2025 - Balloon Run
2025 distances
Running
10 mile
10 miles of beautiful views. Out and back course. Energy gels and water halfway through. Every participant will receive a high-quality long-sleeve event shirt and a custom finisher medal.
5k
Out and back course. Every participant will receive a high-quality long-sleeve event shirt and a custom finisher medal.
Virtual 5k
If you aren't able to participate in person, don't worry - you can still do it at any location for a whole week leading up to the event. We will mail you your t-shirt and medal!
Race-day weather
Conditions on October 12, 2025 — historical Open-Meteo data.
The sun rises at 7:10 AM and sets at 6:35 PM local time (MDT) in Albuquerque on October 12, 2025 — 11h 24m of daylight.
Course
No course map published yet.
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2025 results — Balloon Run
Virtual 5k · 6 finishers
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shannon Flynn | 28:15 | 9:06 /mi |
| 2 | Joanna Nilsen Badami | 38:13 | 12:18 /mi |
| 3 | Mary Lou Brown | 42:46 | 13:46 /mi |
| 4 | Hannah Trujillo | 42:57 | 13:49 /mi |
| 5 | Julie Nelson | 1:00:23 | 19:26 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
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Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.
- Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
- Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
- Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
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