2025 - Great Bear Run
2025 distances
Running
5K Run
Race starts and ends on Harris Ave. in front of Pollard School. See the race course at www.viewtherace.com
1M Run
This is the competitive 1 Mile Run. It starts and ends on Harris Ave. in front of the Pollard School.
5K Run and 1M Run
Run both the 5K and 1M competitive races
1M Fun Run
This is a noncompetitive race. Participants may walk or run. No competitive awards are made. The race is not timed.
Race-day weather
Conditions on May 18, 2025 — historical Open-Meteo data.
The sun rises at 5:20 AM and sets at 8:02 PM local time (EDT) in Needham on May 18, 2025 — 14h 42m of daylight.
Course
No course map published yet.
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2025 results — Great Bear Run
595 finishers across 2 distances · leading places in the 5K Run
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeff Okerman | 17:13 | 5:32 /mi |
| 2 | Luca Colosimo | 18:22 | 5:55 /mi |
| 3 | Nicholas Tham | 18:43 | 6:02 /mi |
| 4 | Nora Blodgett | 18:57 | 6:06 /mi |
| 5 | S. Damiano | 19:01 | 6:07 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
Other races near Needham
Different organizers, within 40 miles, in the next three months
Needham Run Club Nyd 5K
Charles River Ballet Academy Nutcracker Sweet Workshop
2026 Jog Your Memory 5K Run and 1.5 Mile Walk for Alzheimer's
Needham Youth Track Club Winter Program
🏃 Plan Your Next Race in Needham
Find upcoming events by distance:
- Needham 5K Races 4 races
- Needham Running Calendar 2026 13 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, 13 Needham events
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