Memorial Day 5K Virtual Run - Milwaukee
About this race
🇺🇸 Memorial Day 5K Virtual Run 2026
Join runners and walkers from across America for the 2026 Memorial Day 5k Virtual Run — a meaningful nationwide event honoring the brave men and women who gave their lives in service to our country.
This Memorial Day, run not only for fitness… but for remembrance.
Whether you complete your miles through your neighborhood, at a local park, on a treadmill, or alongside family and friends, every step becomes a tribute to those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedoms.
🎖 Event Highlights
- Receive a Premium Memorial Day Tribute T-Shirt
- Run or walk from any location
- Complete your event anytime during Memorial Day weekend
- Submit your results online
- View nationwide participant results and photos
- Receive a commemorative digital finisher medal
🏃 Event Distances
5K Run/Walk
All fitness levels are welcome.
📸 Share Your Tribute to runday2026@gmail.com
Participants are encouraged to upload:
- Finish line photos
- Flag displays
- Family tributes
- Military remembrance moments
- Selected photos may be featured in the official Memorial Day Virtual Run recap video and online gallery.
🇺🇸 Honor • Remember • Run
This event is more than a race — it is a nationwide moment of reflection, gratitude, and unity.
Run in memory.
Run in gratitude.
Run so their sacrifice is never forgotten.
We invite you to be part of this special Memorial Day tradition.
Pick your distance
Running
5K
Your choice of shirt color this year!
Typical race-day weather
Based on 2 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Milwaukee, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 5:20 AM and sets at 8:16 PM local time (CDT) in Milwaukee on May 23, 2026 — 14h 55m of daylight.
Course
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2026 results — Memorial Day 5K Virtual Run - Milwaukee
5K · 1 finisher
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pam Schaub | 39:31 | 12:43 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
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🏃 Plan Your Next Race in Milwaukee
Find upcoming events by distance:
- Milwaukee 5K Races 56 races
- 10K Run Events in Milwaukee 19 races
- Milwaukee Half Marathons 14 races
- Marathons in Milwaukee 2 races
- Milwaukee Running Calendar 2026 66 races
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, 71 Milwaukee events
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