About the Shark Week Showdown 5K & 10K - Houston, TX
The race runs through Oyster Creek Park, an ocean-themed event put on by Bigfoot Running Company. The course has aid stations along the way and music at the start and finish. Several distance options mean kids, casual walkers, and runners chasing a personal best are all out there on the same morning.
Packet pickup closes shortly before the start, so arriving early is worth it. The finish line has awards for overall and age-group placers in the chip-timed distances, and post-race festivities follow the last finisher in.
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Shark Week Showdown 5K & 10K - Houston, TX 2026 Results
Going by the 2026 results, this is a decent-sized field, and the spread of finish times is wide, so this is a mostly recreational race rather than one for club runners.
5K Results · 2026
371finishers
18:22winner
39:59median
1:48:38cutoff
Top 3: Grayson Borbidge (18:22) · Nathan Campbell (18:25) · Samantha Fryer (21:10)
10K Results · 2026
129finishers
42:05winner
1:17:52median
1:57:35cutoff
Top 3: Mateo Arjona (42:05) · Bethany Leavens (42:49) · Felix Casa del Valle (43:32)
1 Miles Results · 2026
62finishers
6:42winner
14:21median
54:48cutoff
Top 3: Kaylin Washington (6:42) · Walter Hall (7:24) · O. Wallman (8:53)
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 23, 2026.
Distances & Start Times
50m8/1/2027 06:55$15
1 Mile8/1/2027 07:00$30
3.11 Miles8/1/2027 07:00$35
6.22 Miles8/1/2027 07:00$35
3.11 Miles8/1/2027 07:00$30
9.33 Miles8/1/2027 07:00$50
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Not sure what to aim for? The 5K pace chart lists the pace for every finish time.
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