All source data is publicly available. The value is in making it accessible, searchable, and connected across 25 years
Attorneys, researchers, journalists, and advocates can now find cases by name or respondent in seconds instead of searching year by year through PDFs
The 2025 data shows a 54.9% decrease in complaints against state agencies, the lowest count in the full dataset, a trend not visible without a longitudinal view
Referee level decision data is now comparable across the full dataset for the first time
Dashboard is fully public and free, designed as a civic resource, not a commercial product

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Accounting, Financial Reporting & Systems Experience

Accounting Operations · Reconciliations · Grants · Loans · Budgets · GAAP & Federal Reporting · Financial Systems

Accounting Accounts Payable Accounts Receivable Reconciliations Grant Accounting Loan Accounting Budget Analysis GAAP Reporting Federal Reporting Excel & Access Power BI

My accounting work spans more than 20 years in government and private sector environments. I have supervised accounting operations, managed accounts payable and receivable functions, supported major grant and reimbursement programs, prepared GAAP and federal reports, managed loan servicing activity, and designed financial systems that make recurring accounting work more accurate and efficient.

I also hold a Master of Science in Accounting and Data Analytics from the University of New Haven with a 3.95 GPA. That combination allows me to approach accounting projects from both sides: understanding the accounting requirements and building the data, reporting, and automation tools needed to support them.

Accounting Operations

Experience overseeing accounts payable, accounts receivable, loan, facility, payment, and financial record workflows with an emphasis on controls and timely reporting.

Grants and Federal Reporting

Budget and expenditure tracking, reimbursements, drawdowns, compliance support, GAAP reporting, and federal financial reporting for major public programs.

Loan and Fund Tracking

Financial monitoring for loan portfolios, payments, interest, balances, aging, exceptions, reconciliations, and management reporting.

Accounting Systems and Automation

Excel, Access, SQL, Power Query, and Power BI solutions that organize records, automate recurring reports, strengthen validation, and improve decision making.

Supervised accounting functions covering accounts receivable, accounts payable, loans, facilities, grants, and financial reporting
Managed accounting and reporting responsibilities connected to large federal grant, disaster recovery, and reimbursement programs
Managed loan services and reporting for a portfolio approaching $900 million
Developed cost accounting systems, Microsoft Access databases, Excel reports, and financial dashboards

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More Projects Coming Soon

Accounting Systems · Financial Reporting · Data Analysis Dashboards · Government Data Systems

Additional portfolio projects are being added, including accounting and reconciliation tools, grant and loan reporting systems, financial dashboards developed during my government and private sector career, running race analysis dashboards, and data visualization work. For a full discussion of my accounting, reporting, systems, and analytical capabilities, connect on LinkedIn or reach out directly.

Power BI Tableau SQL R Programming MS Access Excel / VBA Financial Dashboards Accounting Systems Reconciliations Budget & Variance Analysis Grant & Loan Reporting Federal Reporting

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Volunteer Service Run 169 Towns Society · July 2026

Building a Better Run 169 Towns Website Through Volunteer Service

As a cofounder of the Run 169 Towns Society, I have spent the past two months rebuilding and improving the organization’s website. I completed this work entirely on a volunteer basis, dedicating many evenings and weekends to creating a better experience for our community of more than 6,000 members.

I have always believed that our members deserve tools that make their journey through Connecticut’s 169 towns easier, more organized, and more enjoyable. What began as an effort to improve a few website functions grew into a complete modernization of how the Society manages members, town submissions, race information, progress dashboards, statistics, and recognition.

Moving Beyond the Limitations of the Old System

For years, much of our information was managed through Google Forms, Google Sheets, and Power BI. These tools helped the Society grow, but they also created limitations. Pages could load slowly, mobile users sometimes had difficulty viewing information, and reports were restricted by refresh limits.

Managing more than 6,000 members, over 100,000 historical town submissions, and an additional 47,000 town records for members who had already completed all 169 towns required a faster and more reliable system.

I migrated the primary member and race information into a MySQL database and developed PHP application programming interfaces to connect the database to the website. I then rebuilt the website’s interactive features using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

The result is a website that loads information more quickly, updates more consistently, and gives members access to substantially more information about their progress.

Creating Personal Member Dashboards

One of the largest improvements is the personal member dashboard. Every member can search for their name or member ID and open a dashboard showing their individual Run 169 journey.

Each dashboard includes a Connecticut map showing completed and remaining towns, a completion percentage, the member’s current round, county progress, races by year, race history, and a sortable table covering all 169 towns. Completed towns are displayed using colors that represent the year in which they were completed.

I also created a My Upcoming Races section. This feature compares the towns a member still needs with the current race calendar and displays upcoming races in those towns. Members can review the date, starting time, distance, elusive status, and registration link without having to manually compare several different lists.

Members can now select Add to Calendar to save a race to their phone or computer calendar. The event includes the race name, date, time, town, distance, and registration link. When a starting time is not available, the race is saved as an all day event.

Improving Membership and Town Submissions

The Join Us and Submit Town processes were also rebuilt.

When someone joins the Society, the system now assigns the next available member ID, saves the member’s information, records any previously completed towns, checks for duplicate names, and updates the public member information. The new member receives a professional welcome email containing their member ID, dashboard link, instructions, and helpful Society resources. An administrative notification is also sent automatically.

Before this update, sending the welcome email was a manual process. I had to review each new membership submission, prepare the information, and send the message myself. I automated that entire workflow. As soon as a valid registration is saved, the system creates the member’s ID, builds a personalized HTML welcome email, sends it to the new member, sends a copy to the administrator, and records whether the email was successfully sent. This gives every new member useful information immediately while reducing repetitive administrative work.

I also created an automated weekly new member report so the Society can recognize and welcome the people who recently joined. A scheduled process checks the membership database for everyone who joined during the reporting week and compiles their names, join dates, hometowns, towns already completed, and how they heard about the Society. The report is then emailed to the administrators, making it easier to introduce our newest members to the community and helping existing members learn who has joined.

The Submit Town system allows members to add a new town, correct an existing record, or delete a town. Members can submit multiple races at once, include race fees and comments, and identify their 169th town.

When a member completes all 169 towns, the system can automatically transfer the completed round into the Royalty records, assign the appropriate Royalty and certificate information, advance the member to the next round, and prepare the dashboard for a new journey through Connecticut.

Recognizing Member Achievements

Recognition is an important part of the Run 169 Towns Society. I created downloadable certificates for members who complete all 169 towns. The certificates can include the member’s information, completion map, races by year, and a complete list of the towns and races from that round.

The Royalty Hall now includes searchable and sortable member records, multiple completed rounds, Royalty titles, final towns, completion dates, maps, charts, and individual certificates. It recognizes Kings, Queens, Majesties, and members who have completed the challenge more than once.

Adding Better Race, Leaderboard, and Statistics Tools

The public Upcoming Races page now allows members to search, filter, sort, and review races throughout Connecticut. Members can filter by town, elusive status, and date, open the registration page, or add a race directly to their calendar.

I also developed a current year Leaderboard for motivation and community engagement. It shows members’ unique towns and miles completed during the year, along with their latest town and race date.

The Statistics page provides yearly and quarterly information about race submissions, towns covered, active members, new members, average race fees, estimated total fees, popular distances, and the most active towns. Interactive Connecticut maps help turn the information into something members can understand at a glance.

To keep these reports fast, I created saved reporting tables and an automated refresh process. The system updates immediately after important member activity and also runs on a scheduled basis as a backup. This avoids recalculating more than 100,000 records every time someone opens a page.

Built with Member Feedback and Volunteer Support

I want to thank the many members who sent me recommendations as they began using the rebuilt website. User feedback is essential to improving any website, especially one designed to serve a large and active community. Members identified areas that could be clearer or more helpful, suggested new features, and explained how they were using the site during their Run 169 journeys. I was able to review and implement many of their suggestions, making the website stronger and more useful with each improvement.

Special thanks also go to our three volunteers who continually research, review, and update the Upcoming Races data. Their work is extremely important because the My Upcoming Races section on every member dashboard depends on accurate and current race information. Without their ongoing commitment, members would not have the same reliable tool for finding races in the towns they still need.

The Upcoming Races page is also open to the public. Anyone can use it to search for and view races throughout Connecticut, even if they are not a Run 169 member. This makes the volunteers’ work valuable not only to our membership, but also to runners, race directors, and communities across the state.

More Than a Website Project

This work has involved database design, data cleaning, programming, automation, testing, troubleshooting, user experience design, reporting, and ongoing communication with members. I spent many evenings and weekends working through technical challenges, testing new features, correcting problems, and improving the experience. I completed it outside my regular employment and without compensation because I believe in the mission of the Run 169 Towns Society.

For me, this project is about more than technology. It is about using my experience in accounting, data analytics, database management, and community leadership to build something useful for others.

Every faster page, clearer dashboard, automated email, accurate report, and easier race search saves time for our members and volunteers. It allows runners to spend less time managing spreadsheets and more time planning races, discovering Connecticut, supporting race directors, and encouraging one another.

Continuing the Journey

Although the major rebuilding work is complete, a community website is never truly finished. I plan to continue listening to members, correcting issues, improving accessibility, and considering new features that can make the journey through all 169 Connecticut towns even better.

I am proud of what I have built during these two months, but I am even more proud that it benefits a community of more than 6,000 runners who share a remarkable goal.

Connecticut has 169 towns. Every member has a different journey. My goal was to create a website capable of supporting all of them.

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Adam H. Osmond

Accountant · Data Analyst · Dashboard Developer · Co-founder, Run 169 Towns Society

I’m a Connecticut runner and data professional with more than 500 races to my name, all 169 Connecticut towns completed, and a daily running habit. My background includes more than 20 years of accounting and financial management experience involving reconciliations, accounts payable and receivable, loan portfolios, budgets, grants, GAAP and federal reporting, financial systems, data analysis, and dashboard development. I hold a Master of Science in Accounting and Data Analytics from the University of New Haven with a 3.95 GPA. This site is where my running, data, dashboard, and storytelling work come together.

(860) 205-1821 adamosmond14@gmail.com LinkedIn Run 169 Towns Society

About & Running

I co-founded the Run 169 Towns Society in 2012, a community of nearly 6,000 runners working to cover all 169 Connecticut towns on foot. I've completed all 169 myself and I'm working through a second round. I film races with a GoPro, analyze results data, and write about what the numbers reveal about the sport.

Each year on March 5th, our community coordinates an effort to cover all 169 CT towns in a single day. The 14th annual event in 2025 was tracked in real time via a Power BI dashboard, with members running, walking, and driving between towns across the state.

Find the Run 169 Towns Society at run169towns.org.

Experience

Fiscal/Administrative Supervisor

State of Connecticut, Department of Housing

February 2026 – Present

Supervise the DOH accounting unit covering Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Loans, and Facilities. Manage federal grants and HUD/FEMA reimbursements, prepare GAAP and federal financial reports, develop Access databases and Power BI financial dashboards, and administer fiscal aspects of grants for compliance.

Supervising Accountant

State of Connecticut, Department of Housing

September 2022 – February 2026

Supervised the DOH accounting unit covering Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Loans, and Facilities. Managed federal grants and HUD/FEMA reimbursements, prepared GAAP and federal financial reports, developed Access databases and Power BI financial dashboards, and administered fiscal aspects of grants for compliance.

Associate Accountant / Accountant

State of Connecticut, Department of Housing

December 2017 – September 2022

Performed HUD drawdowns, managed federal grants and FEMA reimbursements, created financial dashboards, prepared GAAP reporting, and reviewed nonprofit audits for compliance. Managed budgets over $200 million for SANDY and NDR programs, designed accounting systems, prepared GAAP and federal financial reports, and monitored grant compliance.

Fiscal Administrative Assistant

State of Connecticut, Department of Economic and Community Development

April 2013 – December 2017

Managed loan services for a portfolio of nearly $900 million, processed accounts payable in CORE-CT, prepared GAAP and federal reports, and provided data analysis to support management decision-making.

Eligibility Service Worker

State of Connecticut, Department of Social Services

May 2012 – April 2013

Planned and conducted interviews to evaluate applicants for grant services and public assistance. Served as a liaison between local, state, and federal agencies to coordinate client eligibility determinations. Provided clear communication about state public assistance programs to clients, social service agencies, attorneys, and the public. Prepared detailed summaries and represented the agency in fair hearings. Processed client and provider payments efficiently.

Database Architect / Developer

All in One Reports LLC (Founded)

February 2010 – May 2012

Founded and owned All in One Reports LLC, managing overall business administration, sales, marketing, and customer relationships. Developed cost accounting systems for the convenience store and gas station marketplace. Oversaw software and database development including accounting software, Microsoft Access databases, and website design. Created Excel reports with advanced data visualization, VB code, and macros to meet client needs.

Supervising Accountant / Associate Accountant / Accountant

State of Connecticut, Department of Children and Families

February 2004 – February 2010

Supervised the Fiscal Analyst Unit overseeing a $700 million annual budget. Managed the DCF Board and Care Account with budgets exceeding $200 million, administered grants, developed financial management systems and Access databases, and prepared state and federal compliance reports.

Co-founder & Technology Lead (Volunteer)

Run 169 Towns Society

March 2012 – Present

Built and manage the public website, member database, and Power BI reporting for a community of nearly 6,000 runners. Design interactive dashboards and maps, maintain Connecticut's most comprehensive race calendar, and administer the Facebook community.

Education

Master of Science in Accounting and Data Analytics (STEM)

University of New Haven

GPA 3.95

BS, Business Administration

Charter Oak State College

AS, Business Administration

Middlesex Community College

Google Data Analytics Certificate

Google / Coursera

R Programming Certificate

Google / Coursera

Key Skills

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Awards

Aiello Inspiration Team, 2015Eversource Hartford Marathon — for work with Run 169 Towns Society and as a guide for disabled athletes through Achilles International.

Power of Running Award, 2016Fleet Feet Stores & Mizuno — for inspiring others through running.

West Hartford Police Citizen AwardWest Hartford Police Department.

Manager of the YearCumberland Farms.

Personal Records

1 Mile 5:32
5K 19:40
4 Mile 27:31
5 Mile 34:22
8K 37:07
10K 44:31
Half Marathon 1:40:39
Marathon 3:54:21

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Race Report + Analysis April 6, 2026 · Washington, DC

Cherry Blossom 10 Mile 2026: Race Report & Full Field Analysis

Distance: 10 miles Role: Course Videographer Finish: 1:48:14 (filming run) Bib: #20502

Distance 10 mi Role Videographer Camera GoPro Field Size 20,088 Location Washington, DC

I want to be clear upfront — I was not racing the 2026 Cherry Blossom 10 Mile. I was there as a videographer, filming the entire course with my GoPro as an unofficial resource for the race director and the running community. My finish time of 1:48:14 reflects a camera-in-hand effort, not a race effort. That said, I still crossed the line, and the data analyst in me couldn't resist pulling the full results and breaking down the field.

The Course Video

Here's the full course footage I captured at the 2026 Cherry Blossom 10 Mile. This video was filmed while running the course with a GoPro — it gives runners a real feel for the layout, landmarks, and conditions on race day.

My Result in Context

Finishing in 1:48:14, I placed 14,440th overall out of 20,088 finishers, putting me in the top 71.8% of the field. Among men aged 40–49, I placed 1,297th out of 1,559. The median male finish time was 1:29:31 and the overall median was around 1:36 — so I was running about 12 minutes off the male median, which tracks with where I am in my training cycle.

20,088

Total Finishers

56%

Female Finishers

1:48:14
My Finish Time

1:29:31

Median Male Time

1:42:08

Median Female Time

32

Median Finisher Age

Finish Time Distribution — All 20,088 Finishers

Number of finishers by 5-minute finish time buckets. My finish of 1:48:14 is marked in red.

Gender Split

11,256 women (56%), 8,767 men (44%)

Finishers by Age Group

20-29 was the largest group with 7,367 runners

Average Finish Time by Age Group

Finish times in minutes. Younger runners under 20 were fastest on average; performance slows gradually with age.

Top 5 Men

Overall top male finishers

Place	Name	Age	Time
1	Mohammed El Youssfi	28	0:46:17
2	Graydon Morris	24	0:46:18
3	Kieran Tuntivate	29	0:46:32
4	Cole Sprout	24	0:46:35
5	Aidan Reed	28	0:46:38

Top 5 Women

Overall top female finishers

Place	Name	Age	Time
1	Asayech Ayichew	21	0:50:37
2	Joy Cheptoyek	23	0:50:41
3	Emma Grace Hurley	28	0:50:42
4	Weini Kelati	29	0:50:46
5	Karissa Schweizer	29	0:50:55

Men vs. Women by Detailed Age Group

The crossover from female majority to male majority happens precisely at the 50–54 bracket — separated by a single finisher.

