Mon, Dec 21, 2026
Phoenix, OR
The Longest Night Mile runs on a high school track in Phoenix, with heats staggered by pace so you line up alongside people moving at roughly the same speed. Entry is either a small cash donation or a few boxes of dry cereal, both going to a local university student food pantry. Ribbons go to the top finishers in each age group.
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Going by the 2025 results, this is a small, friendly field, with a competitive front end and a big recreational middle.
Top 3: Ryan Alexander (4:24) · Ryder White (4:29) · Noble Boutin (4:31)
The Longest Night Mile 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.
Enter a finish time to see where it lands against the most recent 1 Miles results.
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 Nov 12, 2026.
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Almost certainly not. Half the 1 Miles field finished slower than 6:38, and the last recorded finisher came in around 16:47, 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 (169 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 1 Miles, that spread matters more than the winner's time.
The 1 Miles winner ran 4:24 while the median finisher took 6:38. That spread points to a mixed field, with a competitive front and a big recreational middle.
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