About the New Years Day 5K & Half Marathon
The courses run out of North Forsyth Middle School and stay mostly flat, making for quick times on New Year's Day. There are a couple of distance options, and the organizers are upfront that the signage does the navigating, so it pays to preview the route and watch for markers rather than follow the crowd.
Packet pickup opens on race morning about an hour before the first wave goes off, with an early pickup option the evening before at the school's bus parking lot. Both distances start from the same site, so there is one place to park and one place to be.
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New Years Day 5K & Half Marathon 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
458finishers
18:14winner
35:21median
1:12:31cutoff
Top 3: Cooper Piedra (18:14) · Edwin Mendieta (19:14) · Jonathon Colby (19:31)
Half Marathon Results · 2026
126finishers
1:25:14winner
2:03:28median
3:44:27cutoff
Top 3: Siargey Pisarchyk (1:25:14) · Jesus Ramirez (1:25:30) · Tyler Rogers (1:26:35)
The New Years Day 5K & Half Marathon 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 Oct 25, 2026.
Distances & Start Times
5K1/1/2027 09:00$27
5K1/1/2027 09:00$28
13.1 Miles1/1/2027 08:50$27
13.1 Miles1/1/2027 08:50$28
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