Gender & Age Trends: The Data Keeps Telling the Same Story

I've been doing demographic analysis across large and small road races for years, and the 2026 Cherry Blossom is completely consistent with everything I've seen before. Women have become the majority participant demographic in distance running, and this data makes that undeniable.

Their dominance is strongest in the 20s and 30s age brackets, which also happen to be the highest volume groups. The 25 to 29 cohort alone shows women outnumbering men by nearly 1,000 runners (2,974 F vs. 1,991 M). But here is where it gets interesting. The flip happens at exactly 50 to 54, where 476 women and 475 men finished, separated by a single runner. That is not a coincidence. That is a demographic boundary.

Older male runners who came of age during the running boom of the 1970s and 80s entered the sport when it was largely male-dominated, and many of them never stopped. That generation built a lifelong identity around running during that era, and that dedication absolutely shows in the data. Meanwhile, the surge in women's participation over the last 20 to 30 years has fundamentally reshaped who shows up at the start line, and that shift is most visible in the millennial and Gen Z age groups.

The growth of this sport is being driven by women, and the data across every race I have analyzed backs that up.

Key Takeaways

The 2026 Cherry Blossom had one of its largest fields ever at over 20,000 finishers, with women making up 56% of all finishers. The 20–29 age group dominated participation with 7,367 runners. Average finish times held steady between the 20–29 and 30–39 groups before climbing in the 50+ categories. The fastest age group on average was the Under 20 cohort at 1:32:28.

For my own result — 1:48:14, overall place 14,440 — this was a filming run, not a race effort. But the data gives a useful baseline to measure against in future editions when I line up to actually race.

Data source: 2026 Cherry Blossom 10 Mile official results (20,088 finishers). Analysis by Adam Osmond.

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Event March 5, 2025 · Connecticut

Run 169 Day: Covering All of Connecticut in Under 21 Hours

14th Annual EventDuration: 20h 43mTowns covered: 169

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Race Report + Analysis April 2026 · Alexandria, VA

PNC Alexandria 5K & Half Marathon 2026: Full Race Analysis

5K: 1,697 finishers Half Marathon: 3,630 finishers Start: 7:00 AM · Alexandria, VA Analysis by Adam Osmond

Start Fairfax & Wythe St Finish N Union & Oronoco St Festival Oronoco Bay Park Kids Dash 10:30 AM

1,697
2026 5K Finishers

1,455

2025 5K Finishers

+16.6%

5K Growth

3,630
2026 Half Finishers

3,037

2025 Half Finishers

+19.5%

Half Growth

Total Finishers: 2025 vs. 2026

Both races grew significantly year over year — the half marathon added nearly 600 finishers.

2026 5K Gender Split

1,697 finishers · 10 non-binary

2026 Half Gender Split

3,630 finishers · 9 non-binary

2026 5K Finish Time Distribution (Net Time)

Bucketed in 2-minute intervals. Peak concentration between 28–34 minutes.

2026 Half Marathon Finish Time Distribution (Net Time)

Bucketed in 5-minute intervals. Peak concentration between 1:45–2:00.

2026 5K: Finishers by Age Group & Gender

Women dominate the 20-49 age brackets. Men lead only in the 70+ group.

2026 Half Marathon: Finishers by Age Group & Gender

Men lead in the 30-39 bracket and 60+. Women lead in 20-29 and Under 20.

2026 5K Top 3 by Gender (Net Time)

Gender	Name	Age	Net Time
M 1st	Johnny Rogers	27	15:44
M 2nd	Cody Hodgins	36	16:05
M 3rd	Nico Diffenbach	14	16:35
F 1st	Carmen Garson-Shumway	29	18:06
F 2nd	Tatum Peskin	24	18:11
F 3rd	Eliana Ornelas	25	18:30

2026 Half Top 3 by Gender (Net Time)

Gender	Name	Age	Net Time
M 1st	Alex Hillyard	24	1:07:45
M 2nd	Michael Conway	33	1:08:10
M 3rd	Scott Doescher	32	1:11:35
F 1st	Halle Gill	26	1:21:03
F 2nd	Rachel Cassidy	38	1:21:48
F 3rd	Katherine Taylor	23	1:24:40

Race Video

Course Details

Both the 5K and half marathon start at 7:00 AM at the intersection of Fairfax Street and Wythe Street, across from Oronoco Bay Park in Alexandria, VA. The finish line is on N Union Street at the intersection with Oronoco Street, with the post-race festival held at Oronoco Bay Park, 100 Madison Street.

The Kids Dash starts at 10:30 AM at the intersection of King and Union Streets, with the finish also at Oronoco Bay Park.

Aid Stations

The half marathon has six aid stations along the course. The 5K has one dedicated aid station at mile 1.8 on Green Street. All aid stations include portable toilets and medical support. Aid station locations for the half marathon are at mile 2 (S Washington Bridge Overpass), mile 4 (GW Memorial Parkway and Tulane Drive, water and Gatorade), mile 6 (GW Parkway and Wellington Road), mile 8 (water and Gatorade), mile 9.5 (water and Gatorade), and mile 12 (S Washington Bridge Overpass).

Pace Teams

The half marathon offers 13 pace teams with two leaders each, targeting the following overall times: 1:30, 1:35, 1:40, 1:45, 1:50, 1:55, 2:00, 2:10, 2:20, 2:30, 2:45, 3:00, and 3:15. Pace leaders wear special singlets and carry signs showing their target pace and overall finish time.

Course Cutoff

The half marathon cutoff is based on a 15-minute-per-mile pace, roughly equivalent to a 3:30 finish. Runners who fall behind that pace may be asked to move to the public sidewalks to complete the distance.

Key Takeaways

Both the 5K and half marathon saw strong year-over-year growth in 2026 — the 5K grew 16.6% from 1,455 to 1,697 finishers, and the half marathon grew 19.5% from 3,037 to 3,630. That's meaningful growth for both events and reflects a healthy, expanding race.

In the 5K, women made up 60.5% of finishers, consistent with the broader national trend of women dominating shorter road races. Non-binary runners represented 10 finishers in the 5K and 9 in the half marathon — a small but notable presence as race organizations continue to expand their gender categories.

The half marathon was nearly even between men (51%) and women (48.8%), with the 30–39 age group being the largest for men and the 20–29 group being the largest for women. Median finish times were 1:55:22 for men and 2:12:39 for women in the half, and 31:15 for men and 36:11 for women in the 5K.

About the Race

The PNC Alexandria Half Marathon and 5K is produced by Run Pacers and held annually in Alexandria, Virginia. For registration, course maps, and race-day information visit alexandriahalf.com.

About the Timing Company

Race timing for the PNC Alexandria events is provided by ARE Event Productions, based in Albany, NY. ARE is an endurance event timing, technology, and full-scale production company that has provided services to over 2,000 races across the U.S. and Canada, including national championships, the Nike Women's Series, and the NYC Marathon.

As a vertically integrated company with its own software developers and event producers, ARE delivers timing with live tracking, logistics, entertainment, and equipment. They author their own timing, registration, and event management software, giving them the in-house technical capability to deliver a first-class race experience from start to finish.

Data source: PNC Alexandria 5K and Half Marathon official results, 2025 and 2026. Course information from Run Pacers. Timing by ARE Event Productions. Analysis by Adam Osmond.

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Running Race Analysis June 2026 · Washington, DC

DC Front Runners Pride Run 5K: Five Years of Data (2022–2026)

5 race editions 5,415 total finishers 2022–2026 Analysis by Adam Osmond

Distance 5K Location Historic Congressional Cemetery, DC Peak Field 2024 (1,297) Timing ARE Event Productions Benefits LGBTQ+ Charities

The DC Front Runners Pride Run 5K is one of the highlights of Pride weekend in Washington. Held each June at the Historic Congressional Cemetery, the race starts and finishes among the headstones, winds along the Anacostia River trail and the fields of the RFK campus, and closes with a finish line party. It is a run, a walk, and a community celebration all at once, and it draws over a thousand runners and walkers from across the DMV and beyond.

I pulled five years of official results, 2022 through 2026, into a single dataset and broke the field down by participation, gender, age group, finish time, geography, and the runners who keep coming back. The story the numbers tell is one of a growing, diversifying field that has shifted from a male majority to near gender parity, with the fastest growth of all coming from non-binary runners. Full timing and historical data for this analysis came from ARE Event Productions.

Race Video

My footage from the DC Front Runners Pride Run 5K at the Historic Congressional Cemetery.

5,415
Total Finishers (2022–2026)

1,297

Peak Field (2024)

3,867

Unique Runners

40

Ran All 5 Years

15:45

Fastest Time (Ryan Leahy, 2025)

4.5%

Non-Binary Share (2026)

Participation by Year (2022–2026)

Total finishers in each edition. The field jumped to a five-year peak of 1,297 in 2024 (highlighted), then settled back near 1,000. Across all five years, 3,867 unique runners crossed the line at least once.

A Field Moving Toward Parity

In 2022 men made up 58% of finishers and women 39%. By 2026 that gap had nearly closed: women were 47.9% of the field and men 46.7%, the first time women out-finished men at the Pride Run. Over the same span non-binary participation tripled, from 1.5% of the field in 2022 to 4.5% in 2026. For a race built around the LGBTQ+ community, the data shows a field that is both growing and becoming more representative of that community every year.

Finishers by Gender Over Time

Stacked counts of men, women, and non-binary finishers in each edition. The women's bar has grown to match the men's, and the non-binary segment is visible and expanding.

Gender Share of the Field (%)

The men's share (navy) has fallen every year while the women's share (blue) has climbed to cross it in 2025–2026. The non-binary share (purple) has risen steadily from 1.5% to 4.5%.

Median Finish Time by Year

Median chip time in minutes:seconds for the overall field and for men and women separately. The overall median sits around 30 to 32 minutes, reflecting a field with many walkers and first-time 5K participants. Men's medians cluster near 28 minutes, women's near 35 to 36 minutes.

Winning Times Each Year — Male, Female & Non-Binary

Fastest net time in each gender category by year. The men's winning time has held in a tight 15:45 to 16:23 band. In 2023 the overall race winner was a non-binary runner, Row Sullivan, at 15:54, which is why the non-binary line dips to its fastest point that year. Non-binary winning times swing more from year to year because the category is still small.

The Champions

Ryan Leahy is the defining runner of this era. He has run all five editions, finished on the podium every year, won the men's race in 2024 and 2025, and set the five-year course best of 15:45 in 2025. On the women's side, Jilane Petrie has been the runner to beat, winning the women's race three years running from 2024 through 2026 at ages 40, 41, and 42. And in 2023, Row Sullivan won the entire race outright in 15:54, the only year in this span that the overall champion came from the non-binary division.

Finishers by Age Group Over Time

Stacked age group counts by year. The 30–39 group is the largest single cohort in every edition, followed by 20–29 and 40–49. The median finisher age has held steady at 35 to 36 across all five years.

2026 Age Group Breakdown

Distribution of all 968 finishers in the most recent edition. The 30–39 group alone made up more than 40% of the field.

Median Finisher Age by Year

A remarkably stable race: the median age has stayed within a single year, at 35 or 36, across the entire five-year span.

2026 Finish Time Distribution

All 2026 finishers bucketed in 4-minute intervals. The field peaks between 27 and 35 minutes, with a long tail of walkers stretching past 50 minutes, exactly the shape you expect from a community run and walk.

Where Runners Come From

The DMV core (DC, Virginia, Maryland) accounts for 92% to 96% of finishers every year and has grown to 95.5% in 2026. This is a deeply local race.

Top States (All Five Years)

DC alone supplied 3,101 of the 5,415 finishers. Beyond the DMV, New York and Texas lead a long tail of out-of-state visitors.

Top Finisher by Gender, Each Year

Fastest net time in each gender division for all five editions. 🏆 marks the overall race winner that year.

Year	Male Winner	Time	Female Winner	Time	Non-Binary Winner	Time
2022	Aaron Bratt (20)	16:14	Julie Dickerson (33)	19:44	Jamie Ryan (34)	23:55
2023	Ryan Leahy (29)	16:21	Louisa Whittingham (24)	18:30	Row Sullivan (22) 🏆	15:54
2024	Ryan Leahy (30) 🏆	16:11	Jilane Petrie (40)	19:02	Row Sullivan (23)	16:29
2025	Ryan Leahy (31) 🏆	15:45	Jilane Petrie (41)	18:40	Row Sullivan (24)	19:43
2026	Alex Hillyard (24) 🏆	16:14	Jilane Petrie (42)	18:56	Maddie Soufleris (25)	22:14

Why a Race at a Cemetery?

It is the question the organizers hear most. Beyond being a beautiful and peaceful place, the Historic Congressional Cemetery is rich with history. It is the resting place of members of Congress, civil rights and suffrage leaders, and Leonard Matlovich, a Vietnam War veteran, Purple Heart and Bronze Star recipient, and pioneering gay rights and AIDS activist of the 1970s and 1980s. Matlovich died of AIDS at just 44. His tombstone famously bears no name, only the words noting that the military gave him a medal for killing and a discharge for loving. Runners are encouraged to stop at his grave during the weekend to remember a time before so many could live openly, and to honor those who fought for the rights celebrated each Pride.

About the Race and Its Charities

The Pride Run 5K is hosted by the DC Pride Run Foundation, a registered 501(c)(3) organization, and net proceeds along with sponsor and individual donations are directed to local charities serving the LGBTQ+ and other underserved communities. The 2026 charity partners, each a registered 501(c)(3), include the Wanda Alston Foundation, the Team DC Scholarship Fund, the Blade Foundation, Ainsley's Angels of America (National Capital Region), SMYAL, Thrive DC, the Historic Congressional Cemetery, and the Pride 365 Fund. The race begins and ends at the Historic Congressional Cemetery, 1801 E Street SE, Washington, DC. Registration and more information are available at RunSignUp.

About the Timing Company: ARE Event Productions

The 2026 results in this analysis were timed and scored by ARE Event Productions (AREEP), an endurance event timing, technology, and full-scale production company based in Albany, NY. AREEP has provided services to more than 2,000 races across the U.S. and Canada, including national championships, the Nike Women's Series, and the New York City Marathon. As event directors themselves and authors of their own timing, registration, and event management software, they handle timing with live tracking, logistics, entertainment, and equipment in house. Historical results for the earlier editions were also gathered from AREEP.

Data source: DC Front Runners Pride Run 5K official results, 2022–2026 (5,415 finishers across 5 editions), timed and compiled by ARE Event Productions. Net times used throughout. Gender categories follow the divisions in the official results; the non-binary category aggregates results coded as non-binary across years. Analysis by Adam Osmond. Race information at RunSignUp.

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Running Race Analysis June 13, 2026 · Washington, DC

Juneteenth Half Marathon & 10K: Four Years of Data (2023–2026)

4 race editions 1,791 total finishers 2023–2026 Analysis by Adam Osmond

Distances 10K & Half Marathon Location Fort Stanton Park, DC Course Civil War Defenses Trail 2026 Field 657 finishers Host RunJuneteenth (free race)

The Juneteenth Half Marathon & 10K bills itself as the "World's Greatest Urban Trail Run," and it has a fair claim to the title. As an experienced trail runner, I agree. Held each June at Fort Stanton Park in Southeast Washington, the race runs the length of the Civil War Defenses of Washington Trail, a genuine off-road route of dirt paths and real climbs that connects historic fort sites between the Anacostia and Deanwood neighborhoods. It is a hard trail run, a Juneteenth celebration, and a free community event all at once, hosted by the all-volunteer RunJuneteenth organization and kept free through donations.

I ran the 10K in 2026 and pulled four years of official results, 2023 through 2026, into a single dataset to see how the race has grown and who shows up to run it. The story is a race that has more than doubled in size in four years, a 10K that draws a majority-women field while the half marathon stays majority-men, a deeply local DMV crowd, and a field that gets a little broader and more recreational every year as it grows. Full results for this analysis came from the official RunSignup race pages. Race details are at runjuneteenth.org.

My Race: A Last-Minute 10K

This one was a last-minute decision. The race is free but it fills up, and registration had already closed by the time I looked. The day before race day the organizers opened it back up, I grabbed a 10K spot, and I am very glad I did. I ran with the Black Men Run DC chapter, and the team turnout was large. Many of them took on the full half marathon and some of us, like me, ran the 10K. As an experienced trail runner I would call the 10K not that difficult. There were a few hills, but nothing brutal, and the course was lovely, a real hidden gem winding through the woods. I finished in 1:09:02 at an 11:06 pace, placed 48th of 303 overall, and took second place in my age group, the M 50 to 59 division. I recorded the entire run with my GoPro, and the YouTube video link is below.

