May Day 5K & Family Fun Day!
About this race
The May Day 5K Race will start and end at the Cheshire Children's Museum. The route will follow the Cheshire Rail Trail and turn around at the Bradford Road trail entrance.
The Cheshire Children's Museum will be hosting our 1st annual May Day 5K Run/Walk on Sunday May 3rd, 2026. This family friendly 5K rail trail race also includes free activities, food, community sponsor booths and more. The 5K Run will start at 10:30 am. The 5K Walk AND the Kids 1 Mile Run will BOTH start at 10:30 am. The 5K will begin and end at the museum with a turn-around just before Bradford Road. The Kids 1 Mile Run will begin and end at the museum with a turn-around just before Pearl Street.
The museum is open to the public, no reservations required. Please visit https://www.cheshirechildrensmuseum.org/ for more information!
Funds raised will help expand programming, enhance exhibits, and provided access to the museum for all families in the region.
Click here for more information on how you can become a vendor or a sponsor.
Support the museum with your donations: donate here.
Pick your distance
Running
5K Run
Kids 1 Mile Run
Walking
5K Walk
Typical race-day weather
Based on 1 year of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Keene, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 5:39 AM and sets at 7:52 PM local time (EDT) in Keene on May 3, 2026 — 14h 12m of daylight.
Course
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2026 results — May Day 5K & Family Fun Day!
56 finishers across 3 distances · leading places in the 5K Run
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dawson Adams | 17:54 | 5:46 /mi |
| 2 | Alyssa Anderson | 21:13 | 6:50 /mi |
| 3 | Mark Brown | 24:05 | 7:45 /mi |
| 4 | Jason Goldblatt | 24:02 | 7:44 /mi |
| 5 | Ryan Bezio | 25:20 | 8:09 /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, 15 Keene events
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