Sun, Aug 23, 2026
Chicago, IL
This charity race runs through Lincoln Park, raising money to help a child named Archer get a wheelchair-accessible van for his family. The course is on park paths, and the organizers welcome strollers, pets, and wheelchairs alongside runners. It is a neighborhood effort with a specific, personal goal behind it, which gives the morning a different weight than a typical road race.
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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: O. Sines (20:48) · Dan Sines (20:50) · Colby Mecher (21:17)
The Race For a Ride! 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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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 5K field finished slower than 50:19, and the last recorded finisher came in around 1:24:06, so there is a long tail of runners behind the middle of the pack. Most fields are far slower than people expect.
A field of 274 is big enough that you will have company at your pace without feeling lost in a crowd. 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 20:48 while the median finisher took 50:19. That spread points to a broad, mostly recreational field rather than a race dominated by club runners.
Join a local run club. CARA Run Crew, Second City Track Club, Venados Running Club and others in Chicago welcome runners of all paces, and a weekly group run is the most reliable way to hold a training block together.