Adam Osmond at the 2026 Juneteenth 10K with the Black Men Run DC chapter, with GoPro trail footage and his RunSignup result card: 1:09:02 finish, 48th of 303 overall, 2nd in M 50-59

GoPro footage from the trail, my 2026 result card, and post-race with the Black Men Run DC chapter at Fort Stanton Park.

1:09:02
My 10K Finish Time

11:06

Pace (min/mi)

48/303

Overall Place

2nd

M 50–59 Age Group

32/106

Among Men

657

2026 Finishers (Record)

Race Video

My GoPro footage from the 2026 Juneteenth 10K on the Civil War Defenses of Washington Trail.

The 2026 Race

2026 was the biggest edition in the race's history. A record 657 runners finished, 354 in the half marathon and 303 in the 10K. In the half, Ethan Ready posted the fastest time of the day at 1:29:15 to defend his title, and Shayla Manitowabi led the women in 1:53:58. In the 10K, Brandon Dunston won in 46:18 and Cheniya Sharpe was the top woman in 55:20.

2026 Field by Gender and Distance

The clearest signature of this race: the 10K skews heavily female (193 women to 104 men) while the half marathon skews male (220 men to 132 women). The two distances draw almost mirror-image crowds.

2026 Age Groups by Distance

The 30 to 39 group is the largest cohort in both races, followed by 20 to 29 in the 10K and 40 to 49 in the half. The half marathon field skews a little older.

2026 10K Finish Times

All 303 finishers in 10-minute buckets. The field centers between 60 and 90 minutes, with a long walking tail past 110, exactly what you expect from a hilly trail celebration run.

2026 Half Marathon Finish Times

All 354 half finishers in 20-minute buckets. The peak sits around 2:20 to 2:40, a slow spread that reflects 1,375 feet of climbing on dirt.

2026: Where Runners Came From

A DMV race through and through. In 2026, 92% of finishers came from DC, Maryland, or Virginia. Maryland (290) actually out-sent the host district itself (198).

2026 Top Cities

Washington leads, with Baltimore a strong second and a cluster of inner-suburb cities filling out the top ten.

Four Years of Data (2023–2026)

A Race That Doubled in Four Years

In 2023 the race drew 273 finishers across both distances. By 2026 that number had grown to 657, an increase of about 140% in four years, with every single edition larger than the one before it. The 10K grew from 132 to 303 finishers and the half marathon from 141 to 354. A free, donation-funded trail race has quietly become one of the larger community runs on the DC June calendar, which is exactly why it now fills up and closes registration early.

Participation by Year

Total finishers in each edition, split by distance. Both races have grown every year, and the half marathon overtook the 10K in size starting in 2025.

Total Finishers and Growth Each Year

Combined finishers across both distances, with the year-over-year growth rate on the right axis. The race has grown every single year: up 39.6% in 2024, 26.0% in 2025, and 36.9% in 2026, from 273 finishers to a record 657, about 140% larger in four years.

Finishers by Gender Over Time

Stacked counts of men, women, and runners in other or unreported gender categories. Women have matched or out-numbered men across the combined field, and in 2026 the split was almost exactly even at 325 women to 324 men.

Women as a Share of Each Distance

Percentage of men-and-women finishers who were women, by distance and year. The 10K has been 58% to 65% women every year, while the half marathon has stayed between 30% and 42% women. The shorter trail distance draws a very different field than the long one.

Median Finish Time by Year

Median net time for each distance. Both have drifted slower as the field has grown, the 10K median from about 1:17 to 1:24 and the half from about 2:24 to 2:41. That is the normal signature of a race getting bigger and more recreational, drawing more first-time trail runners and walkers each year.

Age Groups by Year (2023–2026)

Stacked finisher counts by age group for each edition. The 30 to 39 group is the largest cohort every year and has driven much of the growth, rising from 119 finishers in 2023 to 280 in 2026. The 20 to 29 and 40 to 49 groups have grown sharply too, while the field keeps a steady tail of runners in their 50s, 60s, and beyond.

Age Groups (All Four Years)

Across all 1,791 finishers, the 30 to 39 group is the clear center of gravity at 828 runners, followed by 20 to 29. Runners in their 50s, 60s, and 70s show up too, including the field's oldest finisher at 74.

Where Runners Come From (All Years)

DC, Maryland, and Virginia together make up 91% of all finishers over four years. Maryland edges out DC as the single largest source.

Top States (All Four Years)

Beyond the DMV core, New York leads a long tail of out-of-state visitors. Maryland, DC, and Virginia together account for 1,634 of the 1,791 finishers.

10K Champions by Year

Fastest net time in each gender division. 🏆 marks the overall race winner that year, which in the 10K was the men's winner every year.

Year	Men's Winner	Time	Women's Winner	Time
2023	Noah Praamsma (27) 🏆	46:25	Sara Grange (28)	53:14
2024	Tommie Runz (39) 🏆	44:43	Erin Ross (33)	54:00
2025	Tyler Kameh (30) 🏆	41:26	Maya Rao (38)	51:21
2026	Brandon Dunston (31) 🏆	46:18	Cheniya Sharpe (28)	55:20

Half Marathon Champions by Year

Fastest net time in each gender division. Ethan Ready has won the men's half two years running. 🏆 marks the overall winner.

Year	Men's Winner	Time	Women's Winner	Time
2023	Babadamilola Alao (25) 🏆	1:45:52	Jennifer Downing (33)	1:47:50
2024	Parker Marshall (26) 🏆	1:37:06	Sofia Martinez (27)	1:54:34
2025	Ethan Ready (27) 🏆	1:28:12	Maggie Szabo (23)	1:49:52
2026	Ethan Ready (28) 🏆	1:29:15	Shayla Manitowabi (29)	1:53:58

Two Distances, Two Different Crowds

The most interesting thing in four years of data is how differently the two races recruit. The 10K is a majority-women event every year, peaking at 65% women in 2026. The half marathon is the opposite, sitting between 58% and 70% men. Same morning, same trail, same start area, but the shorter point-to-point 10K and the grueling out-and-back half draw almost mirror-image fields. The 10K is also where this race does its community-building work, the larger, more diverse, more first-timer-friendly entry point, while the half remains the harder test for the committed trail crowd.

The Course: A Hidden Gem in the District

The race is hosted at Fort Stanton Park and runs the full Civil War Defenses of Washington Trail, an off-road route that traverses between the Anacostia and Deanwood neighborhoods and connects five historic Civil War fort sites. Organizers are upfront that this is a proper trail run with dirt paths and significant elevation change. The half marathon is an out-and-back over the full trail with 1,375 feet of elevation gain. The 10K is a one-way, point-to-point route heading north with a more modest but still real 467 feet of gain, and free shuttle buses bring 10K finishers back to the start for the festivities.

Race Day and Logistics

Race day starts before dawn. Runners meet at 5:00 am, stretch at 6:00 am, and the race starts at 6:19 am. Because there is no parking at Fort Stanton Park, runners park at the Anacostia Metro garage and ride free shuttles to the start between 5:00 and 6:00 am. The course has seven water stops and medical tents at key points including the midpoint and the northern trailhead. Afterward there is a free Juneteenth celebration BBQ back at Fort Stanton Park with food, music, and community that runs well into the afternoon.

A Free Race, Funded by Donations

RunJuneteenth keeps the race entirely free and relies on volunteer boards and donations to cover operations, permits, and safety equipment. For the 2026 race the organizers set a fundraising goal of $61,965 and raised $13,032 from 323 donors. Keeping a race this size free is a deliberate act of access, and it is a big part of why the field has grown the way it has.

Data source: official Juneteenth Half Marathon & 10K results, 2023–2026 (1,791 finishers across 4 editions), via RunSignup. Net (chip) times used throughout. Gender categories follow the divisions in the official results; the "other or unreported" group aggregates non-binary and unspecified entries. My finish and placement are from the official 2026 RunSignup chip-time results. Analysis by Adam Osmond. Race information at runjuneteenth.org.

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Running Race Analysis + Timer June 27, 2026 · Washington, DC

HBCU Run the District 5K: 13 Years of Data (2013–2026)

11 race editions 6,073 total finishers 2013–2026 Analysis by Adam Osmond

Distance 5K Run / Walk Location The Bridge District, SE DC 2026 Field 885 finishers (record) Cause HBCU Scholarships Timing ARE Event Productions

The HBCU Run the District 5K is one of the most meaningful races on the DC calendar. Officially the HBCU 5K Run/Walk & Community Day, it is a celebration of health, wellness, education, and cultural pride that turns every registration into scholarship money for local students who dream of attending a Historically Black College or University. The 2026 race, held Saturday, June 27, was the 13th annual edition, starting in The Bridge District at 633 Howard Rd SE and running a fast, flat, point-to-point course across the iconic Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge and through the Nationals Park area along the Anacostia River.

I have a long history with this race. I ran it in 2017 and had one of my better days, and for the last two years, 2025 and 2026, I have been on the other side of the clock helping to time and score the event. I pulled together 11 editions of official results, 2013 through 2026, into a single dataset of 6,073 finishers to see how this race has grown from a few hundred runners into a near-thousand-person community event, and to tell the story of who shows up to run the district every June. Race information is at dchbcu.org.

My Race: First in My Age Group, 2017

I ran this race in 2017 and it remains one of my favorite results. The course back then was a genuinely hilly one, and I ran 22:14 at a 7:09 pace, good for 12th place overall out of the whole field and first place in my age group, the M 40 to 49 division. Coming across that bridge near the front of the pack, with the scholarship mission as the backdrop, was a special morning. These last two years I have come back to the race in a different role, helping time and score the event for the runners now chasing their own personal bests, and it has been a privilege to give back to a race that gave me such a good memory.

Adam Osmond running the HBCU Run the District 5K in 2017, where he finished 12th overall and first in the M 40-49 age group in 22:14 on a hilly course

Running the HBCU Run the District 5K in 2017: 22:14, 7:09 pace, 12th overall, and first place in the M 40–49 age group on a hilly course.

22:14
My 2017 Finish Time

7:09

Pace (min/mi)

12/433

Overall Place

1st

M 40–49 Age Group

2025–26

Years I Helped Time

885

2026 Finishers (Record)

Race Video

My footage from the HBCU Run the District 5K, running the district across the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge.

Footage from the HBCU Run the District 5K across the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge.

A Race Built on Purpose

What sets this race apart is everything wrapped around the finish line. The HBCU Run the District 5K is far more than a morning run. Every dollar raised goes toward scholarships that help remove financial barriers for future leaders heading to Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The event is designed to be welcoming to everyone: adults and children get chipped or unchipped bibs, and there is even a virtual 5K option so people anywhere in the world can run, jog, or walk on their own terms and still be part of the mission. Every registrant receives a commemorative medal and a race shirt.

The weekend has grown into a full cultural celebration. It kicks off with the “Beats, Bibs & Bragging Rights” pre-race mixer on Friday evening at the Perch SW Rooftop of the Cambria Navy Yard Riverfront Hotel. Race day itself features Alumni Row, where HBCU chapters host tables to network and show their university pride, a vendor village of local businesses, and a Greek Giveback where Black Greek Letter Organizations run a hybrid fundraiser for the scholarship fund. The event also actively recruits volunteers to hand out water, cheer on participants, and help with logistics, offering community service hours in return. It is a model for how a road race can double as a community-building and fundraising engine.

From a Few Hundred to Nearly a Thousand

In its 2013 edition the race drew 281 finishers. By 2026 that number had climbed to a record 885, more than three times its original size and a 215% increase over 13 years. The race did not grow in a straight line, two years were lost entirely to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021, but it came back stronger than ever. The post-pandemic editions have been the biggest in the race's history, with 851 finishers in 2024, 714 in 2025, and the all-time record of 885 in 2026. A scholarship fundraiser that started as a modest community run has quietly become one of the larger summer road races in the District.

Participation by Year

Total finishers in each edition, split by gender. The race more than tripled from 281 finishers in 2013 to a record 885 in 2026. No races were held in 2020 or 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, shown as a gap in the timeline.

Total Finishers and Growth Each Year

Combined finishers per edition with the year-over-year growth rate on the right axis. The biggest single jumps came in 2016 (up 96%) and in the post-pandemic surge of 2024 (up 74%). The race set a new all-time record of 885 finishers in 2026, about 215% larger than its first edition.

Finishers by Gender Over Time

Stacked counts of women, men, and runners in other or unreported gender categories. Women have outnumbered men in almost every edition, and the gap has widened in recent years. In 2026, 539 women finished alongside 339 men.

Overall Gender Split (All Years)

Across all 6,073 finishers from 2013 to 2026, the field is 62% women. This is one of the most consistently female-majority races in the region, a signature of its community and wellness focus.

Women as a Share of the Field

Percentage of men-and-women finishers who were women, by year. After a near-even split in the early editions, the race has trended strongly female, peaking near 69% women in the 2023 and 2024 fields.

Who Runs the District

Age Groups (All 11 Editions)

Across all 6,073 finishers, the 30 to 39 group is the largest cohort at 1,693 runners, closely followed by the 40 to 49 group. This is a race with a strong, broad core of adult runners in their 30s, 40s, and 50s, plus a meaningful tail of runners in their 60s, 70s, and beyond, and a youth contingent under 20.

Age Groups by Year (2013–2026)

Stacked finisher counts by age group for each edition. The 30 to 49 cohorts have driven much of the growth, while the share of runners 50 and older has grown notably in the post-pandemic editions, a sign of a maturing, loyal repeat field.

2026 Field by Age and Gender

The record 2026 field broken down by age group and gender. Women outnumber men in nearly every adult age group, with the 30 to 39 and 40 to 49 groups forming the heart of the field.

Where Runners Come From

A Deeply Local DMV Race

This is a DMV race through and through. Across all editions, 95% of finishers came from DC, Maryland, or Virginia, drawn from 36 states in total. Maryland is the single largest source with 2,781 finishers, ahead of the host District itself with 1,622 and Virginia with 1,246. The out-of-state tail is small but national, with runners traveling in from New York, Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and beyond, many of them HBCU alumni returning to the District for the weekend.

Where Runners Come From (All Years)

DC, Maryland, and Virginia together make up about 95% of all finishers over 11 editions. Maryland is the single largest source, edging out the host District.

2026: Where Runners Came From

In the record 2026 field, Maryland sent more than half of all finishers, with Virginia second and DC third, plus a small out-of-state contingent.

Top States (All Years)

Beyond the DMV core, New York and Georgia lead a long national tail of HBCU-connected visitors. Maryland, DC, and Virginia account for 5,649 of the field.

2026 Top Cities & Towns

Washington leads, with Prince George's County strongholds like Upper Marlboro and Bowie close behind, plus Northern Virginia cities filling out the top ten.

Finish Times

2026 Finish Time Distribution

All 885 finishers from the 2026 race in three-minute buckets. The field centers between 30 and 40 minutes, the classic shape of a community 5K, with a strong run-walk tail past 45 minutes reflecting the event's welcome-everyone spirit.

Median Finish Time by Year

Median finish time for each edition. The early years (2013–2019) ran fast and competitive, with medians around 33 to 37 minutes. The post-pandemic editions are slower and more recreational, a normal and healthy signature of a race that has grown larger and more inclusive, drawing more first-timers and walkers every year. (2022 is excluded from the trend as a walk-heavy return edition with no competitive timing.)

The Champions

Race Winners by Year

The fastest man and woman in each edition. Omari Daughtridge dominated the men's race with four wins, and Darnell Almanzar took three straight from 2023 to 2025. (2022 was a non-competitive return edition run mostly as a walk; its leading finishers are shown for completeness.)

Year	Men's Winner	Time	Women's Winner	Time
2013	Omari Daughtridge	16:58	Heather Chapman	22:47
2014	Andrew Springer	15:18	Etaferanu Temesgen	17:07
2015	Mynor Lopez	15:52	Nicole Sliva	20:21
2016	Tekeste Nurelign	15:45	Caroline Carr	20:17
2017	Omari Daughtridge	16:36	Purity Munene	18:40
2018	Omari Daughtridge	16:36	Octavia Rinehardt	20:54
2019	Omari Daughtridge	15:56	Jennifer Blalock	23:55
2022 *	Mohamed Bah	34:03	Mishaun Smith	34:10
2023	Darnell Almanzar	18:40	Sheila Ollison	25:30
2024	Darnell Almanzar	19:32	Shannon Spaulding	24:32
2025	Darnell Almanzar	18:50	Kia Jackson	24:47
2026	Stanley Davis	20:01	Sanaiah Martin	22:36

* 2022 was the COVID-return edition, run largely as a community walk with no finishers under 34 minutes; the leading times are listed for completeness rather than as competitive results.

