Sat, Nov 7, 2026
Indianapolis, IN
This is a youth race held at a middle school campus on the west side of Indianapolis, organized in partnership with the local high school track program. It draws kids from the surrounding township, running against the clock and each other on a short course suited to younger runners. The atmosphere is shaped by schools and families, not the open-road racing crowd.
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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.
Top 3: Wyatt Hawkins (8:14) · Ava Cezaro (8:22) · Dorian Boulware (8:24)
The Run Wayne Run has been held every year since at least 2021. That is as far back as RunSignup's records for this race go, so it may well be older.
Enter a finish time to see where it lands against the most recent 2K results.
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 Oct 25, 2026.
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Almost certainly not. Half the 2K field finished slower than 13:02, and the last recorded finisher came in around 19:33, 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 (148 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 2K, that spread matters more than the winner's time.
The 2K winner ran 8:14 while the median finisher took 13:02. That spread points to a mixed field, with a competitive front and a big recreational middle.
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