2025 - Great Waldensian Footrace
2025 distances
Running
5,000 Meter Run
Out and back course, starting and finishing at the Valdese Community Center, off Carolina Avenue. race|result timing & scoring. Expect high temperatures and high humidity. The course in not USATF certified.
10,000 meter Run
Out and back course, starting and finishing at the Valdese Community Center, off Carolina Avenue. race|result timing & scoring. Expect high temperatures and high humidity. The course in not USATF certified.
1 Mile Fun Run/Walk
The One Mile Fun Run is free. Only those participants aged 13 and younger are eligible for an award. Start time is approximate; the actual start time is immediately following the conclusion of the 5K & 10K races. Expect high temperatures and high humidity.
Race-day weather
Conditions on August 9, 2025 — historical Open-Meteo data.
The sun rises at 6:40 AM and sets at 8:22 PM local time (EDT) in Valdese on August 9, 2025 — 13h 41m of daylight.
Course
No course map published yet.
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2025 results — Great Waldensian Footrace
144 finishers across 2 distances · leading places in the 5,000 Meter Run
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bryce Corpening | 16:52 | 5:26 /mi |
| 2 | Frank Harrelson | 19:05 | 6:09 /mi |
| 3 | Cadence Willis | 19:52 | 6:24 /mi |
| 4 | Mike Darling | 20:10 | 6:30 /mi |
| 5 | Noah Thomas | 20:21 | 6:33 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
Other races near Valdese
Different organizers, within 40 miles, in the next three months
Goblin Gallop for Recovery 5K at Wpcc
Gobbler 5K & 13.1M at Hickory, NC (45)
Holiday 5K & 13.1M at Hickory, NC (49)
New Year 5K, & 13.1M at Hickory, NC (01)
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 Valdese event
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