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Horseshoe Crab Run/Crawl

Franklin, Maine, United States View on map
Jul 19, 2026 (America/New_York local time)
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About this race

Join us for Franklin Maine's Bicentennial Celebration!! Run a 5K through Franklin, Maine. Start at the town office and run a mile on coastal Rte 200 at a slight decline. Take a left onto Cards Crossing to tackle the largest hill of the course. At the peak, look left down the rolling hill at the ocean below. When you reach the Franklin Vet's club take a left to finish the run through downtown Franklin. Light refreshments will be available afterwards.

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5K Annual Horseshoe Crab Run/Crawl

Jul 19, 2026 5K 8:00 AM
$30.00
Closed

Typical race-day weather

Based on 2 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Franklin, plus the 3 days either side.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (race-week average) 16.7° / Maximum temperature (race-week average) 22.2°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 16.7° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 22.2°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (race-week average)
24.8
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (race-week average)
13.6mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (race-week average)
80.0%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on July 19, 2026 (EDT)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on July 19, 2026 (EDT)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
15h 06m

The sun rises at 5:06 AM and sets at 8:12 PM local time (EDT) in Franklin on July 19, 2026 — 15h 06m of daylight.

Course

No course map published yet.

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2026 results — Horseshoe Crab Run/Crawl

5K Annual Horseshoe Crab Run/Crawl · 71 finishers

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Leading finishers of the 2026 Horseshoe Crab Run/Crawl
Place Name Time Pace
2 Kurt Christiansen 27:15 8:46 /mi
3 Cheryl Tracy-Miller 38:28 12:23 /mi
4 Dennise Cupp 59:26 19:08 /mi
5 Caroline Wise 33:48 10:53 /mi
6 Sean Muller 18:39 6:00 /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 Franklin event

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