Sat, Aug 1, 2026
Killeen, TX
The course runs through Lions Club Park in Killeen. It is a short out-and-back or loop through park grounds, the kind of terrain that stays accessible without much elevation to worry about. The race benefits the Boys and Girls Club of Central Texas, so the crowd skews toward families and people who know the organization personally.
Packet pickup runs the two evenings before the race at a juice bar in Harker Heights, which puts it a short drive from the park.
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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.
5K · 2025 results
Top 3: Aaron Crittenden (15:16) · Robert Sanchez (20:30) · Tyler Ecker (20:31)
The Community Connection 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 Jul 27, 2026.
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Almost certainly not. Half the 5K field finished slower than 33:01, and the last recorded finisher came in around 58:08, 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 (184 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.
The 5K winner ran 15:16 while the median finisher took 33:01. That spread points to a broad, mostly recreational field rather than a race dominated by club runners.
