Sat, Sep 12, 2026
Concord, NC
This is a suicide awareness and prevention event organized by a local nonprofit, so the atmosphere along the course reflects that purpose. Families carry the weight of personal loss into the morning, and that shapes everything about how the run feels. Custom memorial signs, ordered by participants, line the route to honor people lost to suicide, and runners can take them home afterward.
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Going by the 2025 results, this is a small, friendly field, and the spread of finish times is wide, so this is a mostly recreational race rather than one for club runners.
5K · 2025 results
Top 3: Copper Brawley (21:43) · Stephen Caldwell (22:48) · Bradley Cloer (23:16)
The 4th Annual 5K Suicide Awareness/Prevention Event is in its 4th year.
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How we calculate these stats: RunSesh calculates these figures from the most recent published results of past editions, sourced from RunSignup. We show aggregates only: field size, winning and median times, and the cutoff. We never publish individual finisher tables. Last updated Jul 27, 2026.
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Almost certainly not. Half the 5K field finished slower than 49:27, and the last recorded finisher came in around 1:18:04, so there is a long tail of runners behind the middle of the pack. Most fields are far slower than people expect.
A field of 285 is big enough that you will have company at your pace without feeling lost in a crowd. There is no qualifying time, and the finish-time spread above shows how varied the field really is. If it is your first 5K, that spread matters more than the winner's time.
The 5K winner ran 21:43 while the median finisher took 49:27. That spread points to a broad, mostly recreational field rather than a race dominated by club runners.
