Pound the Pavement for Purple 5K and 2 Mile Walk
About this race
Neptune Township
and the
Monmouth County Board of County Commissioners
presents
13th Annual Pound the Pavement for Purple 5K Run/Walk and 2 Mile Walk
September 19, 2026
5K Run Start Time: 10:00AM
Walk Start Time: 10:15AM
Registration
Pre-registration until September 16th
*Online registration ends September 15th
On-site Registration and Packet Pickup will be on Wednesday, 9/16 between 5pm-7pm
at SUNSETS RIVERFRONT RESTAURANT & BAR, 302 S CONCOURSE, NEPTUNE, NJ
Entry Fees
Pre-Registration (through 9/25) $30
Post-Registration and Race Day $40
Raceday registration opens at 8:30am at The Headliner
5K Awards
Top 3 Male and Female Overall
Top 3 Male and Female in each age group
18 + under, 19-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49
50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, 80-84, 85-89, 90 and over
Top 3 Fundraisers
No duplicate awards
The 2 Mile Family Walk is not a timed event
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Running
5K
2 Mile Walk
Typical race-day weather
Based on 12 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Neptune, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:41 AM and sets at 6:58 PM local time (EDT) in Neptune on September 19, 2026 — 12h 17m of daylight.
Course
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2026 results — Pound the Pavement for Purple 5K and 2 Mile Walk
5K · 188 finishers
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Jovanis | 19:17 | 6:13 /mi |
| 2 | Branden Fleschut | 19:28 | 6:16 /mi |
| 3 | Pat Ford | 19:56 | 6:25 /mi |
| 4 | JOSUE GARCIA | 20:37 | 6:38 /mi |
| 5 | Donald Schwartz | 21:16 | 6:51 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
All results by year
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🏃 Plan Your Next Race in Neptune
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- Neptune Running Calendar 2026 2 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, 2 Neptune events
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