Sat, Oct 3, 2026
Ambridge, PA
The course winds through the streets of the Old Economy area and into the Ambridge Business District, so you get a feel for the older architecture and storefronts along the way. The route has the character of a neighborhood run, the kind where you are passing local businesses and historic buildings rather than cutting through a park.
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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.
1 Miles · 2025 results
Top 3: Ethan Rupprecht (8:22) · Tony Kramer (8:53) · Mitch Radella (8:55)
5K · 2025 results
Top 3: Brian Canny (18:37) · Erica Loftus (19:07) · Montaz Wellons (20:57)
The Run for Hope + Miracle Mile 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 1 Miles field finished slower than 18:20, and the last recorded finisher came in around 51:45, 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 (52 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 1 Miles, that spread matters more than the winner's time.
The 1 Miles winner ran 8:22 while the median finisher took 18:20. That spread points to a broad, mostly recreational field rather than a race dominated by club runners.