Sun, Oct 18, 2026
Cincinnati, OH
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The course winds through Amberley Village, a residential community northeast of downtown Cincinnati. The route has the feel of a neighborhood run, the kind where people come out to watch from their front yards and the surroundings stay quiet and tree-lined the whole way.
Packet pickup opens the morning of the race, a bit before the start, so there is no separate trip the day before. Plan to arrive with enough time to get your bib and find your footing near the start line.
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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.
5K · 2025 results
Top 3: Henry Bernay (17:35) · Isaac Selya (18:04) · Axel Schreiner (19:03)
The Oy Vey 5K has been held every year since at least 2021. That is as far back as RunSignup's records for this race go, so it may well be older.
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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 Sep 10, 2026.
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Almost certainly not. Half the 5K field finished slower than 31:35, and the last recorded finisher came in around 59:33, 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 (194 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 5K, that spread matters more than the winner's time.
The 5K winner ran 0:26 while the median finisher took 31:35. That spread points to a broad, mostly recreational field rather than a race dominated by club runners.
