Memorial Day Hero Salute
About this race
Rad Racing Company proudly presents... the 2nd Annual Memorial Day Hero Salute!!
Every Memoridal Day we meet at the Town Center Park in Kingwood to honor those who gave it all for our freedoms by completing/competing in one of two Hero Races: MURPH / LOREDO, or a Half-Marathon / 5K/10k ... 10 and Under fun: Kids Mini-Salute (short mini hero race).
POST-RACE will end with a Kids and Winners Tug-of-War Competition!!(Kids & Adults ~ LIMITED AVAILABILITY - details soon!)
So, before you fire-up those grills and put on your swim suit, lace-up your kicks and come along side us to raise funds for our awesome Heros/Families and push yourself to a new level of courage.
They did it for us... we can do it for them!
See you on the course!
The event supports: Semper Fi & Americas Fund & Camp Hope (PTSD Foundation of America)
**please consider making a direct donation and creating your own fundraiser to any of these worthy partner organizations through our Run Sign-Up page.
Top Fundraiser will receive a full refund of their registration
(must donate at least $50 for this)**all individual donations of $25 or more will receive a discount on registration and be entered into drawing for free race entry**
ALL event participants will receive a Custom Race Shirt, Finishers Medal and Race Bib.
Overall Award winners and age placement will receive for Top 3.
**EXCLUSIVE MDHS SWAG PACK (LIMITED QTY) - coveted TBD, TBD and Choice of 'Hero Garb'... available at check-out, packet pick-up and event until we run out!
**Be sure to sign up by April 26th to guarantee finisher shirt and size!**
MURPH (timed: x1 round) - 1-mile run, 100 pull-ups, 200 push-ups, 300 air-squats, 1-mile run LOREDO (timed: x6 rounds) - 24 air-squats, 24 push-ups, 24 lunges, .25-mile run KIDS SALUTE (timed: x1 round) - .25-mile run, 12 air-squats, 12 push-ups, 12 sit-ups, .25-mile run*Tug of War ~ Award Winners ~ Earn It!!
LET'S HONOR THEM... WE'LL BE CHEERING YOU ON!! 💪
ALL overall award winners this year will get a FREE invite to Race with us again next year for any distance they choose… let’s see who’s coming back on RRC’s dime in 2026!
PRE RACE FUN: Music, Sponsor/Vendor Booths, AND Donation Drawing!!
POST RACE FUN: live results, awards, TUG-of-WAR, refreshments and music!!
Course & Site Map Here!
Volunteer then Run" is our highly discounted registration to help with Race Day and Pre-Race Day Packet-Pick-Up. After Packet Pick-Up is over, you can run and then after help with Award Distribution, Finishline photos and Finisher Tent needs. This option is only available to Loredo and 5k participants. Simply show up an hour and a half before race start to help and about 15 minutes before race starts, you can join everyone at the starting line for pre-race warmup. Then after you run the race and recover you help us hand out awards, refreshments and any post-race needs!!
Supporting/not running, but want to serve your running community and still get the swag? No problem, just click on volunteer on the above menu and choose from the available positions still available. These positions are filled on a first come first serve basis.
Full race volunteers will receive:
Race Swag (after participants get theirs)
1 free entry to a future Rad Racing Company event
Let’s get together and honor our Military Heros this Memorial Day!!
Pick your distance
Running
MURPH!
**LIMITED AVAILABILITY** For time: 1-mile run 100 pull-ups 200 push-ups 300 air-squats 1-mile run
LOREDO!
**LIMITED AVAILABILITY** For time: x6 rounds 24 air-squats 24 push-ups 24 lunges .25-mile
HALF MARATHON!
10K!
5K!
Virtual MURPH
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Virtual LOREDO
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Virtual HALF MARATHON
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Virtual 5K
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Typical race-day weather
Based on 2 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Kingwood, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:21 AM and sets at 8:13 PM local time (CDT) in Kingwood on May 25, 2026 — 13h 51m of daylight.
Course
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2026 results — Memorial Day Hero Salute
279 finishers across 7 distances · leading places in the MURPH!
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ethan Pereault | 34:41 | 17:20 /mi |
| 2 | Stuart Page | 35:00 | 17:30 /mi |
| 3 | Jonathan Sanchez | 36:06 | 18:03 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
All results by year
Other races near Kingwood
Different organizers, within 40 miles, in the next three months
Kingwood Christmas Cookie Dash
Addi's Faith Turkey Day 5K & Kids Wishbone 1K
The Highlands Reindeer Run
Afna Walk & Run (Houston)
🏃 Plan Your Next Race in Kingwood
Find upcoming events by distance:
- Kingwood 5K Races 4 races
- 10K Run Events in Kingwood 2 races
- Kingwood Running Calendar 2026 7 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, 7 Kingwood events
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