Bastille Day 5K
About this race
Joyeux 14 Juillet! Happy July 14th! Bastille Day is an annual DC Road Runners tradition and one of the Club's few races that occur during the work week. We're meeting at Fletcher's Cove for a 5k on the C&O Canal Towpath. The Towpath provides a flat racecourse that is often shaded in the summer.
In addition to overall winners (1, 2, 3) and master's winners, we will offer awards 3-deep, male and female in 10-year age groups.
Registration is free for members and $10 for nonmembers. Members will see their $10 discount at checkout
This event is part of the DCRRC's Bunion Derby Series; for more information/rules, visit the race series rules page.
Race Director(s): Nate Rathjen
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Running
5K
Typical race-day weather
Based on 6 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Washington, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 5:54 AM and sets at 8:33 PM local time (EDT) in Washington on July 14, 2026 — 14h 38m of daylight.
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2026 results — Bastille Day 5K
5K · 105 finishers
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max McNeill | 16:59 | 5:28 /mi |
| 2 | Alexander Grieve | 18:47 | 6:02 /mi |
| 3 | Alan Dixon | 18:54 | 6:05 /mi |
| 4 | Drake Platenberg | 19:06 | 6:09 /mi |
| 5 | Sean Hicks | 19:11 | 6:10 /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)
- Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 86 Washington events
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