Sat, Oct 17, 2026

Black Men's Wellness Day 5K

Detroit, MI

Registration openAnnual since at least 2025

About the Black Men's Wellness Day 5K

The 5K here is one piece of a larger wellness day anchored at Renaissance High School. The course is open to runners and walkers both. The surrounding event is built around health, with free screenings, a kids area, and a pavilion set aside for older attendees, so the atmosphere before and after the race has more going on than most finish-line scenes.

The whole event runs through the morning, and the 5K starts after the wellness day is already underway. The school grounds host everything, so the start and the post-race activity are all in the same place.

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Finish-Time Stats

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.

5K · 2025 results

56finishers

16:13winner

44:00median

1:02:11cutoff

Top 3: Mary Brown (16:13) · Jeff Moy (19:39) · Temeka Robinson (19:42)

The Black Men's Wellness Day 5K 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.

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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 Sep 10, 2026.

Distances & Start Times

5K10/17/2026 09:30Free

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Common Questions About the Black Men's Wellness Day 5K

Will I finish last at the Black Men's Wellness Day 5K?

Almost certainly not. Half the 5K field finished slower than 44:00, and the last recorded finisher came in around 1:02:11, so there is a long tail of runners behind the middle of the pack. Most fields are far slower than people expect.

Is the Black Men's Wellness Day 5K a good first 5K?

It is a small race (56 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.

How competitive is the Black Men's Wellness Day 5K?

The 5K winner ran 16:13 while the median finisher took 44:00. That spread points to a broad, mostly recreational field rather than a race dominated by club runners.

Where can I train for the Black Men's Wellness Day 5K?

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.