Sat, Aug 22, 2026
Midwest City, OK
The course runs on a paved park trail, right alongside the group home the race directly supports. The route is open to runners, walkers, and those rolling through, which reflects the organization's mission in a pretty literal way. It is a flat trail setting, the kind of path where the surroundings feel quiet and unhurried on a race morning.
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Going by the 2024 results, this is a small, friendly field, with a competitive front end and a big recreational middle.
5K · 2024 results
Top 3: Dustin Pierce (26:41) · Chessie Walden (26:50) · Bonnie Johnson (27:19)
The Run, Walk, or Roll for Independence has been held every year since at least 2019. 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 42:07, and the last recorded finisher came in around 1:17:41, 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 (37 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 26:41 while the median finisher took 42:07. That spread points to a mixed field, with a competitive front and a big recreational middle.