Held Sat, Sep 19, 2026
Coatesville, PA
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The course runs on roads through the grounds of a VA medical center campus, so the surroundings feel more institutional than park-like, with buildings and open pavement rather than trails or scenery. It is a flat road route, and the campus setting keeps things contained and straightforward. The race raises money for veteran suicide prevention, and that purpose tends to draw a crowd that takes the morning seriously.
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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.
· 2025 results
Top 3: Pam Parker (17:10) · David Richards (19:48) · Taylor Donley (19:52)
· 2026 results
Top 3: William Mayhew (20:51) · E. Charles (21:20) · Sam May (22:01)
The Coatesville VA Strides to Prevent Suicide 5K Run/Walk 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.
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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 20, 2026.
Almost certainly not. Half the race field finished slower than 37:22, and the last recorded finisher came in around 1:06:37, 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 (191 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 race, that spread matters more than the winner's time.
The race winner ran 17:10 while the median finisher took 37:22. That spread points to a broad, mostly recreational field rather than a race dominated by club runners.
