May 5K for Hear Your Song: Run, Walk, or Roll!
About this race
Help Hear Your Song launch our first pilot Camp Hear Your Song — run, walk, or roll anywhere in the world, anytime from Sunday, May 17th to Sunday, May 31st!
You can participate in this race VIRTUALLY or IN-PERSON
VIRTUAL OPTION: You can participate in this race virtually on your own time between Sunday, May 17th and Sunday, May 31st
OR
IN-PERSON OPTION: Join us in Prospect Park on Sunday, May 17th at 10:30 am! We'll meet at The Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Arch outside Prospect Park at Grand Army Plaza!
There is no fee for race registration, but we encourage all participants to share your fundraising page with friends and family to help us reach our collective goal of $10K as we enter our next five years as a nonprofit! We recommend a personal goal of $500!
PRIZES: If you raise at least $100, you'll get a musical shoutout on social media. The participants who raise a) the most donations from unique donors and b) the highest donation total will win a gift certificate and Hear Your Song T-shirt!
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Running
IN-PERSON May 5K for Hear Your Song: Run, Walk or Roll!
Meet between 10-10:15 am at the Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Arch at Grand Army Plaza just outside Prospect Park. Starting promptly at 10:30 am, we'll run almost one complete Inner Loop of Prospect Park and finish with a celebratory picnic near the finish line by Meadowport Arch.
VIRTUAL May 5K for Hear Your Song: Run, Walk or Roll!
You can complete this distance at ANY time and in ANY place between May 17th and May 31st!
Typical race-day weather
Based on 5 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in New York City, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 5:36 AM and sets at 8:08 PM local time (EDT) in New York City on May 17, 2026 — 14h 31m of daylight.
Course
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2026 results — May 5K for Hear Your Song: Run, Walk, or Roll!
28 finishers across 2 distances · leading places in the IN-PERSON May 5K for Hear Your Song: Run, Walk or Roll!
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Protacio | 25:10 | 8:06 /mi |
| 2 | Dan Rubins | 26:15 | 8:27 /mi |
| 3 | Jonathan Morrisey | 27:32 | 8:52 /mi |
| 4 | Billie Kanfer | 27:48 | 8:57 /mi |
| 5 | Ian Antonoff | 27:53 | 8:58 /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, 132 New York City events
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