About the Wendell Foster Half Marathon & 5K
The course runs along Owensboro's riverfront and through the historic downtown streets, with road closures keeping things clean underfoot. It is flat throughout, which draws runners chasing a fast effort as well as those covering the distance for the first time. Cheer stations are spread across the route, and past runners have pointed to the crowd support as the part that sticks with them.
Packet pickup and an expo happen the evening before at the Owensboro Convention Center, with a second pickup window early on race morning at the same location. Walk-up registration on race day is not an option. The start line is along West Veterans Boulevard, near Smothers Park.
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Wendell Foster Half Marathon & 5K 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.
Half Marathon Results · 2026
526finishers
1:06:53winner
2:08:13median
3:47:15cutoff
Top 3: Austin Nolan (1:06:53) · Corbin Harris (1:07:42) · Collin Zollman (1:13:23)
5K Results · 2026
444finishers
14:32winner
35:07median
1:06:49cutoff
Top 3: Ben Nagel (14:32) · Garrett Ardis (15:34) · Caleb Butler (18:00)
The Wendell Foster Half Marathon & 5K has been held every year since at least 2019. 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 Oct 25, 2026.
Distances & Start Times
13.1 Miles3/20/2027 07:00$80
13.1 Miles3/20/2027 07:00$80
13.1 Miles3/20/2027 07:00$80
13.1 Miles3/20/2027 07:00$80
5K3/20/2027 07:00$35
5K3/20/2027 07:00$35
5K: Push-Rim3/20/2027 07:00$35
5K3/20/2027 07:00$35
13.1 Miles3/20/2027 07:00Free
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