About the 6th Annual Be the ONE Run/Walk
The course runs on the trails at Millennium Park, starting and finishing at the Grant Pavilion. The terrain is trail, and the route is a loop that brings you back to where you started. The cause behind the race is mental health awareness and suicide loss support, so the crowd tends to be personal and purposeful rather than just athletic.
Race-morning packet pickup opens at the Grant Pavilion before the start, with local vendors set up under the pavilion during that window. There is also an early pickup option at the i understand office in Grand Rapids if you want to skip the morning line.
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Finish-Time Stats
Going by the 2025 results, this is a decent-sized 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
522finishers
17:03winner
50:16median
1:34:24cutoff
Top 3: Shane Malaski (17:03) · Jacob Hall (18:15) · Ryan Woolever (19:02)
The 6th Annual Be the ONE Run/Walk is in its 6th year.
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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