The Loyal: Runners Who Keep Coming Back

72 Runners Have Run This Race 5 or More Times

The truest measure of a community race is who comes back. A remarkable 72 runners have finished this race in five or more different years. Leading them all is Vee Davis, who has run 11 of the 12 timed editions, an almost-perfect streak from 2013 to 2026. Jonathan McMullen is right behind with 10 years, and Marty Williams with nine. These are the people who make this race a tradition, lacing up every June to run the district for the scholarship cause. The table below lists the top 30 most loyal runners; the full group of 72 spans every era of the race.

Most Loyal Runners (5+ Editions)

Runners ranked by number of different editions finished. “Years Active” shows their first and most recent appearance; “Best 5K” is their fastest finish in the dataset.

Runner	Gender	Editions	Years Active	Best 5K
Vee Davis	F	11	2013–2026	31:47
Jonathan Mcmullen	M	10	2013–2025	29:06
Marty Williams	M	9	2015–2026	32:35
Shawn Gibbs	M	8	2013–2026	33:33
Ayanna Byrd	F	8	2013–2024	32:35
T Washington	M	8	2015–2025	24:20
Laverne Oulds	F	8	2013–2024	25:29
Lindell Younger	M	7	2015–2026	37:23
David Mcmillian	M	7	2013–2019	30:47
Willie Williams Jr.	M	7	2015–2023	40:05
Omari Daughtridge	M	7	2013–2019	15:56
Richard Taylor	M	7	2017–2025	30:48
Dana Johnson	F	7	2013–2025	31:06
John Mcmillian	M	7	2013–2019	36:52
Sharon Green	F	7	2015–2026	36:33
Kristen Herring	F	7	2016–2026	39:53
Osagie Evbuoma	M	7	2014–2024	32:08
Nzinga Tull	F	7	2013–2025	27:49
Christine Davis	F	6	2015–2025	47:12
Sonya Snedecor	F	6	2013–2024	33:28
Debbie Bennett	F	6	2016–2026	47:07
Adam Davis	M	6	2018–2026	33:30
Stanley Weakley	M	6	2013–2018	31:33
Craig Reddix	M	6	2013–2019	28:04
Omar Price	M	6	2017–2026	24:58
Marvin Jones	M	6	2014–2025	21:15
Sharity Bannerman	F	6	2016–2026	33:18
Terredell Burroughs	M	6	2016–2025	28:29
Darnell Almanzar	M	5	2013–2025	18:40
Lisa Hughes	F	5	2019–2026	43:45

Showing the top 30 of 72 runners who have finished 5 or more editions. Names are matched across years; minor spelling differences in official results may affect a few totals.

About the Timing Company

The 2026 results in this analysis were timed and scored by ARE Event Productions (AREEP), an endurance event timing, technology, and full-scale production company based in Albany, NY. AREEP has provided services to more than 2,000 races across the U.S. and Canada, including national championships, the Nike Women's Series, and the New York City Marathon. As event directors themselves and authors of their own timing, registration, and event management software, they handle timing with live tracking, logistics, entertainment, and equipment all in house. Historical results for the earlier editions were also gathered from AREEP. Being part of the timing crew for the last two years has given me a real appreciation for the precision and logistics that go into scoring a field of nearly a thousand runners.

Run With Purpose

If there is one thing this 13-year dataset makes clear, it is that the HBCU Run the District 5K has built something durable: a fast, flat, festive race across the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge that grows nearly every year, draws a loyal and majority-women DMV field, and turns every finish line into scholarship money for future HBCU students. It is a race with purpose, and the numbers show a community that keeps showing up for it. Registration and details are at dchbcu.org.

Data source: official HBCU Run the District 5K results, 2013–2026 (6,073 finishers across 11 editions; no races held in 2020 or 2021 due to COVID-19), gathered from ARE Event Productions. Finish times normalized from multiple source formats. Gender categories follow the divisions in the official results; the “other or unreported” group aggregates non-binary and unspecified entries. My 2017 finish and placement are from the official results. I helped time and score the 2025 and 2026 editions. Analysis by Adam Osmond. Race information at dchbcu.org.

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Running Race Analysis + Pacer April 25, 2026 · Baltimore, MD

Sole of the City 10K 2026: Full Field Analysis

2,432 finishers Role: 11:00/mile Pacer · Beast Pacing 15 years of race history Analysis by Adam Osmond

Distance 10K Finishers 2,432 States 28 Teams 99 Running Clubs 33 Location Harbor Point, Baltimore

This year I stepped out of my racing shoes and into a pacer vest. I volunteered with Beast Pacing to lead the 11:00/mile pace group at the 2026 Sole of the City 10K, Baltimore's marquee springtime 10K held at Harbor Point. While I wasn't racing, the data analyst in me couldn't put down the results file, and 15 years of participation history tells a remarkable story about this race and the Baltimore running community.

If you are interested in running with a pace group at a race near you, or becoming a pacer yourself, visit beastpacing.com. More information about the race is at soleofthecity10k.com.

2,432
Total Finishers

56.6%

Female Finishers

43.1%

Male Finishers

28

States Represented

38.7

Avg Age (Years)

82 / 10

Oldest / Youngest

Full Race Coverage: GoPro

Filmed the entire 2026 Sole of the City 10K from start to finish while pacing the 11:00/mile group with Beast Pacing.

Race Participation: 2012–2026

Total finishers across all 15 editions. The 2020 bar reflects the virtual-only COVID edition (689 runners). Every year since 2021 has shown growth.

The COVID Effect and the Road Back

The Sole of the City 10K climbed from 2,235 runners in 2012 to a peak of 3,984 in 2018, a 78% increase in just six years. COVID-19 brought it to 689 virtual participants in 2020, an 83% decline from the prior in-person peak. Since returning in 2021 with 1,668 runners, the race has grown every single year, reaching 2,432 in 2026 — the strongest showing since 2019 and six consecutive years of post-COVID growth.

Gender Split

1,377 women (56.6%) · 1,049 men (43.1%) · 6 non-binary (0.2%)

Maryland vs. Out of State

Maryland accounts for 92.1% of all finishers (2,239 of 2,432)

Finish Time Distribution (Chip Time)

Bucketed in 2-minute intervals. Peak concentration between 54 minutes and 1:10.

Finishers by Age Group & Gender

The 30–39 age group dominates for both men and women with a combined total of 914 finishers.

Top 10 States by Finisher Count

Maryland dominates with 2,239 runners. Pennsylvania, Virginia, and DC round out the top four.

Top 3 Men (Chip Time)

Place	Name	Age	City	Time
1	Clark Otte	27	Columbia, MD	30:51
2	Nicolas Crouzier	41	Gaithersburg, MD	31:14
3	Perry Bennett	24	Baltimore, MD	31:14

Top 3 Women (Chip Time)

Place	Name	Age	City	Time
1	Ainsley Pressl	26	Baltimore, MD	36:13
2	Marissa Dailey	22	Phoenix, MD	36:37
3	Laura Doody	36	Baltimore, MD	36:58

Top 10 Teams by Finisher Count

Wedding Day 10K led all teams with 62 finishers across 99 total teams.

Running Clubs Represented (33)

Identified running clubs, run crews, and track clubs in the 2026 field.

Baltimore Road Runners ClubBe More Run CollectiveBirdland Track ClubBlack Men RunBlack Running Organization (BRO)Cove RunnersD17 Running TeamDYE for RunningFalls Road RacingGo VTS RunGreatest Running Team in AmericaHarbor East Run ClubHarford County Running ClubHealth is Wealth Run ClubLabRatsRunClubLululemon Run CrewMoguls RunNeighborhood Runners Race TeamPre-Race PoopsPulse Run ClubRealtors on the RunRowdie Running ClubRun Now, Beer LaterRunnas301Runners4JusticeRunnersRunSRTT Anne Arundel CountyThe Bad Girls ClubTrack Hawks Run ClubUA Velociti EliteUnleashed Run ClubWe Got the RunsWorst Pace Scenario

A Note From Your Race Filmmaker and Pacer

This year I stepped out of my racing shoes and into a pacer vest. I volunteered with Beast Pacing to lead the 11:00/mile pace group, keeping runners on track, on pace, and having fun along the way. Pacing is one of the most rewarding things you can do in the running community. There is something special about helping dozens of runners achieve their goal time.

I also filmed the entire race from start to finish with my GoPro. If you are interested in joining a pace group at a race near you, or even becoming a pacer yourself, Beast Pacing operates at races all across the country and is always looking for passionate runners to join their team.

Data source: 2026 Sole of the City 10K official results (2,432 finishers). Historical data: 2012–2026 race records. Analysis by Adam Osmond. Pacing by Beast Pacing. Race info at soleofthecity10k.com.

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Historical Analysis 2001–2025 · Colebrook, CT

Hogsback Half Marathon: 25 Years of Data (2001–2025)

24 race editions 5,193 total finishers 2001–2025 Analysis by Adam Osmond

Distance Half Marathon Location Goodwin Dam, Colebrook CT Course Record (M) 1:07:48 Course Record (F) 1:19:44 Women Majority Since 2013 Benefits Running for Rescues

The Hogsback Half Marathon is one of my favorite half marathons in Connecticut. Held along the Farmington River on rural country roads through Riverton, Pleasant Valley, Hartland, and Colebrook, it is a fast USATF-certified course with a 100-foot net elevation decrease that draws runners from across New England every September. Since 2015, I have been part of this race every single year, whether racing it myself, pacing a group, coordinating pacers, or volunteering.

Over the years the race has changed timing companies, which meant results were scattered across multiple platforms with no single place to view them. I gathered all 25 years of results into one dataset and built the Power BI dashboard linked below so runners can search their own history in one place. The 2026 results will be added after the September race.

2021 Race Video

GoPro footage from the 2021 Hogsback Half Marathon — the race's return after COVID.

Power BI Dashboard — All Results 2001–2025

I compiled results from multiple timing companies spanning 25 years into a single dataset and built an interactive Power BI dashboard. Runners can search their own results across all editions in one place. Updated with 2026 results after the September race. Open the Dashboard →

5,193
Total Finishers (2001–2025)

24

Race Editions

439

Peak Field (2015)

2013

Women Became Majority

1:07:48

Male Course Record (2025)

1:19:44

Female Course Record (2006)

Runner Lookup — Every Finisher, 2001–2025

All 5,193 finishes matched into 3,458 individual runners, so the same person keeps one ID as they age from year to year. 858 of them have run Hogsback more than once. Search a name or town, filter by year or age group, then open any runner to see their times year by year.

Repeat runners only

See something wrong, or want your entry removed? These results are compiled from publicly posted race results and this page is not affiliated with the race or its timing company. If a name, time, town or year is wrong, if a year of yours is missing, or if you would like your results taken off this page, use my contact form and I will take care of it.

Runner IDs match each finisher's name against an implied birth year (race year minus reported age, allowed to vary by one year for birthdays either side of race day), so a runner keeps one ID as they age. Names truncated at 19 characters in 2014, 2015 and 2025 are matched to their longer spelling, and a middle name that appears in some years but not others does not split a runner in two. Most 2015 entries recorded only the state, so those towns show a dash. Pace is calculated from the official finish time over 13.1 miles.

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Total Finishers by Year (2001–2025)

From 34 finishers in 2001 to a peak of 439 in 2015 (highlighted). A major jump occurred in 2006 when the field grew from 66 to 161. Post-COVID the race has stabilized in the 224–309 range. No race was held in 2020.

🔒 2020: No Race — The Hogsback Half Marathon was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The race returned in 2021 with 270 finishers.

Finishers by Gender Over Time

Men dominated the field through the first decade. In 2009 the race was exactly 50/50. Women became the majority in 2013 at 60% and have held it every year since. Non-binary runners first appeared in results in 2022.

Female Percentage of Field by Year

The dashed line marks 50%. Women first crossed and stayed above 50% in 2013 (60.1%) and peaked at 67.4% in 2018. The share has settled around 58–62% in recent years.

When Women Became the Majority

For the first decade of Hogsback, men dominated the field. In 2009 the race landed at an exact 50/50 split (40 men, 40 women). But 2013 was the turning point: women reached 60% of finishers and have never dropped below 57% since. By 2018 women made up 67% of the field, the highest proportion in race history. In 2025 women were approximately 59% of finishers, a trend that has held consistently for over a decade.

Median Finish Time by Year — Overall, Male & Female

Median finish times in h:mm:ss. The overall median has climbed from roughly 1:49 in the early years to around 2:16–2:18 in recent editions, reflecting a broader and more recreational field over time. Male and female medians track together, with women consistently about 18–22 minutes slower.

Winning Times Each Year — Male & Female

Course records: Mario Vazquez 1:07:48 (2025 — male); Shannon Hovey 1:19:44 (2006 — female, still standing after nearly two decades). Vazquez has won six consecutive times from 2021–2025, improving his time every single year.

Finishers by Age Group Over Time

The 35–54 core has always dominated, but notice how the 45–54 cohort has grown relative to 35–44 in recent years. The 50+ segment has expanded substantially, consistent with national trends in half marathon participation.

Median Finisher Age by Year

The median age has climbed from 42 in 2001 to 44–49 in recent years, reflecting an aging running population nationally.

2025 Age Group Breakdown

Distribution of all 250 finishers across age groups in the most recent edition.

Top 10 States by Finisher Count (All-Time)

Connecticut runners make up approximately 83% of all finishers across 25 years. Massachusetts is the largest out-of-state contingent, followed by New York.

All-Time Male Course Records

Year	Name	Time
2025	Mario Vazquez 🏆 CR	1:07:48
2024	Mario Vazquez	1:08:55
2023	Mario Vazquez	1:08:53
2022	Mario Vazquez	1:09:50
2021	Mario Vazquez	1:11:13

All-Time Female Course Records

Year	Name	Time
2006	Shannon Hovey 🏆 CR	1:19:44
2017	Brianna Demers	1:24:03
2013	Amanda Kourtz	1:23:47
2023	Larissa Giordano	1:30:10
2024	Larissa Giordano	1:33:25

Full Winners History (2001–2025)

Fastest male and female in each edition. Mario Vazquez has won six times (2017, 2021–2025). Larissa Giordano won three consecutive years (2022–2024).

Year	Male Winner	Time	Female Winner	Time
2001	Brian Fullem	1:17:28	Gale Case	1:43:00
2002	Tom Casey	1:17:14	Kate Paddon	1:21:55
2003	Anthony Longabard	1:18:54	Cindy Pomeroy	1:25:07
2004	Joshua Adams	1:20:38	Cindy Pomeroy	1:28:41
2005	Joshua Adams	1:20:24	Amanda Hill	1:28:53
2006	Chris Toepfer	1:12:40	Shannon Hovey 🏆 CR	1:19:44
2007	Stephen Herrera	1:12:06	Maureen Terwilliger	1:24:32
2008	Jeffrey McDermott	1:19:56	Tracy Dickey	1:35:23
2009	Ray Houle	1:19:04	Amanda Hill	1:29:18
2010	Joshua Adams	1:22:40	Jen Ward	1:41:57
2011	Marc Robaczynski	1:12:39	Margaret Alexson	1:39:36
2012	Brian Nelson	1:14:00	Janelle Ralph	1:33:57
2013	James McKirdy	1:14:04	Amanda Kourtz	1:23:47
2014	Jon Lindenauer	1:14:45	Addie DiFrancesco	1:30:27
2015	Patrick Byrne	1:26:01	Michelle Gosselin	1:30:36
2016	Peter Hornak	1:34:45	Sherri Odell	1:32:34
2017	Mario Vazquez 🏆	1:15:26	Brianna Demers	1:24:03
2018	Morgan Kennedy	1:12:11	Nicole Semanchik	1:33:40
2019	Jonathon Toro	1:18:05	Amanda Morgan	1:27:05
2020	No Race — COVID-19 Pandemic
2021	Mario Vazquez 🏆	1:11:13	Brittany Telke	1:27:38
2022	Mario Vazquez 🏆	1:09:50	Larissa Giordano 🏆	1:32:21
2023	Mario Vazquez 🏆	1:08:53	Larissa Giordano 🏆	1:30:10
2024	Mario Vazquez 🏆	1:08:55	Larissa Giordano 🏆	1:33:25
2025	Mario Vazquez 🏆 CR	1:07:48	Olivia Provance	1:29:39

2026 Race Information

Date: September 26, 2026 • Start: 8:30 a.m. • Location: Goodwin Dam, Durst Road, Colebrook, CT 06021

Fast USATF certified course with a 100-foot net elevation decrease through the towns of Riverton, Pleasant Valley, Hartland, and Colebrook along the Farmington River. 6 aid stations, custom finisher medals, electronic bib tag timing, and awards 3 deep in 5-year age groups for male, female, and non-binary. All proceeds benefit Running for Rescues, a 501(c)(3) dedicated to saving shelter animals. Packet pickup at 7:00 a.m. No race day registration.

