Sat, Sep 19, 2026
Deep River, CT
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The course starts at Devitt Field and heads out through town, winding down toward the river before looping back. The route passes a firehouse, follows a blinking light turn, and finishes at the bottom of a hill through a gate at the far end of the field. It is all road, chip timed, and part of a larger town celebration happening the same day.
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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: Logan Miceli (16:06) · Ken Fay (20:08) · Erin Lopez (20:13)
The 2026 Run To The River 5K has been held every year since at least 2018. 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 31:18, and the last recorded finisher came in around 58:34, 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 (186 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 16:06 while the median finisher took 31:18. That spread points to a broad, mostly recreational field rather than a race dominated by club runners.