Sat, Oct 24, 2026
Denver, CO
This is a charity race tied to sarcoma research, part of a national series of events run by the Sarcoma Foundation of America. The Denver edition draws a crowd that skews heavily toward people with a personal connection to the disease, so the atmosphere on course is quieter and more purposeful than most road races.
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Going by the 2025 results, this is a small, friendly field, with a competitive front end and a big recreational middle.
5K · 2025 results
Top 3: Brayden Ware (19:09) · Sam Boyer-Groff (19:48) · Mario Mejia (20:54)
The Race to Cure Sarcoma Denver 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 29:43, and the last recorded finisher came in around 1:02:19, 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 (112 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 19:09 while the median finisher took 29:43. That spread points to a mixed field, with a competitive front and a big recreational middle.
Join a local run club. Rocky Mountain Road Runners, Colorado Harriers, Revolution Running and others in Denver welcome runners of all paces, and a weekly group run is the most reliable way to hold a training block together.
