Essentia Health Iron Range Half Marathon
About this race
A first of its kind half marathon in the quad city areas of Northern Minnesota's Iron Range. The race will start with participants meeting at the Iron Trail Motors Event Center in Virginia, Minnesota the morning of August 15th. Busses will transport participants to the Mesabi Trail headquarters in Eveleth, Minnesota. The race starts in Eveleth at the trail head and continues through the beautiful North woods from Eveleth through Gilbert and into Virginia on the Mesabi Trail, including the iconic Thomas Rukavina Memorial bridge (the highest bridge in Minnesota) ending at the ITMEC. For more race details check out ironrangehalfmarathon.com To receive a race t-shirt, you must be registered by July 31st!
Awards:
Official results and age division awards will be based on your Chip time.
Age Divisions are as follows:
12-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70-99
Friday evening will be our second year of our 5k event! The race will begin and end at the iron trail event center, and it will be a timed event with the same age divisions. Come join us for some fun to kick off the big half marathon weekend!
August 14th FREE kids run starts at 5pm and 5k will be at 6pm at Iron Trail Motors Event Center.
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Typical race-day weather
Based on 2 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Virginia, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:05 AM and sets at 8:24 PM local time (CDT) in Virginia on August 14, 2026 — 14h 18m of daylight.
Course
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2026 results — Essentia Health Iron Range Half Marathon
276 finishers across 2 distances · leading places in the 5K Race
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walter Skahl | 19:29 | 6:17 /mi |
| 2 | Rob Kurak | 21:19 | 6:53 /mi |
| 3 | Jill Slater | 22:40 | 7:19 /mi |
| 4 | Jamie Vesel | 22:40 | 7:19 /mi |
| 5 | Kelsey Uribe | 23:03 | 7:26 /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)
- Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 1 Virginia event
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