Sun, Nov 8, 2026
Falls Church, VA
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This race is a fundraiser at its core, tied to a church hunger ministry with reach both locally and overseas. Runners can participate in person or remotely, so the field tends to include people who are there for the cause as much as for the course. The Falls Church route is a short out-and-back or loop distance, though the organizer's copy does not detail the terrain.
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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: Jennings Davis (16:23) · Andrew Brown (17:13) · Sean Watkins (17:24)
The 15th Annual Spend Yourself® 5K Run/3K Walk is in its 15th year.
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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 33:35, and the last recorded finisher came in around 54:22, so there is a long tail of runners behind the middle of the pack. Most fields are far slower than people expect.
A field of 248 is big enough that you will have company at your pace without feeling lost in a crowd. 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 16:23 while the median finisher took 33:35. That spread points to a broad, mostly recreational field rather than a race dominated by club runners.
