Sat, Jun 19, 2027
Cottage Grove, WI
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Packet pickup runs the evening before the race at Bakken Park Shelter on Vilas Road, where you can collect your bib without the rush of race morning. Online registration is required in advance, with no paper registration available on site, so plan to complete everything before you arrive.
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Going by the 2026 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 · 2026 results
Top 3: Reed Anderson (16:23) · Justin Kiel (17:09) · Drew Sengos (18:13)
13.1 Miles · 2026 results
Top 3: Olivia Dietzel (1:20:59) · Tristan Watson (1:21:38) · Jaren Christianson (1:22:15)
The Hot2Trot Cottage Grove Run/Walk 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.
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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 22, 2026.
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Almost certainly not. Half the 5K field finished slower than 32:03, and the last recorded finisher came in around 1:07:08, so there is a long tail of runners behind the middle of the pack. Most fields are far slower than people expect.
A field of 250 is big enough that you will have company at your pace without feeling lost in a crowd. 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 16:23 while the median finisher took 32:03. That spread points to a broad, mostly recreational field rather than a race dominated by club runners.