2016 - Race For A Soldier Half Marathon, 10K & 5K, Virtual Run, and Kids Run
2016 distances
Running
Half Marathon (corporate team, military individual and team dicounts available during registration)
The half marathon course is a beautiful scenic moderately hilly course looping through the Puget Sound community of Gig Harbor. View of the Puget Sound, massive pine trees and thousands of cheering spectators await you along the course. An exciting energy packed start and finish "Base Camp" with music, vendors, food trucks and fun. Fully traffic controlled and multiple runner and bicycle pacers keep runners safe through the entire course. Corporate and military team discounts are available during registration process as well as individual military discounts. Military discounts apply to active, retired, reserves, guard and dependents.
5K (youth discounts for 12 and under as well as team identification is available during registration)
The 5K course is an easy rolling loop. Youth discount for 12 and under. You may also create a team or join an existing team during your registration process. Watch for "special pricing" or "team" buttons!
Race-day weather
Conditions on September 25, 2016 — historical Open-Meteo data.
The sun rises at 7:02 AM and sets at 7:01 PM local time (PDT) in Gig Harbor on September 25, 2016 — 11h 59m of daylight.
Course
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2016 results — Race For A Soldier Half Marathon, 10K & 5K, Virtual Run, and Kids Run
1,365 finishers across 2 distances · leading places in the Half Marathon (corporate team, military individual and team dicounts available during registration)
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eric Geber | 1:21:31 | 6:13 /mi |
| 2 | Adam Jones | 1:25:21 | 6:31 /mi |
| 3 | Colton Becker | 1:25:56 | 6:34 /mi |
| 4 | Jake Riley | 1:26:08 | 6:34 /mi |
| 5 | Ben Kevan | 1:26:34 | 6:37 /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, 8 Gig Harbor events
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