Sun, Oct 4, 2026
Burlington, VT
This race takes place at Oakledge Park in Burlington, with several distance options spread across the event alongside a kids fun run and a family field day. The park setting keeps the morning grounded, and the format means people move through it at all kinds of paces, with the field day activity folded into the same gathering.
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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.
3.1 Miles · 2025 results
Top 3: Austin Marchwinski (19:19) · Alex Burnham (22:54) · Julia Burnham (24:10)
6.2 Miles · 2025 results
Top 3: Steven Merrill (39:20) · Steph Steeves (40:19) · Caleb Lardner (43:51)
The Steps for Social Change 1K Kids Fun Run + 5K & 10K & Family Field Day has been held every year since at least 2024. 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 Sep 22, 2026.
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Almost certainly not. Half the 3.1 Miles field finished slower than 51:04, and the last recorded finisher came in around 1:03:34, 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 (30 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 3.1 Miles, that spread matters more than the winner's time.
The 3.1 Miles winner ran 19:19 while the median finisher took 51:04. That spread points to a broad, mostly recreational field rather than a race dominated by club runners.
