Sat, Oct 3, 2026

Pink Hugs Annual 5K Your Way

Utica, MI

Registration openAnnual since at least 2025

About the Pink Hugs Annual 5K Your Way

The course runs through River Bends Park, a wooded park with paved paths along the river. Participants can run, walk, bike, or rollerblade the route, so the pace and feel of the morning varies quite a bit. The race benefits the Pink Hugs Foundation, which supports women going through breast cancer treatment, and that purpose tends to draw a warm, personal crowd.

Packet pickup runs the evening before at a local running shop, with additional pickup at the Hickory Grove pavilion on race morning before the start. The pavilion is the gathering point for the day, so that is where you will find the start area and any post-race activity.

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Finish-Time Stats

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

57finishers

17:33winner

48:53median

1:18:55cutoff

Top 3: Noah Schmidt (17:33) · Mark Smith (23:20) · mark miller (23:28)

The Pink Hugs Annual 5K Your Way has been held every year since at least 2025. That is as far back as RunSignup's records for this race go, so it may well be older.

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Median

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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.

Distances & Start Times

5K10/3/2026 10:00$40

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Common Questions About the Pink Hugs Annual 5K Your Way

Will I finish last at the Pink Hugs Annual 5K Your Way?

Almost certainly not. Half the 5K field finished slower than 48:53, and the last recorded finisher came in around 1:18:55, so there is a long tail of runners behind the middle of the pack. Most fields are far slower than people expect.

Is the Pink Hugs Annual 5K Your Way a good first 5K?

It is a small race (57 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.

How competitive is the Pink Hugs Annual 5K Your Way?

The 5K winner ran 17:33 while the median finisher took 48:53. That spread points to a broad, mostly recreational field rather than a race dominated by club runners.