Sat, Sep 26, 2026
Lumberton, NC
The course starts in downtown Lumberton and runs along the Lumber River before passing through the Tanglewood neighborhood. It finishes with a straight stretch down Elm Street. The terrain is gentle, and the route reads like a tour of the quieter parts of town, river path giving way to residential streets before the final push to the line.
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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.
3.1 Miles · 2025 results
Top 3: Freddie Jacobs (20:47) · Eli Lowry (21:21) · Vyankatesh Chavan (21:53)
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Enter a finish time to see where it lands against the most recent 3.1 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 Jul 27, 2026.
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Almost certainly not. Half the 3.1 Miles field finished slower than 31:43, and the last recorded finisher came in around 1:09:06, 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 (55 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 3.1 Miles, that spread matters more than the winner's time.
The 3.1 Miles winner ran 20:47 while the median finisher took 31:43. That spread points to a mixed field, with a competitive front and a big recreational middle.