Register for 2026 View Results Dashboard

Data source: Hogsback Half Marathon official results 2001–2025 (5,193 finishers across 24 editions). Results gathered from multiple timing companies and consolidated by Adam Osmond. No race held in 2020 (COVID-19). Analysis and Power BI dashboard by Adam Osmond. Race information at RunSignUp.

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Running Race Analysis May 17, 2026 · Capitol Hill, Washington DC

Capitol Hill Classic 10K & 3K: 2026 Field Analysis and 20 Years of Data

3,435 finishers in 2026 50,230 finishers since 2006 19 editions analyzed Analysis by Adam Osmond

Distances 10K · 3K · Fun Run Location Capitol Hill, Washington DC 2026 Field 3,435 finishers Years Analyzed 2006 to 2026 2026 10K Men's Winner 31:35 2026 10K Women's Winner 37:10 Benefits Capitol Hill Cluster School

The Capitol Hill Classic is Washington DC's largest and oldest 10K, a neighborhood tradition that has been running for over four decades. The 45th edition was held on Sunday, May 17, 2026, sponsored by Kitchel Injury Law and organized by a team of dedicated volunteers. The course takes runners across historic Capitol Hill, passing the U.S. Capitol, the Supreme Court, the Library of Congress, the Folger Shakespeare Library, Lincoln Park, East Capitol Street, and RFK Stadium. The day also includes a 3K and a Kids Fun Run that follow the 10K.

I pulled together every set of results I could find for this race, from 2006 through 2026, and built the analysis below. The data covers 19 editions and 50,230 finishers across the 10K and 3K. There were no results available for 2020 and 2021, and the race appears to have paused during those two years for the COVID 19 pandemic. The first part of this analysis is a deep look at the 2026 field by gender, age group, and finish time. The second part steps back to track how the two races have grown and changed over two decades.

2026 Race Video

GoPro footage I recorded at the start and finish location for the 10K, the 3K, and the Kids Fun Run. The video captures the entire event, including a time lapse of the area before the race begins, the staging and start of the 10K, the 3K following right behind it, and the Kids Fun Run that closed out the morning.

About the Timing Company: ARE Event Productions

The 2026 results used in this analysis were timed and scored by ARE Event Productions (AREEP), an endurance event timing, technology, and full scale production company based in Albany, NY. AREEP has provided services to over 2,000 races across the U.S. and Canada, including national championships, the Nike Women's Series, and the NYC Marathon. As event directors themselves, they operate as a vertically integrated company of software developers and event producers, and as authors of their own timing, registration, and event management software they handle timing with live tracking, logistics, entertainment, and equipment in house. Historical results for earlier editions were gathered from AREEP and from Athlinks.

3,435
Total 2026 Finishers

2,226

2026 10K Finishers

1,209

2026 3K Finishers

31:35

2026 10K Men's Winner

37:10

2026 10K Women's Winner

8:48

2026 3K Men's Winner

10:42

2026 3K Women's Winner

45th

Edition of the Classic

Part One: The 2026 Field

The 2026 Classic drew 3,435 finishers across the two timed races, 2,226 in the 10K and 1,209 in the 3K. The two races attract very different crowds. The 10K skews toward adult runners in their twenties, thirties, and forties, while the 3K is a true community event with a large field of children and families. The charts below break down each race by gender, by age group, and by finish time.

2026 10K by Gender

2,226 finishers. Men made up a narrow majority of the 10K field at 51.6 percent, with women at 48.0 percent and a small group of non-binary runners.

2026 3K by Gender

1,209 finishers. The 3K flips the balance, with women the majority at 52.6 percent. The shorter family race consistently draws more women and girls than men and boys.

2026 10K Finishers by Age Group and Gender

The 10K is an adult race. The 30 to 39 age group was the single largest at 792 finishers, followed by 40 to 49 at 555 and 20 to 29 at 476. Together those three groups accounted for 82 percent of the 10K field.

2026 3K Finishers by Age Group and Gender

The 3K tells the opposite story. The 10 and under group was the largest at 344 finishers and the 11 to 14 group added another 194. The 40 to 49 group at 318 reflects parents running alongside their children. This is a family race in the truest sense.

2026 10K Finish Time Spread

Net finish times grouped into five minute bands and stacked by gender. The field peaked in the 55 to 60 minute band with 372 finishers. The overall median 10K time was 1:01:04. Men had a median of 56:25 and women a median of 1:05:32.

2026 3K Finish Time Spread

Net finish times grouped into two minute bands and stacked by gender. The 3K field spread widely from 8:48 to 44:08, reflecting the mix of competitive adults, walkers, and young children. The overall median was 20:29, with men at 18:35 and women at 22:34.

2026 10K Top Finishers

Place	Name	Time
1 M	Moath Alkhawaldeh, 37	31:35
2 M	Alex Hillyard, 24	32:03
3 M	Rob Mirabello, 23	32:34
1 F	Liz Costello, 38	37:10
2 F	Kalei Hering, 27	37:16
3 F	Sharon McGill, 49	39:40
1 N	Zackary Albrecht, 30	1:01:19

2026 3K Top Finishers

Place	Name	Time
1 M	Paul Loeser, 36	8:48
2 M	Rob Mirabello, 23	9:10
3 M	Daniel Anderson, 32	9:14
1 F	Jilane Petrie, 42	10:42
2 F	Lizzie Majewski, 35	12:21
3 F	Brennan Brennan, 12	12:37
1 N	Magnolia Taylor, 12	15:41

Two Races, Two Very Different Crowds

The most striking finding from the 2026 data is how different the two races are. The 10K is an adult event with 82 percent of its field between the ages of 20 and 49 and a median age of 36. The 3K is a children and family event, with the 10 and under group its largest single cohort and a median age of just 27. The gender balance flips as well, men a narrow majority in the 10K and women a clear majority in the 3K. The Classic is really two events sharing a start line, one a competitive road race and the other a neighborhood celebration that brings out the Capitol Hill Cluster School community.

Part Two: Twenty Years of the Classic

Stepping back from 2026, the longer record shows how the two races have moved in opposite directions. The 10K has been a large and stable race for two decades, while the 3K has grown into a major event in its own right. The charts below track total finishers each year and the winning times for the fastest man and woman in each race.

🔒 2020 and 2021: No Results — No results were available for 2020 or 2021, and the race appears to have paused during the COVID 19 pandemic. Those two years are shown as gaps in the charts below.

Total Finishers by Year, 2006 to 2026

The 10K peaked at 2,688 finishers in 2014, dipped to a low of 1,147 in 2022 as the race returned from the pandemic pause, and has climbed steadily back to 2,226 in 2026. The 3K has grown in nearly the opposite pattern, more than quadrupling from 274 finishers in 2006 to a record 1,209 in 2026.

The 3K Is the Real Growth Story

While the 10K has stayed in a familiar range of roughly 1,800 to 2,700 finishers for twenty years, the 3K has transformed. For its first decade it was a modest race of a few hundred runners. It crossed 500 finishers in 2013, passed 700 in 2018, and then jumped sharply after the pandemic, reaching 1,008 in 2024, 1,200 in 2025, and 1,209 in 2026. The 3K is now as large as it has ever been and is the clear engine of growth for the Capitol Hill Classic, driven by the youth and family participation tied to the Cluster School.

10K Winning Times by Year, Male and Female

The fastest 10K times in the dataset belong to 2006, when the men's winner ran 30:37 and 2013, when the women's winner ran 34:13. Winning times have stayed remarkably consistent, with the men's winner almost always between 31 and 33 minutes and the women's winner between 34 and 39 minutes.

3K Winning Times by Year, Male and Female

The 3K is a short race, so winning times swing more from year to year depending on who shows up. The men's winning time has ranged from 7:42 to 11:09 and the women's from 9:07 to 13:30. Unlike the 10K, the 3K has no settled elite field, so the front of the race changes character every year.

Year by Year Summary, 2006 to 2026

Total finishers and winning times for both races in every edition. Winning times are shown in minutes and seconds.

Year	10K Finishers	10K Male Win	10K Female Win	3K Finishers	3K Male Win	3K Female Win
2006	2,161	30:37	37:26	274	10:05	11:57
2007	2,151	31:03	37:44	273	11:09	11:57
2008	1,930	31:58	37:36	243	10:05	10:45
2009	2,234	30:50	34:38	306	9:18	11:01
2010	2,322	31:31	36:55	359	7:58	9:18
2011	1,893	32:23	36:37	311	10:15	13:29
2012	2,150	31:35	36:29	482	8:53	10:40
2013	2,361	31:33	34:13	507	8:56	12:57
2014	2,688	31:52	37:38	630	9:11	11:51
2015	2,559	31:42	37:18	633	9:07	11:58
2016	2,218	32:17	38:14	670	9:45	10:37
2017	1,934	31:18	37:18	641	10:25	13:30
2018	1,900	34:45	39:08	703	9:14	10:52
2019	1,780	32:58	38:55	571	9:04	10:24
2020	No Results — COVID 19 Pandemic
2021	No Results — COVID 19 Pandemic
2022	1,147	32:07	37:10	653	9:50	11:58
2023	1,527	31:17	37:28	702	8:54	9:58
2024	1,606	32:05	35:10	1,008	7:42	9:07
2025	2,068	32:25	36:08	1,200	9:23	10:45
2026	2,226	31:35	37:10	1,209	8:43	10:42

About the Race and the Capitol Hill Cluster School

Proceeds from the Capitol Hill Classic support the Capitol Hill Cluster School, a DC Public School on three campuses, Peabody Primary School, Watkins Elementary School, and Stuart-Hobson Middle School. The funds help bridge the gap between the DC Public Schools budget and the money needed to fund field trips, art supplies, classroom projects, professional development for teachers, and the school gardens. The 2026 Classic was sponsored by Kitchel Injury Law, a firm committed to making DC streets safer for cyclists, pedestrians, and families. The school also trains many of its older students to run the 3K and offers students the chance to earn a bib by raising money for the Cluster School.

Data sources: 2026 Capitol Hill Classic official results timed and scored by ARE Event Productions (2,226 10K finishers and 1,209 3K finishers). Historical results 2006 to 2026 gathered from ARE Event Productions and Athlinks and consolidated by Adam Osmond. No results were available for 2020 or 2021. Race information at capitolhillclassic.com. Analysis by Adam Osmond.

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Running Race Analysis August 29, 2026 · Shaw, Washington DC

The Freedom Now Run DC: Who Showed Up for the 10K, 5K and 2K

454 registrations 446 individual participants 109 cities and towns Analysis by Adam Osmond

Distances 10K · 5K · 2K Start 804 N Street NW, Washington DC Host Philly Track Jawn Entry Free Field 454 registered Women 54.6% From the DMV 87.7% Median age 34

On Saturday, August 29, 2026, I ran the Freedom Now Run 10K in Washington DC and recorded the whole thing on my GoPro Hero 11. The race is put on by Philly Track Jawn, which brought its Philadelphia flagship event down to the nation's capital for a special edition commemorating the 1963 March on Washington and the continuing pursuit of freedom, justice and opportunity. Three distances went off from 804 N Street NW in Shaw: the signature 10K, a 5K for runners and walkers, and a 2K built for youth, families and first timers. Registration was free and open from June 21 to August 24.

This analysis is different from most of the race breakdowns on this site. There are no official chip times published for this event, so there is no finish time data to work with. What I do have is the full entry list, and that turns out to be its own story. Four hundred fifty four registrations, covering 446 individual people once those entered in two distances are counted once, tell you exactly who a free, mission-driven, community-built race in DC actually pulls in, and the answer is not the crowd you would find at a big-ticket destination 10K. Everything below comes from the entry list: event, gender, age, city and state for every person who signed up.

The Full Race on GoPro

I wanted to capture the whole experience, so I went out with the lead group and ran the first mile in 7:19, then deliberately backed off so I could film as much of the course, the runners and the atmosphere as possible. It was a good morning running through DC alongside members of Black Men Run DC and everybody else who turned out for this one.

The Medal: One Medal, Two Cities

The finisher medal is shared across the whole Freedom Now Run series rather than being specific to one race. The ribbon carries both stops of the 2026 series, Philadelphia on August 1 and Washington DC on August 29, along with all three distances, and the rim of the medal itself is stamped with both city names. The back explains the mission in the organizers' own words.

Front. The gold crown logo, August 2026, and both series cities around the rim. The ribbon lists Philadelphia on August 1 and Washington DC on August 29, with 2K, 5K and 10K running down the strap.

Back of the 2026 Freedom Now Run finisher medal, engraved with the words We Run For Change and a paragraph about honoring the legacy of the Freedom Now Rally, signed A Philly Track Jawn — Back. "We run for change." The engraving ties the series to the Freedom Now Rally and closes with the organizers' signature line, A Philly Track Jawn.

One detail worth flagging for anyone reading the medal closely: the engraving on the back dates the Freedom Now Rally to 1965, which is the Philadelphia history the flagship race grew out of, while the DC edition was promoted as a commemoration of the 1963 March on Washington. The medal is the series medal, so it carries the Philadelphia framing even on the DC race.

454
Total Registrations

288

10K Entrants

130

5K Entrants

36

2K Entrants

54.6%

Women in the Field

34

Median Age

19

States and DC

87.7%

From DC, Maryland or Virginia

Part One: The Field

The 10K is clearly the headline event. It took 288 of the 454 registrations, just under two thirds of everyone who signed up. The 5K drew 130 and the 2K drew 36. That is a steeper tilt toward the long distance than you normally see when a race offers a short family option alongside a serious one. At the Capitol Hill Classic, for comparison, the 3K pulls better than a third of the total field. Here the 2K is a genuine add on, not a co-headliner, and the people who came out came to race the 10K.

Registrations by Distance

The 10K accounted for 63.4 percent of the field, the 5K for 28.6 percent and the 2K for 7.9 percent.

Gender Split by Distance

Women were 54.6 percent of the total field, but the balance flips hard depending on the distance. The 10K was almost even at 46.9 percent women. The 5K was 70.0 percent women.

That gender pattern is the first real finding in the data. Across the whole event women outnumbered men 248 to 206. But the surplus does not come from the 10K, where the split was 153 men to 135 women. It comes almost entirely from the 5K, where 91 women signed up against 39 men, a 70 percent female field. The 2K was 61.1 percent women, though with only 36 entries that number moves a lot on a handful of registrations.

Break the 5K down further and it gets sharper. In the 30 to 39 band the 5K was 36 women to 14 men. In the 50 to 59 band it was 13 women to 2 men. The shorter walkable distance at this race was not a warm up event for people who could not do the 10K, it was a distinct constituency, and it was overwhelmingly female.

10K Entrants by Age Group and Gender

The 10K field was young and tightly bunched. The 30 to 39 band alone held 131 of the 288 entrants, 45.5 percent, and the 20 to 39 range covered exactly three quarters of the race. Gender stayed close to even in every adult band, running between 43 and 49 percent women.

5K Entrants by Age Group and Gender

130 entrants. Older and far more female than the 10K, with 21 people aged 50 or over and a female majority in every adult band.

2K Entrants by Age Group and Gender

36 entrants and the only distance with a real presence under 15. Eight of the 36 were children, including the youngest participant of the day at age 2.

The 10K Field by Single Year of Age

Plotting every 10K entrant by exact age rather than by band shows how concentrated this race really is. The curve rises fast through the late twenties, peaks in the early to mid thirties and falls away quickly after 40. The middle half of the 10K field sat between 28 and 39 years old.

A Young Race, Even by 10K Standards

The median age across all three distances was 34 and the mean was 35.2. For the 10K on its own the median was also 34, with a quartile range of 28 to 39. That is young. When I analyzed the Capitol Hill Classic 10K, the 30 to 39 band was the largest at roughly 36 percent of the field. Here the same band is 45.5 percent. Free entry, a Saturday morning start, a community group behind it and a mission that speaks to a particular generation all point the same direction, and the age curve shows it plainly.

Part Two: Where the Runners Came From

This is where the entry list gets genuinely interesting. The race started and finished in Shaw, a few blocks from the Convention Center, and it was billed as a DC event on the DC calendar. But DC did not supply most of the field. Maryland did.

Maryland sent 196 people, 43.2 percent of everyone registered. The District sent 125, or 27.5 percent. Virginia sent 77. Together the DMV accounted for 398 of 454 registrations, 87.7 percent, which leaves just 56 people from the other 18 jurisdictions and one from outside the country. Nineteen states and DC were represented in all.

