Sun, Sep 20, 2026
Leesburg, FL
This is a road race through Leesburg that doubles as a cancer awareness event, with participants running in memory of or in honor of people affected by cancer. The course is not described in detail, but the event draws both in-person runners and virtual participants, and the atmosphere reflects its purpose: people who have a reason to be there beyond a finishing time.
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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.
3.1 Miles · 2025 results
Top 3: TIM FEEZOR (17:59) · Christina McKinney (21:00) · Preston Van Culin (21:50)
The AdventHealth Waterman Foundation Shades of Hope 5K has been held every year since at least 2022. That is as far back as RunSignup's records for this race go, so it may well be older.
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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 3.1 Miles field finished slower than 44:33, and the last recorded finisher came in around 1:08:18, 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 274 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 3.1 Miles, that spread matters more than the winner's time.
The 3.1 Miles winner ran 17:59 while the median finisher took 44:33. That spread points to a broad, mostly recreational field rather than a race dominated by club runners.
