About the Strut Your Kidney - a dash for NW Kidney Kids
The course starts at Sellwood Riverfront Park and crosses the Sellwood Bridge on the pedestrian path, then drops down to the Willamette Greenway Trail heading north. Both distance options follow the same out-and-back route along the river, with the longer course continuing further up the trail before turning back. Walkers, rollers, and runners all share the same path, and volunteers are posted throughout to keep people on track.
Bib pickup happens the afternoon before the race at Foot Traffic, a running store in Sellwood, with a second chance the morning of the event at the park itself. Parking at Sellwood Riverfront Park is limited, so carpooling or public transit is worth planning ahead. A virtual option lets you run the same distances on your own, anywhere you choose, on race day.
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Finish-Time Stats
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
166finishers
22:29winner
48:26median
1:15:05cutoff
Top 3: Isaiah Imig (22:29) · B. Imig (23:58) · Arie Imig (23:59)
1K · 2025 results
73finishers
9:49winner
24:22median
1:06:25cutoff
Top 3: H. Silver (9:49) · Grace Arrowsmith (9:53) · Linda Jones (10:34)
10K · 2025 results
23finishers
45:48winner
58:00median
1:19:17cutoff
Top 3: Carl Silver (45:48) · Alex Nielsen (46:29) · Presley Denkinger (46:30)
The Strut Your Kidney - a dash for NW Kidney Kids has been held every year since at least 2018. That is as far back as RunSignup's records for this race go, so it may well be older.
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.
Distances & Start Times
10K9/20/2026 09:00$50
5K9/20/2026 09:15$40
1K9/20/2026 09:30$25
Virtual Fun Walk/Run/Roll9/20/2026 09:00$25
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