About the City Point Races
The course takes you through downtown Hopewell and into historic City Point, with long stretches along the Appomattox River. The route has a sense of place to it, old streets and open water, and several distance options mean you see more or less of it depending on what you signed up for. Kids have their own shorter races separate from the main field.
Packet pickup runs the evening before at the race site, with a second window on race morning. There is no registration on either day, so showing up without an entry is not an option. Age group awards are self-serve at a stage on site rather than announced at a ceremony, so check the results board and head over when you are ready.
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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.
3.1 Miles · 2025 results
148finishers
16:44winner
35:23median
1:06:37cutoff
Top 3: Noah Peterson (16:44) · Michael Terribile (17:54) · Nicolas Williams (18:46)
6.2 Miles · 2025 results
15finishers
43:51winner
1:10:51median
1:41:31cutoff
Top 3: Christian Redman (43:51) · Bradley Askew (44:17) · Cory Schutter (48:07)
The City Point Races has been held every year since at least 2018. That is as far back as RunSignup's records for this race go, so it may well be older.
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
3.1 Miles9/19/2026 08:00$40
6.2 Miles9/19/2026 08:00$55
0.3 Miles9/19/2026 08:00$40
1 Mile9/19/2026 10:30Free
0.1 Miles9/19/2026 10:15Free
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