Sat, Aug 8, 2026
Baltimore, OH
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The race starts and finishes at Johnson Park, with packet pickup happening race morning before the gun goes off. Proceeds support a local cross country program, so there is a school-sport energy to the crowd. The course is a road run through Baltimore, and age group awards go deep enough that most runners are competing against someone.
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Going by the 2025 results, this is a small, friendly field, with a competitive front end and a big recreational middle.
5K · 2025 results
Top 3: Ian Ricker (16:36) · Connor Myers (17:17) · Roman Funk (17:34)
The Baltimore Festival 5k has been held every year since at least 2024. That is as far back as RunSignup's records for this race go, so it may well be older.
Enter a finish time to see where it lands against the most recent 5K results.
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 28:25, and the last recorded finisher came in around 55:45, 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 (145 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 5K, that spread matters more than the winner's time.
The 5K winner ran 16:36 while the median finisher took 28:25. That spread points to a mixed field, with a competitive front and a big recreational middle.
