Sat, Mar 20, 2027
Bay City, MI
This is a St. Patrick's Day race in Bay City, held across a weekend. The holiday theme gives the morning a festive edge without getting in the way of the running itself.
Packet pickup runs on both days of the weekend. The earlier option is at a fitness expo held at a local high school, and there is another pickup window on race morning at a community foundation building on Adams Street.
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Going by the 2026 results, this is a big field, and the spread of finish times is wide, so this is a mostly recreational race rather than one for club runners.
Top 3: Seth Betzold (16:51) · Gabriel Trevino (16:52) · Asher VanDell (17:26)
Top 3: Nate Bussiere (42:44) · Nicolas Trevino (44:17) · Elijah Beson (49:54)
Top 3: Brody Karg (25:48) · Elliott Lipe (26:53) · Zachary Becker (31:08)
The Bay City St. Patrick's Day Races has been held every year since at least 2025. 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 Nov 12, 2026.
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Almost certainly not. Half the 5K field finished slower than 33:59, and the last recorded finisher came in around 1:27:44, so there is a long tail of runners behind the middle of the pack. Most fields are far slower than people expect.
With 1,259 finishers there are runners at every pace, so you are never out on your own. 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 16:51 while the median finisher took 33:59. That spread points to a broad, mostly recreational field rather than a race dominated by club runners.
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