United States Map: Where Runners Came From

Every registered participant mapped to their home state. Darker means more people. Use the buttons to switch between the whole field and each distance. The concentration is extreme even by local-race standards, and it barely loosens when you isolate the 10K.

Participants by home state

Each square is one state, sized equally so small states stay readable. Hover or tap a square for the count. The one participant registered from outside the United States, from Neiva in Colombia, is not shown on this map.

Home Region by Distance

Maryland led every distance, including the 10K. Pennsylvania shows up almost entirely in the 10K, which is the host organization's home crowd making the trip.

Top Home Cities

Washington itself supplied 122 people. After that the list is a straight run down the Maryland suburbs, with Waldorf on top at 27.

Maryland and Virginia by County

Rolling the 273 Maryland and Virginia entrants up to the county level shows where the real center of gravity sits. Prince George's County alone sent 97 people, more than the entire Commonwealth of Virginia. Add neighboring Charles County's 40 and that single corridor southeast of the District accounts for 137 registrations, more than the District of Columbia itself.

This Was Maryland's Race

A race held in Shaw drew more than twice as many people from Prince George's and Charles counties combined as it did from Virginia, and more from those two counties than from the District. Montgomery County matched Charles at 40, but its entries come from a different set of places, Silver Spring and Bethesda rather than Waldorf and Upper Marlboro. Northern Virginia turned out modestly across Fairfax County, Alexandria, Arlington and Prince William, but nothing close to the Maryland side. For a free community race with a civil rights mission and a Saturday morning start, the map says the audience lives east and southeast of the city, not west of the river.

About Philly Track Jawn

The Freedom Now Run is run by Philly Track Jawn, a Philadelphia run club whose calendar runs well past racing, with weekly track nights, mile time trials, community cleanups, wellness days and free entry to most of what they do. The FNR 10K is their flagship, and 2026 was the year they took it on the road. The Philadelphia edition ran on August 1 and the DC edition on August 29, four weeks apart, sharing one medal. The Philadelphia footprint shows up clearly in the DC entry list: 13 Pennsylvania registrations, 10 of them from Philadelphia itself, and 12 of the 13 in the 10K.

Data source: the official participant list for THE FNR 10K — DC, held August 29, 2026 in Washington DC, covering all 454 registrations across the 10K, 5K and 2K. Cleaned and analyzed by Adam Osmond. No official finish times were published for this event, so this analysis covers the registered field only. Race information at RunSignup and Philly Track Jawn. Course video recorded by Adam Osmond on a GoPro Hero 11.

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Running Race Analysis September 19, 2026 · West Potomac Park, Washington DC

DC 5K: 2026 Field Analysis and Three Years of Data (2024–2026)

2,072 finishers in 2026 3,685 finishers since 2024 3 editions analyzed Video and analysis by Adam Osmond

Distance 5K Race Day Saturday, September 19, 2026 Start and Finish West Potomac Park, Washington DC Weekend 5K · Half Marathon · District Challenge Organizer Pacers Running Timing ARE Event Productions 2026 Field 2,072 finishers (record) 2026 Men's Winner 16:57 2026 Women's Winner 19:00

The DC Half has grown into a full race weekend in the District, and in 2026 the 5K got a morning of its own. It went off at 8AM on Saturday, September 19, from West Potomac Park, the same start, finish, and festival area the half marathon uses on Sunday. In 2024 and 2025 the 5K shared Sunday morning with the half marathon. This year it moved to Saturday, and Pacers added the District Challenge for runners who take on both races, with three different medals to collect across the weekend. The weekend is organized by Pacers Running, the DC area running store that also produces the PNC Alexandria Half, and the results were timed and scored by ARE Event Productions.

The 5K is only three years old. It made its debut in 2024, and I combined all three years of official results, 2024 through 2026, into a single dataset of 3,685 finishers. Part One follows the growth of the race to a record 2,072 finishers. Part Two breaks the field down by age group and gender, Part Three looks at finish times, Part Four lists the top three finishers in every gender category for every year with the 2026 podium up front, and Part Five looks at who keeps coming back. Race information is at dchalfmarathon.com.

Race Video

My video from the 2026 DC 5K on Saturday morning at West Potomac Park. Video and analysis by Adam Osmond.

Race Weekend at a Glance

Both race days share the same start, finish, and festival areas at West Potomac Park, 2912 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20004.

Saturday, September 19

5K and District Challenge

6:00 AMRace day packet pickup opens at West Potomac Park (pre-purchased amenity only)
7:45 AMCorrals close, get in position
8:00 AM5K and District Challenge start
10:00 AMPost-race festival closes at West Potomac Park
10 AM–6 PMExpo and packet pickup at The 507, 507 8th St SE, Washington, DC 20003 (half marathon participants only)

Sunday, September 20

Half marathon and District Challenge

5:00 AMRace day packet pickup opens at West Potomac Park (pre-purchased amenity only)
6:45 AMCorrals close
7:00 AMHalf marathon start
11:00 AMPost-race festival and bag drop close

The expo at The 507 also ran on Thursday and Friday before the race. It sits near the Eastern Market Metro station on the Orange, Blue and Silver lines, with limited street parking. There is no onsite parking at West Potomac Park on race mornings. The closest Metro stop to the start is Smithsonian, and Metro opens at 6AM on weekends. The 5K welcomed leashed dogs and strollers starting at the back of the pack, had one water stop at mile 1.55, and carried a 46:30 time limit, a pace of 15 minutes per mile.

2,072
2026 Finishers (Record)

+160%

Growth Over 2025

1,238

Women

824

Men

8

Nonbinary

32:23

Median Finish Time

31

Median Age

16:57

Men's Winner

19:00

Women's Winner

About the Timing Company: ARE Event Productions

The results in this analysis were timed and scored by ARE Event Productions (AREEP), an endurance event timing, technology, and full scale production company based in Albany, NY. AREEP has provided services to more than 2,000 races across the U.S. and Canada, including national championships, the Nike Women's Series, and the NYC Marathon. As event directors themselves, they run a vertically integrated company of software developers and event producers, and because they write their own timing, registration, and event management software, they can deliver timing with live tracking, logistics, entertainment, and equipment all in house.

Part One: A Field That More Than Doubled

The 5K debuted in 2024 with registration capped at 1,000, and 815 runners finished. The 2025 race was almost a carbon copy at 798 finishers. Then the 5K moved to its own Saturday morning, the District Challenge arrived, and the 2026 field jumped to 2,072 finishers. That is 1,274 more runners than the year before, a 160 percent increase, and a field 2.6 times the size of 2025.

Finishers by Year

Total finishers in each edition, split by gender, with the combined total above each bar. The first two years were nearly identical at 815 and 798 finishers. The 2026 race, the first held on its own Saturday morning, drew 2,072.

Growth From 2025 to 2026

Percent growth in each part of the field. The men's field grew 260 percent, more than twice the rate of the women's field at 120 percent.

Women as a Share of the Field

Women made up about 70 percent of the men and women finishing in each of the first two years. In 2026 the share fell to 60 percent as the men's field surged, though women remained a clear majority.

Who Filled the New Spots

Of the 1,274 finishers added in 2026, 595 were men and 674 were women. Men were 29 percent of the 2025 field but 47 percent of the growth, so the new runners were far more likely to be men than the crowd that ran the first two years. The results file does not say which finishers entered the 5K on its own and which were doing the District Challenge, so I cannot say yet how much of the surge came from half marathoners adding a Saturday race. The half marathon analysis will answer that by matching runners across both days.

Part Two: The Field by Age Group and Gender

The DC 5K is a young race, and it stayed young as it grew. Runners in their 20s and 30s made up about three of every four finishers in each of the three years, and the median age was 30 in 2024 and 31 in both 2025 and 2026. In 2026 the median age was 30 for women and 32 for men. What changed in 2026 was the size of each age group and the balance of men and women inside it.

2026 Gender Split

Of the 2,072 finishers, 1,238 were women (59.7 percent), 824 were men (39.8 percent), and 8 ran in the nonbinary division. Two finishers had no gender listed in the results.

Age Mix by Year

Share of each year's field in each age group. The race more than doubled in size, yet the age profile barely moved, with about 40 percent of finishers in their 20s and about 37 percent in their 30s every year.

2026 Finishers by Age Group and Gender

The 20 to 29 group was the largest at 840 finishers, followed by 30 to 39 at 762. Together they made up 77 percent of the field. Women outnumbered men in every adult age group but one, 40 to 49, where 137 men edged 128 women.

Growth by Age Group and Gender, 2025 to 2026

How many times larger each adult age group was in 2026 than in 2025, with the whole field's 2.6 times growth shown as the dashed line. Every men's group from 20 to 59 at least tripled, while the women's groups grew between 1.7 and 2.8 times.

Men in Their 40s Were the Story of 2026

No group changed more than men aged 40 to 49. They went from 27 finishers in 2025 to 137 in 2026, more than five times as many, and they were also the fastest men's age group on the course, with a median time of 28:52, ahead of men in their 20s at 29:06 and men in their 30s at 29:32. The fastest of them, 45-year-old Mike Kiselycznyk, ran 18:08 and finished fifth overall.

2026 Median Finish Time by Age Group and Gender

The middle finish time in each group. Men's medians stayed under 30 minutes from their 20s through their 40s, and women's medians held between 33:40 and 34:30 from their 20s through their 50s. The youth and 70 and over groups are small, so their medians swing more.

Part Three: Finish Times

2026 Finish Time Spread

All 2,072 finishers in two-minute bands, stacked by gender. The busiest band was 30 to 32 minutes with 258 finishers. Men clustered between 24 and 34 minutes and women between 28 and 40 minutes. The median finish was 32:23 overall, 29:44 for men and 34:00 for women.

Median Finish Time by Year

The 2026 field was the fastest of the three. The overall median dropped to 32:23 from 34:35 in 2025, and the men's and women's medians were both the fastest yet.

How Each Field Finished

Share of each year's finishers by time band. In 2026, 35 percent broke 30 minutes, up from 23 percent in 2025, and only 5 percent finished after the 46:30 time limit, down from 11 percent in 2025 and 14 percent in 2024.

A Faster Middle, a Slower Front

The 2026 field was the fastest of the three years through the middle of the pack, yet it produced the slowest winning times. Josh Chazin won the men's race in 16:57, compared with 16:13 in 2024 and 15:59 in 2025, and Kailyn Gyuricsko won the women's race in 19:00, compared with 17:18 and 17:38 in the two years before. Winning times depend on which fast runners show up on a given morning. The middle of the field depends on everyone, and in 2026 the race drew 1,076 finishers between 25 and 35 minutes, three times as many as in 2025.

Part Four: The Podiums, 2024 to 2026

Pacers awards the top three overall in the male, female, and non-binary categories, plus the top three in each age group for men and women. Below are the top three finishers in each gender category for every year, starting with the 2026 race. Places follow the official gender places in the results, which rank finishers by net time. The race decides its overall awards on gun time, so the award order can occasionally differ.

The 2026 Podium

The top three men, women, and nonbinary runners at the 2026 race, with age, net time, pace per mile, and overall place. Josh Chazin led the whole field in 16:57, and Kailyn Gyuricsko was the fastest woman in 19:00, 13th overall.

Men

1Josh ChazinAge 28, 1st overall16:575:28 per mile
2Khayri DennyAge 30, 2nd overall17:165:34 per mile
3Noah CagleyAge 29, 3rd overall17:205:36 per mile

Women

1Kailyn GyuricskoAge 28, 13th overall19:006:08 per mile
2Thulisile AmonAge 27, 15th overall19:226:15 per mile
3Grace BurnettAge 25, 20th overall19:346:19 per mile

Nonbinary

1Maddie SouflerisAge 26, 88th overall21:527:04 per mile
2Kendall MillerAge 26, 348th overall26:088:26 per mile
3Kai J SordylAge 43, 705th overall29:519:38 per mile

Winning Times by Year

The fastest man, woman, and nonbinary runner in each edition. The fastest times in the three years of results are Daniel Anderson's 15:59 in 2025 and Morgan Lee's 17:18 in 2024. Maddie Soufleris ran 21:52 in 2026, the fastest nonbinary time so far.

2025 Podium

Sunday, September 14, 2025. M is men, F is women, and N is nonbinary.

Place	Runner, Age	Time
1 M	Daniel Anderson, 31	15:59
2 M	Charlie Ban, 43	17:27
3 M	Jonathan Carter, 35	17:37
1 F	Belaynesh Tsegaye, 28	17:38
2 F	Gabi Richichi, 28	17:41
3 F	Katie Desiere, 37	19:10
1 N	Kris Ho, 27	32:21
2 N	Khalia Ervin, 38	35:56
3 N	Mason Jones, 33	38:51

2024 Podium

Sunday, September 15, 2024, the first year of the 5K. M is men, F is women, and N is nonbinary.

Place	Runner, Age	Time
1 M	Ivan Rios, 26	16:13
2 M	Emmanuel Palacios, 19	16:15
3 M	Fil Dinku, 32	16:35
1 F	Morgan Lee, 23	17:18
2 F	Chloe Connor, 24	17:55
3 F	Quinn Bornstein, 27	18:06
1 N	Tevin Simard, 28	24:28
2 N	Bex Wright, 33	29:36
3 N	Anastasia Karimova, 35	30:38

2026 Age Group Winners

The fastest woman and man in each adult age group, after setting aside the overall top three in each gender. Age groups follow the race's official brackets, and every runner is placed by age.

Age Group	Women	Time	Men	Time
20–29	Nya Weems, 25	20:27	Steven Kingkiner, 26	17:54
30–39	Mikka Kei MacDonald, 32	20:09	William Laime Cordova, 31	18:26
40–49	Kimberly Walker, 42	21:05	Mike Kiselycznyk, 45	18:08
50–59	Krichna Sowles, 53	21:51	Melvin Dabian, 54	19:40
60–69	Debbie McCarty, 60	27:40	Peter Cini, 68	20:57
70–79	Katherine Bissell, 71	38:28	Bill Raabe, 72	26:11
80+	No finishers		Richard Andrulonis, 85	52:29

Fifty-two runners 19 and under also finished in 2026. The fastest was a 12-year-old boy who ran 20:54, 47th overall, and the two youngest finishers, both 6-year-old girls, ran 29:20 and 29:51. At the other end of the field, 72-year-old Bill Raabe won the men's 70 to 79 group in 26:11, 68-year-old Peter Cini ran 20:57, and 85-year-old Richard Andrulonis was the oldest finisher at 52:29.

Part Five: Who Keeps Coming Back

Almost Everyone Is New

Matching names and ages across the three years shows how new this field is. Only 77 of the 2,072 finishers in 2026, less than 4 percent, had finished this 5K before, and just 51 of the 798 finishers from 2025 came back. In all, 109 people have finished at least two editions and four have finished all three. With a young field, a growing half marathon, and a brand new Saturday format, the 5K is still building its regulars.

Three for Three

The four runners who have finished every edition so far. Three of them ran their fastest time in 2026. Garrett Lee got faster every year while aging from 55 to 57, and Woodie Tirfie took almost ten minutes off her 2024 time.

Runner, Age in 2026	2024	2025	2026	2024 to 2026
Woodie Tirfie, 25	42:42	34:40	32:43	9:59 faster
Glyza Celoso, 33	34:42	31:45	29:26	5:16 faster
Garrett Lee, 57	32:26	32:10	30:06	2:20 faster
Jennifer Ramos, 27	50:17	48:36	56:42	6:25 slower

Runners are matched on name and a consistent age across years, so a name change or a typo in the results could hide a few repeat finishers.

About the Organizer: Pacers Running

Pacers Running is the DC area running store behind the DC Half weekend. The half marathon made its debut in 2020, the 5K joined the weekend in 2024, and the District Challenge followed in 2026. Pacers also produces the PNC Alexandria Half and hosts Pacers Social group runs out of its stores, and the top three overall in each category at the DC 5K and half marathon receive Pacers gift cards.

Now published

The DC Half Marathon Analysis

Sunday, September 20 belonged to the half marathon, from the same start and finish at West Potomac Park. That analysis is now up, covering four years of results and 27,093 finishers: the field by age group and gender, finish times, every podium since 2023, and the 134 runners who have finished all four. The match of Saturday and Sunday results to count the District Challenge finishers is still to come and will be added to both pages.

Data source: official DC 5K results for 2024, 2025, and 2026 (3,685 finishers), timed and scored by ARE Event Productions and compiled and analyzed by Adam Osmond. Times are net (chip) times. The results file stored finishes under an hour as minutes and seconds and longer finishes as hours, minutes, and seconds, and both were converted to one format. Eight finishers from 2024 and 2025 had no name or registration details; they are included in the totals and finish time charts but not in the gender or age breakdowns. One 2025 finisher with a blank gender field was counted as a woman based on her division code, and two 2026 finishers with no gender listed are shown as unreported. Fifteen 2026 finishers outside the top three were coded to the overall award division in the results file, so age groups here are assigned from each runner's age. Race information at dchalfmarathon.com and runpacers.com. Video and analysis by Adam Osmond.

