Sat, Sep 19, 2026
Detroit, MI
The course starts at an industrial park on the east side of Detroit, along a major interstate corridor. The surrounding area is working-class and urban, with flat streets typical of that part of the city. Both a shorter and a longer distance option are offered, so people running a first race and those looking for a faster effort tend to show up together.
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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.
· 2025 results
Top 3: K. Karega (13:01) · D. Wright (13:04) · E. Martin (13:04)
3.1 Miles · 2025 results
Top 3: Jalen Kelso (21:39) · Brandy Edgerson (21:54) · Floyd Shepherd (22:12)
The Alkebu-Lan Village 8th Annual 5k Run/Walk is in its 8th 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 race field finished slower than 29:01, and the last recorded finisher came in around 1:12:24, so there is a long tail of runners behind the middle of the pack. Most fields are far slower than people expect.
It is a small race (97 finishers), which is friendlier and less intimidating than a big-city event, though the field thins out. There is no qualifying time, and the finish-time spread above shows how varied the field really is. If it is your first race, that spread matters more than the winner's time.
The race winner ran 13:01 while the median finisher took 29:01. That spread points to a broad, mostly recreational field rather than a race dominated by club runners.
Join a local run club. WERUN313, Detroit Downtown Runners and Walkers, RUNdetroit and others in Detroit welcome runners of all paces, and a weekly group run is the most reliable way to hold a training block together.
