Headbanger Half
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Headbanger Half

Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, United States View on map
Jul 12, 2026 (America/Chicago local time)
Running

About this race

Get ready to rock at the Headbanger Half! 🎸 Whether you’re here for the miles or the music, there’s a distance for everyone: 5K, 5K Ruck, 10K, and Half Marathon 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️.

Not a runner? No problem. Join the fun with our 2-mile walk 🚶‍♀️🚶 and celebrate the glory days of headbanging in your own way. 🤘

And don’t forget the kids — the Little Banger 1K 👧👦 is free and perfect for young rockers ready to join the action! 🎉

Pick your distance

Running

Headbanger Half

Jul 12, 2026 Half-Marathon 9:00 AM
$60.00
Closed

10K

Jul 12, 2026 10K 9:00 AM
$45.00
Closed

5K

Jul 12, 2026 5K 9:00 AM
$45.00
Closed

5K Ruck

Jul 12, 2026 5K 9:00 AM
$45.00
Closed

10K Ruck

Jul 12, 2026 10K 9:00 AM
$45.00
Closed

Little Bangers

Jul 12, 2026 0.8K 9:00 AM
Free
Closed

Walking

Walk

Jul 12, 2026 3.2K 9:00 AM
$45.00
Closed

Typical race-day weather

Based on 6 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Menomonee Falls, plus the 3 days either side.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (race-week average) 14.5° / Maximum temperature (race-week average) 25.4°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 14.1° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 27.6°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (race-week average)
16.5
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (race-week average)
2.0mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (race-week average)
68.8%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on July 12, 2026 (CDT)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on July 12, 2026 (CDT)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
15h 08m

The sun rises at 5:24 AM and sets at 8:32 PM local time (CDT) in Menomonee Falls on July 12, 2026 — 15h 08m of daylight.

Course

No course map published yet.

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2026 results — Headbanger Half

300 finishers across 5 distances · leading places in the Headbanger Half

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Leading finishers of the 2026 Headbanger Half
Place Name Time Pace
1 Wesley Pena 1:23:21 6:22 /mi
2 Samuel Dean 1:28:50 6:47 /mi
3 Scott Kent 1:32:11 7:02 /mi
4 Brandon Laughlin 1:35:47 7:19 /mi
5 Andrea Stabelfeldt 1:36:51 7:24 /mi

Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.

All results by year

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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, 5 Menomonee Falls events

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