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Running Race Analysis September 20, 2026 · West Potomac Park, Washington DC

DC Half Marathon: 2026 Field Analysis and Four Years of Data (2023–2026)

9,562 finishers in 2026 27,093 finishers since 2023 4 editions analyzed Video and analysis by Adam Osmond

Distance Half Marathon Race Day Sunday, September 20, 2026 Start and Finish West Potomac Park, Washington DC Weekend 5K · Half Marathon · District Challenge Organizer Pacers Running Timing ARE Event Productions 2026 Field 9,562 finishers (record) 2026 Men's Winner 1:05:56 2026 Women's Winner 1:15:51

Sunday belongs to the half marathon. The race went off at 7AM on September 20 from West Potomac Park, the same start, finish, and festival area the 5K used the morning before, and it finished with 9,562 runners on the results sheet. That is the largest field in the race's history, and the results show it growing in every year since 2023. The weekend is organized by Pacers Running, the DC area running store that also produces the PNC Alexandria Half, and the results were timed and scored by ARE Event Productions.

I combined four years of official results, 2023 through 2026, into a single dataset of 27,093 finishes, adding a year column to every row so the editions can be compared directly. Part One follows the growth of the race from 4,088 finishers to 9,562. Part Two breaks the field down by age group and gender, Part Three looks at finish times and what happens to a race's pace when it doubles in size, Part Four lists the top three in every gender category for every year with the 2026 podium up front, and Part Five looks at who keeps coming back. Race information is at dchalfmarathon.com.

Race Video

My GoPro video from the 2026 DC Half Marathon on Sunday morning at West Potomac Park. Video and analysis by Adam Osmond.

Race Weekend at a Glance

Both race days share the same start, finish, and festival areas at West Potomac Park, 2912 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20004.

Saturday, September 19

5K and District Challenge

6:00 AMRace day packet pickup opens at West Potomac Park (pre-purchased amenity only)
7:45 AMCorrals close, get in position
8:00 AM5K and District Challenge start
10:00 AMPost-race festival closes at West Potomac Park
10 AM–6 PMExpo and packet pickup at The 507, 507 8th St SE, Washington, DC 20003 (half marathon participants only)

Sunday, September 20

Half marathon and District Challenge

5:00 AMRace day packet pickup opens at West Potomac Park (pre-purchased amenity only)
6:45 AMCorrals close
7:00 AMHalf marathon start
11:00 AMPost-race festival and bag drop close

The half marathon runs a flat course through downtown Washington past the Jefferson Memorial, the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, the Lincoln Memorial, and into Rock Creek Park. It carries a 3:30:00 course limit, a pace of 15 minutes per mile, and has six aid stations at miles 1.55, 3.85, 6.05, 8.02, 10.5 and 12.2, with electrolytes at four of them and gels at mile 8. Pace teams run the course for a spread of target times. There is no onsite parking at West Potomac Park on race mornings; the closest Metro stop to the start is Smithsonian, and Metro opens at 6AM on weekends, an hour before the gun.

9,562
2026 Finishers (Record)

+26.8%

Growth Over 2025

5,023

Women

4,516

Men

16

Nonbinary

2:14:47

Median Finish Time

30

Median Age

1:05:56

Men's Winner

1:15:51

Women's Winner

About the Timing Company: ARE Event Productions

The results in this analysis were timed and scored by ARE Event Productions (AREEP), an endurance event timing, technology, and full scale production company based in Albany, NY. AREEP has provided services to more than 2,000 races across the U.S. and Canada, including national championships, the Nike Women's Series, and the NYC Marathon. As event directors themselves, they run a vertically integrated company of software developers and event producers, and because they write their own timing, registration, and event management software, they can deliver timing with live tracking, logistics, entertainment, and equipment all in house.

Part One: Four Straight Years of Growth

Pacers founded this race in 2020 and describes it as one of the fastest growing road races in the country. The four years of results I have bear that out without any need for adjectives. The field went from 4,088 finishers in 2023 to 9,562 in 2026. That is 5,474 more runners, a 134 percent increase, and a race 2.3 times the size it was three years earlier. It has never had a down year, and it has never added fewer than 1,600 finishers in a year.

The shape of the growth is worth noticing. The biggest jump in percentage terms came first, 44.4 percent between 2023 and 2024. After that the rate settled into the high twenties, 27.7 percent and then 26.8 percent, which is remarkably close to the roughly 30 percent a year Pacers has cited publicly. But a steady percentage on a growing base means ever larger absolute jumps, and 2026 added 2,022 finishers, the largest single-year gain in these four years of results.

Finishers by Year

Total finishers in each edition, split by gender, with the combined total above each bar. The race has grown every year, from 4,088 in 2023 to a record 9,562 in 2026.

Year Over Year Growth

Percent growth in each year over the one before. The rate has eased from 44.4 percent to a steady high twenties, but on a much larger base, so 2026 still added more runners than any year before it.

Women as a Share of the Field

Women have been the majority of men and women finishing in all four years. Their share climbed from 51.0 percent to a peak of 54.0 percent in 2025, then eased to 52.7 percent in 2026.

The Half Is Building Its Regulars Faster Than the 5K

Matching runners across editions by name and a consistent birth year, 2,045 of the 9,562 finishers in 2026 had run this half marathon before, 21.4 percent of the field. That share has climbed every year, from 12.8 percent in 2024 to 16.8 percent in 2025. For comparison, the Saturday 5K had fewer than 4 percent returners in 2026. A half marathon asks for months of training, and the people who commit to it are the ones who come back.

Part Two: The Field by Age Group and Gender

This is a young race in a young city. Runners in their 20s and 30s have made up more than 80 percent of the field every year, and the median age has barely moved, sitting at 29 for three straight years before ticking to 30 in 2026. What did move in 2026 was the balance inside that block. For the first time the 20s lost ground: the 20 to 29 group fell from 50.9 percent of the field to 47.8 percent, while the 30s rose from 31.3 percent to 34.7 percent. In raw numbers the 30 to 39 group added 955 finishers in a single year, the largest gain of any age group in the four years.

Gender splits differently by age than the headline number suggests. Women were 52.7 percent of the men and women who finished in 2026, but that majority comes almost entirely from one group. Among runners in their 20s, women outnumbered men 2,644 to 1,919. From 30 onward the ranking flips: men led the 30s 1,698 to 1,605, the 40s 563 to 489, the 50s 195 to 153, and the 60s 63 to 49.

2026 Gender Split

Of the 9,562 finishers, 5,023 were women (52.5 percent), 4,516 were men (47.2 percent), and 16 ran in the nonbinary division. Seven finishers had no division listed in the results.

Age Mix by Year

Share of each year's field in each age group. The profile held almost perfectly still for three years, then 2026 shifted weight from the 20s into the 30s.

2026 Finishers by Age Group and Gender

The 20 to 29 group was the largest at 4,573 finishers, followed by 30 to 39 at 3,315. Together they made up 82 percent of the field. Women outnumbered men in the teens and the 20s; men led every group from 30 upward.

Growth by Age Group and Gender, 2023 to 2026

How many times larger each adult age group was in 2026 than in 2023, with the whole field's 2.3 times growth shown as the dashed line. Women grew faster than men in every adult age group, and the widest gaps are at the older end.

Where the 5,474 New Finishers Came From

Between 2023 and 2026 the women's field grew by 2,957 finishers and the men's by 2,528, while the small nonbinary and unreported counts dipped slightly, for a net gain of 5,474. In multiples, the women's field grew 2.43 times against the men's 2.27. The pattern is consistent across the age groups rather than driven by one of them: the women's 30s nearly tripled, from 568 to 1,605, and their 60s grew from 17 finishers to 49, while the men's 50s and 60s grew the slowest of any adult group at 1.71 and 1.62 times. This race is getting bigger by recruiting women, and increasingly by recruiting women who are no longer in their 20s.

2026 Median Finish Time by Age Group and Gender

The middle finish time in each group. Men's medians held between 2:03 and 2:07 from their 20s through their 40s, with the 40s the fastest of the adult men's groups. Women's medians ran from 2:20 to 2:26 across the same span. The 14 and under group holds only five finishers and the 70 and over group twenty, so those two medians swing on a handful of runners.

Part Three: Finish Times

Here is the clearest single fact in four years of this race: it has gotten slower every year, and that is a sign of health, not decline. The median finish went from 2:05:07 in 2023 to 2:07:32, then 2:11:12, then 2:14:47 in 2026. Nearly ten minutes have been added to the middle of the field in three years. The share of finishers breaking two hours fell from 41.9 percent to 28.8 percent over the same span, and the share taking more than three hours rose from 2.9 percent to 7.7 percent.

None of that means the runners who were already here slowed down. It means the race kept adding people who had never run this distance at this pace before, and a first half marathon is rarely a fast one. Part Five tests that directly by following the people who have run all four.

2026 Finish Time Spread

All 9,562 finishers in ten-minute bands, stacked by gender. The busiest band was 2:00 to 2:10 with 1,364 finishers. Men clustered between 1:40 and 2:20, women between 1:50 and 2:40. The median finish was 2:14:47 overall, 2:06:18 for men and 2:22:10 for women.

Median Finish Time by Year

The middle of the field has moved later every year, for women and men alike. The gap between the men's and women's medians has stayed remarkably steady, between 15:52 and 18:08.

How Each Field Finished

Share of each year's finishers by time band. The sub two hour group has shrunk in every edition while the 2:30 to 2:59 group has grown from 14.0 percent to 22.8 percent.

A Slower Middle, a Front That Never Moved

While the median drifted almost ten minutes later, the sharp end of the race did not budge. Peter Borger's winning 1:05:56 in 2026 is eight seconds off John McGowan's 1:05:48 from 2023, the fastest time in these four years, and every men's winner has landed between 1:05:48 and 1:06:53. The number of finishers breaking 1:20 has actually held near flat, 63 in 2023 and 65 in 2026, even as the field behind them more than doubled. A growing race does not slow its front runners down. It simply adds thousands of people behind them, and the median follows the crowd.

Part Four: The Podiums, 2023 to 2026

Pacers awards the top three overall in the male, female, and non-binary categories, decided on gun time, plus the top three in each age group for men and women, decided on net time. Below are the top three finishers in each gender category for every year, starting with 2026. The times shown are net times, while the overall awards are decided on gun time, so the award order can occasionally differ from the net time order, as it did for third place among the women in 2026.

The 2026 Podium

The top three men, women, and nonbinary runners at the 2026 race, with age, net time, pace per mile, and overall place. Peter Borger led the whole field in 1:05:56, and Carter Norbo won the women's race in 1:15:51, 28th overall.

Men

1Peter BorgerAge 27, 1st overall1:05:565:02 per mile
2Campbell RossAge 34, 2nd overall1:07:485:11 per mile
3Max CrockettAge 23, 3rd overall1:08:065:12 per mile

Women

1Carter NorboAge 36, 28th overall1:15:515:47 per mile
2Maeve PiersonAge 24, 33rd overall1:16:225:50 per mile
3Anna RigbyAge 21, 53rd overall1:18:406:01 per mile

Nonbinary

1Marco SaucedoAge 30, 959th overall1:44:137:58 per mile
2Maddie SouflerisAge 26, 1,209th overall1:47:088:11 per mile
3Logan PayneAge 27, 2,345th overall1:57:178:58 per mile

Overall awards are decided on gun time, which is why Anna Rigby is third: her gun time of 1:18:41 put her ahead of Elizabeth Sullivan, whose 1:18:23 net time was faster but who started farther back in the field. Sullivan won the women's 20 to 29 age group instead. Marco Saucedo has now made the nonbinary podium three years in a row, third in 2024, third in 2025, and first in 2026. Maddie Soufleris won the nonbinary division at Saturday's 5K the day before.

Winning Times by Year

The fastest man, woman, and nonbinary runner in each edition as the results files record them. The men's winning times sit inside a 65 second range across four years. Carter Norbo's 1:15:51 in 2026 is the second fastest women's winning time of the four, behind Tessa Barrett's 1:15:30 in 2024.

2025 Podium

Sunday, September 14, 2025. M is men, F is women, and N is nonbinary.

Place	Runner, Age	Time
1 M	Arnav Tikhe, 22	1:06:53
2 M	Colin McCauley, 23	1:07:59
3 M	Kyle Bratrud, 32	1:08:02
1 F	Morgan Lee, 24	1:17:43
2 F	Liz Filippelli, 33	1:18:54
3 F	Caroline Rusinski, 23	1:19:23
1 N	Ramona Sullivan, 24	1:34:32
2 N	Kadeem McBean, 34	1:39:20
3 N	Marco Saucedo, 29	1:39:30

2024 Podium

Sunday, September 15, 2024. M is men, F is women, and N is nonbinary.

Place	Runner, Age	Time
1 M	John McGowan, 31	1:06:37
2 M	Cole Wintheiser, 29	1:08:01
3 M	Trevor Guerrera, 28	1:08:21
1 F	Tessa Barrett, 28	1:15:30
2 F	Sydney Leiher, 29	1:17:24
3 F	Desiree Linden, 41	1:17:41
1 N	Aaryn Edge, 30	1:18:57
2 N	Row Sullivan, 23	1:29:00
3 N	Marco Saucedo, 28	1:44:54

2023 Podium

Sunday, September 17, 2023, the first year in this dataset. John McGowan's 1:05:48 is still the fastest time in the four years, and Tessa Barrett and Sydney Leiher both returned to finish higher in 2024. M is men, F is women, and N is nonbinary.

Place	Runner, Age	Time	Overall	Pace
1 M	John McGowan, 30	1:05:48	1	5:02
2 M	Zach Herriott, 30	1:06:08	2	5:03
3 M	Zack Holden, 23	1:06:21	3	5:04
1 F	Anna Kenig-Ziesler, 23	1:16:46	41	5:52
2 F	Tessa Barrett, 27	1:17:03	43	5:53
3 F	Sydney Leiher, 28	1:17:04	44	5:53
1 N	Nicholas Montoni, 31	1:35:48	323	7:19
2 N	Daniel Morthole, 35	1:47:29	819	8:13
3 N	John Bond, 29	1:52:08	1,112	8:34

2026 Age Group Winners

The fastest woman and man in each age division as the official results place them. Age divisions follow the race's own brackets, and the overall top three in each gender are set aside before these awards are given.

Age Group	Women	Time	Men	Time
11–14	Louisa Moses, 13	1:56:04	Ghislain Bodewig, 13	1:28:30
15–19	Ann Crosby, 19	1:38:37	Gregory Schellberg, 19	1:12:37
20–29	Elizabeth Sullivan, 25	1:18:23	Arnav Tikhe, 23	1:08:54
30–39	Allison Baum, 37	1:19:56	Cole Wintheiser, 31	1:09:52
40–49	Kristin Mcg Woodward, 44	1:30:36	Gregory Mariano, 41	1:14:28
50–59	Cristina Burbach, 52	1:44:48	Christian Bodewig, 53	1:28:30
60–69	Theodosia Grayson, 62	1:55:01	Larry Grossman, 63	1:31:42
70–79	Linda Sheaffer, 70	2:04:29	Alan Pemberton, 73	1:43:08
80+	No finishers		Chuck Johnson, 82	2:49:48

Two of the age group winners crossed the line together. Christian Bodewig, 53, and Ghislain Bodewig, 13, share the same net time of 1:28:30 in 202nd and 203rd place, and each won his division. Arnav Tikhe, who won the whole race in 2025, came back at 23 to take the men's 20 to 29 award in 1:08:54, fourth overall, and Cole Wintheiser, runner-up in 2024, won the 30 to 39 division. At the other end of the field, 82-year-old Chuck Johnson was the oldest finisher of 2026 and the only runner the race has had in the 80 and over division in four years, and 12-year-old A. Franklin was the youngest, running 2:11:52.

Part Five: Who Keeps Coming Back

Matching runners on name and a consistent birth year across the four editions gives 22,989 distinct people behind the 27,093 finishes. Most of them, 19,768, have run it once. But 3,221 have finished at least two editions, 699 have finished three or more, and 142 have finished all four. Setting aside anyone whose name is shared with another finisher in the same year, 134 runners are certain four-timers, 70 women and 64 men.

Those 134 are the cleanest test of whether the field's slowdown is real. Their median finish went from 2:00:44 in 2023 to 2:06:26 in 2026, five minutes and 42 seconds later, over three years in which they also aged three years. The field's median moved nine minutes and 40 seconds in the same span. The regulars slowed a little. The race slowed a lot more, because of who joined it.

