2026 - Irish Road Rover 5K
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Irish Road Rover 5K - Sunday March 15, 2026, 10:30 AM
The 2026 Irish Road Rover is READY to go! Sunday March 15, 10:30 AM Start! Benefiting Habitat for Humanity of Greater Portland ! Our 30th Running!!! Let's Go!! Our host will be Rí Rá !! 72 Commercial Street, Portland, Maine The race starts 1/3 mile down from Rí Rá on the Eastern Trail Path and is an out and back course with the start and finish mats both on the Eastern Trail for accurate timing by Bay State Race Services! History: The first official Irish Road Rover 5K started in 1997 in Portland, Maine. Its tradition, however, dates back much earlier to Syracuse, New York when my brother Tommy and his friends got together early St. Patrick's Day morn for several years to run a course around Schiller Park on the city's North Side. It is their spirit of fun and friendship that has been the goal of the "Rover". So after the race, have a toast to running, to good health and to good friends old and new. Thanks to you! Tommy, Mike, Soapy, Terry, Dave and all!
Race-day weather
Conditions on March 15, 2026 — historical Open-Meteo data.
The sun rises at 6:52 AM and sets at 6:47 PM local time (EDT) in Portland on March 15, 2026 — 11h 54m of daylight.
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2026 results — Irish Road Rover 5K
Irish Road Rover 5K - Sunday March 15, 2026, 10:30 AM · 643 finishers
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aaron Willingham | 14:53 | 4:48 /mi |
| 2 | Sammy Mills | 15:14 | 4:55 /mi |
| 3 | Davis Potts | 15:43 | 5:04 /mi |
| 4 | Eli Nixon | 16:12 | 5:13 /mi |
| 5 | Colby Nixon | 16:28 | 5:19 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
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