About the Maple Valley Bear Run & Walk 5K
The course runs along trails through Lake Wilderness Park, with tree cover and a natural surface underfoot rather than pavement. Strollers are welcome, which gives you a sense of the terrain: wide and smooth enough for a family outing, but still a proper outdoor run. Chip timing handles results, and age group awards go deep, with a bear figurine going to each division winner.
Packet pickup happens the evening before at Road Runner Sports in Kent. On race morning, pickup opens well before the start, and same-day registration is also available through your phone before bib pickup. Parking is at Lake Wilderness Park; the organizers recommend carpooling and arriving with time to spare.
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Maple Valley Bear Run & Walk 5K 2026 Results
Going by the 2026 results, this is a decent-sized field, and the spread of finish times is wide, so this is a mostly recreational race rather than one for club runners.
5K Results · 2026
446finishers
12:21winner
37:22median
1:08:29cutoff
Top 3: Z Justus (17:59) · Landen Krom (18:14) · Andrew Nguyen (18:58)
The Maple Valley Bear Run & Walk 5K 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.
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.
Distances & Start Times
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