Sat, Aug 8, 2026
Springfield, MA
The race runs through Forest Park, a large public park in Springfield. It benefits Follow My Steps, a local nonprofit focused on youth mentoring and career development in under-resourced communities. A virtual option lets participants complete the distance on their own schedule, doing whatever activity works for them.
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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.
3.1 Miles · 2025 results
Top 3: Tracen Warnick (17:07) · Brian Rodowicz (17:22) · Nolan Griffin (19:36)
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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 Jul 27, 2026.
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Almost certainly not. Half the 3.1 Miles field finished slower than 40:00, and the last recorded finisher came in around 1:16:03, 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 (131 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 17:07 while the median finisher took 40:00. That spread points to a broad, mostly recreational field rather than a race dominated by club runners.
