Gene's Run
About this race
Registration open April 1st, 2026!
Greenmont celebration weekend starts with the Gene's Run events at the historic Gene's Beer Garden. Friday evening is Morgantown's beer mile. Run it individually or with a team of two or four. Saturday morning's 5k travels through the historic and beautiful neighborhoods of Greenmont and South Park. Events are followed by post-race celebrations at Gene's Beer Garden. Continue the family celebrations at the Greenmont Neighborhood Block Party on Saturday evening.
Please consider supporting the Gene's Run and the neighborhood by volunteering.
Proceeds of the Gene's Run benefit Empty Bowls of Monongalia County.
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Gene's Beer Mile
Gene's Beer Mile Relay
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Gene's Supreme
Gene's '44
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Gene's 5k
Typical race-day weather
Based on 2 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Morgantown, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 5:53 AM and sets at 8:51 PM local time (EDT) in Morgantown on June 26, 2026 — 14h 57m of daylight.
Course
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2026 results — Gene's Run
151 finishers across 3 distances · leading places in the Gene's Beer Mile
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew Mansfield | 6:19 | — |
| 2 | Joe Smith | 6:58 | — |
| 3 | Jacob Smith | 7:23 | — |
| 4 | Zach Williams | 7:34 | — |
| 5 | Andrew Marvin | 8:10 | — |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
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- Morgantown 5K Races 15 races
- Morgantown Running Calendar 2026 17 races
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, 17 Morgantown events
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