The Steadiest Runners in the Field

Among the 134 confirmed four-timers, these ten have the smallest spread between their fastest and slowest of the four years. Jonathan Tamari has run this race four times inside a two minute and six second window.

Runner, Age in 2026	2023	2024	2025	2026	Spread
Jonathan Tamari, 48	1:25:06	1:26:51	1:24:45	1:26:24	2:06
David Hybner, 40	1:43:17	1:42:46	1:41:57	1:44:06	2:09
Douglas Ireland, 48	1:44:24	1:45:39	1:46:36	1:46:03	2:12
Mary Beth Bond, 41	1:45:15	1:43:06	1:45:22	1:45:25	2:19
Conor Williams, 43	1:39:18	1:39:11	1:41:39	1:39:40	2:28
Cameron Kieffer, 35	1:23:39	1:25:47	1:23:59	1:26:30	2:51
Malachy Nugent, 55	1:47:04	1:49:15	1:50:14	1:49:31	3:10
Tyler Drewes, 34	2:06:47	2:09:01	2:10:07	2:09:06	3:20
Amanda Harvey, 39	1:46:00	1:46:37	1:48:36	1:50:12	4:12
Molly Dean, 40	2:14:04	2:11:47	2:09:41	2:13:08	4:23

The Biggest Four Year Improvements

The ten confirmed four-timers who took the most time off their 2023 finish. Fifty-two of the 134 were faster in 2026 than they were in 2023.

Runner, Age in 2026	2023	2024	2025	2026	2023 to 2026
Imran Mustafa, 42	2:21:44	1:59:28	1:47:17	1:44:39	37:05 faster
Asasira Kamushaga, 36	2:32:02	1:59:46	1:59:26	2:06:04	25:58 faster
Kelsy Hernandez, 33	2:44:46	2:03:54	2:55:58	2:19:46	25:00 faster
Gabriel Im, 46	2:33:32	1:58:03	2:49:05	2:09:58	23:34 faster
Barbara Katusabe, 41	3:14:02	3:09:54	2:59:37	2:54:33	19:29 faster
Chelsea Shrader, 36	2:16:34	1:58:33	1:58:33	1:58:26	18:08 faster
Michael Dowling, 34	2:24:56	1:58:21	1:57:42	2:07:13	17:43 faster
Joe Battle, 45	2:24:18	2:15:09	2:25:01	2:07:58	16:20 faster
Richard Bool, 33	2:23:56	2:12:33	2:03:47	2:07:45	16:11 faster
Claire Shanahan, 33	2:14:58	2:06:48	2:02:30	1:59:27	15:31 faster

Runners are matched on name and a consistent birth year across years, so a name change or a typo in the results could hide or merge a small number of repeat finishers. Anyone sharing a name with another finisher in the same year is excluded from these two tables.

About the Organizer: Pacers Running

Pacers Running is the DC area running store behind the DC Half weekend. It founded the half marathon in 2020, added the 5K in 2024, and introduced the District Challenge for runners taking on both races in 2026. Pacers also produces the PNC Alexandria Half and hosts Pacers Social group runs out of its stores, and the top three overall in each category at both races receive Pacers gift cards.

Coming next

The District Challenge Crossover

The 2026 weekend introduced the District Challenge for runners who took on Saturday's 5K and Sunday's half marathon, with three medals to collect. Neither results file flags which entries were Challenge runners, so the only way to count them is to match names and ages across both days. That match is the next piece of this analysis, and it will be added here and to the 5K page once the two datasets are joined.

Data source: official DC Half Marathon results for 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026 (27,093 finishers across four editions), timed and scored by ARE Event Productions and compiled and analyzed by Adam Osmond. Times are net (chip) times. The four annual results files were combined into one dataset with a year column added to every row. Column headers differed between years: 2023 and 2025 used SEX, 2024 used GENDER, and the 2026 file has no gender column at all, so 2026 gender is derived from the division code. Every 2026 name in the source file carried a duplicated leading initial, which was removed. Podium places follow the official overall results, which are decided on gun time; all times shown are net times. Rows with no gender recorded (16 in 2023, 1 in 2024, 24 in 2025, 7 in 2026) and rows with no age (9 in 2023, 24 in 2025) are included in totals and finish time figures but excluded from the gender and age breakdowns. Age groups in the charts are assigned from each runner's reported age; the age group winners table uses the official division places from the results. Editions before 2023 are not in this dataset; Pacers founded the race in 2020. Race information at dchalfmarathon.com and runpacers.com. Video and analysis by Adam Osmond.

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Running Data Analysis 2019 to 2026 · Connecticut

How COVID Reshaped Connecticut's Road Race Calendar

A look at every road race on the Connecticut calendar from 2019 through 2026, comparing the pre-COVID baseline year against the years since. It measures how far the calendar fell, how much has come back, which towns host the most and fewest races, when the racing season peaks, and how many of the races that existed in 2019 never returned. The 2020 season is left out because nearly every race that year was canceled.

588

2021 Low Point

−33% vs 2019

85%

2025 Recovery Level

still 128 races short of 2019

October

Busiest Month

629 races · January quietest (85)

~30%

2019 Races Gone or Rebranded

didn't return, or came back renamed / re-distanced

Races on the Connecticut Calendar, by Year

2019 is the pre-COVID baseline (dark). 2021 was the low point (red). Each year since has been rebuilding, but the calendar has not returned to 2019 levels. 2026 is marked with an asterisk because it is a forward-looking, still-filling schedule.

The collapse, and a recovery that stalled

In 2019, Connecticut runners could choose from 884 races across the year. When racing resumed in 2021 after the lost 2020 season, only 588 made it onto the calendar, a third fewer than before. The rebuild since has been steady but incomplete: 638 in 2022, 681 in 2023, 686 in 2024, and 756 in 2025. That 2025 figure is the strongest post-COVID year, yet it still sits about 15% below the 2019 baseline. Six years on, roughly one in seven races from the pre-pandemic calendar has not come back.

Recovery Trajectory (Each Year as a % of 2019)

The calendar clawed back from 66% of its pre-COVID size in 2021 to 85% in 2025. The dashed line marks the 2019 baseline it has yet to reach.

Year-by-Year Summary

Year	Races	% of 2019	Towns Hosting	2019 Towns Gone Dark
2019	884	100.0%	167	0
2021	588	66.5%	156	13
2022	638	72.2%	160	9
2023	681	77.0%	164	4
2024	686	77.6%	167	2
2025	756	85.5%	169	0
2026 (scheduled)	711	80.4%	167	2

Geographic Reach: Towns Hosting at Least One Race

Connecticut has 169 towns. In 2019, 167 of them hosted a race. That fell to 156 in 2021, when 13 towns that had races in 2019 went dark. By 2025 the racing had spread back to all 169 towns, even though total race count stayed well below 2019, meaning the calendar rebuilt its geographic breadth faster than its depth.

Where the races are

Race activity is heavily concentrated in a handful of towns. The table and chart below rank the ten busiest across the whole 2019–2026 window. One caveat sits at the top: Roxbury looks like a giant only because of a single long-running weekly series, the Roxbury Road Race, which alone accounts for the bulk of its total. Setting Roxbury aside, the real hubs are the mid-sized shoreline and Farmington Valley towns, Farmington, Stratford, Meriden, New Canaan, and Westport, each hosting between 15 and 22 races a year with remarkable consistency through the pandemic.

Top 10 Towns by Total Races (2019–2026)

Roxbury (amber) is inflated by its weekly series; the blue bars are the true multi-race hubs.

Rank	Town	Total Races	Avg / Year
1	Roxbury weekly Roxbury Road Race series	285	40.7
2	Farmington	133	19.0
3	Stratford	121	17.3
4	Meriden	116	16.6
5	New Canaan	116	16.6
6	Westport	112	16.0
7	Milford	92	13.1
8	Norwalk	90	12.9
9	Manchester	85	12.1
10	Fairfield	80	11.4

Did the Big Hosts Hold Steady? Top Towns Year by Year

The busiest towns were largely COVID-proof. Roxbury's weekly series never blinked, and the shoreline hubs bounced within a narrow band rather than collapsing.

The Ten Towns With the Fewest Races

At the other end are Connecticut's small rural towns, each with only a handful of races across eight years. For several, a race appears in one year and vanishes the next, so their totals swing between zero and one in any given season.

Town	Total	19	21	22	23	24	25	26*
Eastford	5	1	0	1	0	1	1	1
Lisbon	6	1	0	1	1	1	1	1
Canterbury	6	1	0	0	2	1	1	1
Brooklyn	6	1	0	0	1	1	1	2
Bethany	6	0	1	1	0	2	1	1
Beacon Falls	6	1	1	0	1	1	1	1
Windsor Locks	7	2	0	1	1	1	1	1
Sherman	7	1	1	0	2	1	1	1
Hartland	7	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Bozrah	7	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Columns are single years (19–26*). A 0 means no race that town hosted a listed race that year.

When Connecticut Races: The Season Shape

Pooling every year, October is the single busiest month (629 races), the heart of fall race season. January and February tie for quietest at 85 apiece. The calendar has two shoulders, a spring build from March into a May–June peak, and a fall surge that crests in October before the December drop-off.

Did the Season Shift? Monthly Shape, 2019 vs 2025

The overall rhythm survived COVID intact, but the recovery is uneven by month. Spring and early summer (April through July) took the hardest, most lasting hits, while October actually held up better than the rest of the calendar.

Roughly a third of the 2019 field has no trackable successor

The recovery in raw counts hides a deeper churn. Matching each 2019 race to its later editions by town, name, and distinctive keywords, about 30% of the distinct races on the 2019 calendar either did not come back at all or returned under a name or distance different enough that they can no longer be tracked as the same event. At the same time, the calendar has refilled with a large wave of new races that did not exist in 2019. The net effect is a calendar that is smaller than before and meaningfully different in makeup, a churn of races ending, rebranding, and starting up rather than a clean bounce-back of the old field.

The takeaways

Connecticut's race calendar lost a third of its size overnight and, six years later, has recovered to about 85% of where it started. The geography came back fully, with all 169 towns hosting a race again by 2025, but the depth did not: fewer races per town, a spring–summer window that is still soft, and a hidden turnover in which roughly half the pre-pandemic field has been replaced by new events. The 5K still rules, October is still king, and the busiest host towns barely flinched, but the calendar a Connecticut runner sees today is measurably thinner and meaningfully different from the one they knew in 2019.

Notes on the data

Source: Run 169 Towns Society Upcoming Races Calendar, cleaned and de-duplicated so that each race appears once per year with its distances combined. Town names were standardized to Connecticut's 169 official towns. 2020 is excluded because of mass cancellations. 2026 is a forward-looking schedule captured in mid-2026 and is still filling in, so treat it as provisional. The "gone or rebranded" figure uses fuzzy name and distinctive-keyword matching within each town, and counts a renamed or re-distanced race as a return; a 2019 race is only flagged when nothing recognizably related to it appears in 2024, 2025, or 2026. Treated more strictly (exact name only), the churn rises toward 50%, so 30% is the conservative end of the range. Distance categories are drawn from the listed distance field, which is less complete in the earliest years. https://run169towns.org/upcoming-race-listing/.

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25 Years of CT CHRO Complaints: What the 2025 Data Reveals

The Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities (CHRO) has published complaint data going back to FY 2001. This analysis covers 25 years of filings across five regions and four complaint types, with a close look at what shifted most sharply in FY 2025.

2,494

FY 2025 Total Complaints

+2.3% vs 2024

855

West Central, All Time High

+12.4% vs 2024

87

State Agency Complaints, All Time Low

‑54.9% vs 2024

295

Public Accommodations Complaints

+21.9% vs 2024

Total CHRO Complaints Filed, FY 2001 to 2025

Annual filings peaked in 2016 at 2,616, fell to their lowest level of 2,018 in 2022, and have risen in each of the last three years.

Overview

Over 25 fiscal years, the CHRO has processed an average of roughly 2,280 complaints per year. The volume peaked in FY 2016 at 2,616 and hit its lowest level of 2,018 in FY 2022. Since then, filings have risen in each of the three subsequent years, reaching 2,494 in FY 2025, the highest since 2019. The headline number is relatively stable, but beneath it the composition of complaints has shifted meaningfully.

Complaints by Region, FY 2024 vs FY 2025

West Central surged to an all time high. Capitol and Eastern declined sharply. Southwest and the Housing Discrimination Unit rose moderately.

Regional Trends: A Sharply Divided Map

The most striking regional story in 2025 is West Central, which at 855 complaints set an all time record for any single region in any year in the dataset. That is up from 761 in 2024 and represents 34.3% of all statewide filings, the highest regional share in 25 years. West Central has now risen for three consecutive years.

Southwest also posted a meaningful increase, climbing from 485 to 530 (+9.3%), reversing two years of decline. The Housing Discrimination Unit rose from 163 to 181 (+11.0%).

In contrast, Capitol and Eastern both dropped roughly 10%. Capitol fell from 581 to 524 and Eastern from 449 to 404, Eastern's lowest count since FY 2022. The regional divergence in 2025 is the sharpest in recent memory, with three offices rising while two fall.

Complaints by Type, FY 2001 to 2025

Employment dominates at roughly 80% of all filings. Public accommodations complaints have surged since 2019 and hit a near record high in 2025.

Complaint Types: Employment Holds Steady, Public Accommodations Surge

Employment complaints remained essentially flat at 2,004 in 2025 (down just 12 from 2,016 in 2024), continuing to make up roughly 80% of all filings. Housing complaints rose 13.5% to 185.

The most notable type level trend is the continued rise of public accommodations complaints. At 295 in 2025, this category is up 21.9% from 2024 and is the second highest annual total on record, trailing only the spike year of 2019 (367). Three consecutive years of growth (241, then 242, then 295) suggest this is a sustained shift rather than a one year anomaly. Public accommodations complaints now represent 11.8% of all filings, more than double their historical share from 2001 to 2014.

Complaints Filed Against State Agencies, FY 2001 to 2025

FY 2025 produced 87 complaints against state agencies, the fewest in the entire 25 year dataset and less than half of the FY 2024 total.

State Agency Complaints: An All Time Low

Complaints filed against state agencies fell from 193 in FY 2024 to 87 in FY 2025, a decrease of 54.9%. This is the lowest count in the 25 year dataset. The prior record low was 115 in FY 2001, the first year of available data.

The figure is notable because it moves in the opposite direction from overall complaint volumes. Total filings rose 2.3% in 2025 and employment complaints held essentially flat, yet complaints specifically targeting state agencies fell by more than half in a single year.

The data alone does not identify a cause. Possible contributing factors include changes in how complaints are categorized at intake, variations in filing behavior among state employees, shifts in outreach or awareness, or other procedural factors. What the numbers show is that the 2025 figure is the lowest in the full 25 year record and represents a statistically notable departure from the prior year.

Selected Case Closure Types, FY 2024 vs FY 2025

Release of jurisdiction, no reasonable cause findings, and withdrawals all rose sharply. Public hearing closures dropped by more than half.

How Cases Are Being Resolved

Total case closures rose from 2,218 in FY 2024 to 2,330 in FY 2025. The composition of those closures shifted in notable ways.

Release of jurisdiction, where the CHRO transfers a case to another forum, typically federal court, jumped 25.4% to 533, the highest level since 2019. Withdrawals with settlement rose 6.6% to 794, remaining near their peak levels. No reasonable cause findings increased 20.9% to 388, suggesting the agency is resolving a larger share of cases against complainants than in recent years.

On the other end, public hearing closures fell 50.7% from 71 to just 35, the fewest since before 2016. Pre-determination conciliations also declined, dropping from 41 to 31. Fewer cases are reaching the hearing stage, and fewer are being resolved through early settlement negotiations. Reasonable cause draft issuances increased from 74 to 91 (+22.9%), indicating that more cases are being advanced to a probable cause determination even as fewer ultimately proceed to public hearings.

Key Takeaways

West Central set an all time regional record at 855 complaints, the highest single region total in 25 years.
State agency complaints reached an all time low of 87, a decrease of 54.9% from the prior year, while total filings rose 2.3%.
Public accommodations complaints continue a multi year rise, reaching 295, the second highest ever, with three consecutive years of growth.
Release of jurisdiction surged to 533, suggesting more complainants are opting for or being directed to federal forums.
Public hearing closures fell by more than half, continuing a longer term decline in cases reaching full adjudication.
Overall filings have risen for three consecutive years after the 2022 low and remain below the 2015 to 2019 peak period.

Data source: Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities (CHRO), Number of Complaints Per Fiscal Year, FY 2001 to 2025. Analysis by Adam Osmond. Fiscal years run July 1 through June 30.

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