Howard's Half Marathon/5K Run Festival
About this race
Howard's Run Festival is a charity race to benefit the Allegany County Animal Shelter. Starting in 2015, the event has raised over $40,000 for Maryland's first municipal no-kill shelter. The event is managed by Sharon Everett and Ray Hunt. The festival consists of two events held the 1st Sunday in September, an out and back half marathon starting and finishing at the Canal Place stage. The second event, an out and back 5K event, also starts and finishing at the Canal Place stage area and starts shortly after the half marathon.
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Running
Howard's Half Marathon
Howard's 5K
Typical race-day weather
Based on 4 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Cumberland, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:41 AM and sets at 7:49 PM local time (EDT) in Cumberland on August 30, 2026 — 13h 08m of daylight.
Course
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2026 results — Howard's Half Marathon/5K Run Festival
112 finishers across 2 distances · leading places in the Howard's Half Marathon
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jimbo Washington | 1:17:42 | 5:56 /mi |
| 2 | Ian Wissinger | 1:27:04 | 6:39 /mi |
| 3 | Tyler Kirkwood | 1:31:12 | 6:58 /mi |
| 4 | John Manard | 1:36:51 | 7:24 /mi |
| 5 | Eric Daru | 1:36:58 | 7:24 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
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- Cumberland 5K Races 3 races
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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, 3 Cumberland events
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