About the Hope for the Holiday Half Marathon and 5K in Memory of Garrett Yeager
The race starts in a residential neighborhood and takes different paths depending on which distance you are running. The longer course winds through a college campus, picks up a short trail section, then follows country roads back out to a main highway before returning to where you started. It is a memorial race, held to honor a local man, with proceeds going to a faith-based program for women in recovery.
Bibs are picked up the morning of the race. At the finish, return your shoe tag to the timer bins; your bib is yours to keep or toss.
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Hope for the Holiday Half Marathon and 5K in Memory of Garrett Yeager 2025 Results
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 Results · 2025
89finishers
16:58winner
34:37median
57:14cutoff
Top 3: Mason Sciba (16:58) · Hayes Yarnell (21:07) · Malachi Cannon (21:24)
Half Marathon Results · 2025
35finishers
1:28:11winner
2:10:14median
3:02:37cutoff
Top 3: Will Henry (1:28:11) · Matthew Walker (1:33:58) · Wesley Cummings (1:36:09)
The Hope for the Holiday Half Marathon and 5K in Memory of Garrett Yeager has been held every year since at least 2017. 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 Oct 25, 2026.
Distances & Start Times
13.1 Miles12/5/2026 08:00$60
3.1 Miles12/5/2026 08:00$30
13.1 Miles12/5/2026 08:00$60
3.1 Miles12/5/2026 08:00$35
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Not sure what to aim for? The half marathon pace chart lists the pace for every finish time.
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