Keep Punching 5K, 1 Mile, and Virtual Event
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Keep Punching 5K, 1 Mile, and Virtual Event

Towson, Maryland, United States View on map
May 16, 2026 – May 17, 2026 (America/New_York local time)
Running

About this race

Join us for the 13th Annual Keep Punching 5K, 1 Mile and Virtual Event on Sunday, May 17, 2026.

Proceeds will go towards, Keep Punching, a 100% volunteer-based organization, that supports patients, healthcare providers, and researchers in their fight to prevent and eradicate brain cancer. We look forward to seeing you in May and getting one step closer to knocking out brain cancer.

Pick your distance

Running

Virtual 5K

May 16, 2026 5K 12:00 AM
$40.00
Closed

Virtual 1 Mile

May 16, 2026 1.6K 12:00 AM
$30.00
Closed

5K

May 16, 2026 5K 8:30 AM
$45.00
Closed

Walking

1 Mile

May 16, 2026 1.6K 8:35 AM
$32.00
Closed

Typical race-day weather

Based on 9 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Towson, plus the 3 days either side.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (race-week average) 13.6° / Maximum temperature (race-week average) 23.1°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 13.2° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 24.2°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (race-week average)
15.5
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (race-week average)
4.4mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (race-week average)
74.4%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on May 16, 2026 (EDT)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on May 16, 2026 (EDT)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
14h 22m

The sun rises at 5:51 AM and sets at 8:14 PM local time (EDT) in Towson on May 16, 2026 — 14h 22m of daylight.

Course

No course map published yet.

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2026 results — Keep Punching 5K, 1 Mile, and Virtual Event

315 finishers across 2 distances · leading places in the Virtual 5K

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Leading finishers of the 2026 Keep Punching 5K, 1 Mile, and Virtual Event
Place Name Time Pace
1 Alex Citerone 31:45 10:13 /mi
2 Lynne Schmaus 35:10 11:19 /mi
3 Julie Perzan 50:00 16:06 /mi
4 Kate Gerstenberg 51:49 16:41 /mi
5 Elyse Aronson-Tsfati 58:11 18:44 /mi

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

All results by year

2026 edition View Results
2025 edition View Results
2024 edition View Results
2023 edition View Results
2022 edition View Results
2021 edition View Results
2020 edition View Results

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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, 13 Towson events

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