Race for Rescue
About this race
The Race for Rescue, Oahu Search and Rescue’s primary fund raising event, is a 5K run that has been held each year, in October. For 2026, the course will be held at Kaiwi Mauka, at the south eastern tip of Oahu. Located just outside of Hawaii Kai, this stunning race course, winds it's way up into the valley gaining elevation above the golf course, before looping back down hill to the start/finish line.
OSAR relies on this event to fund our organization for the next year, covering costs like insurance, technical rescue gear, and educational supplies. It's the support of our community that allows us to support our community!
This year there will be two different events:
- The RACE for RESCUE 5K will be held on October 31st in Hawaii Kai . Enjoy the amazing scenery while you run/walk a 5K out and back. Like last year, this course is not stroller friendly.
- The VIRTUAL 5K can be run any time during the race window (October 1st - October 31st), anywhere in the world. You simply run/walk 5k at the location and time of your choosing, and then upload your time to the race website.
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Running
Virtual Race for Rescue 5K
This is the VIRTUAL version of our race. If you sign up you can run your race anywhere in the world, during the race window (October 1st - October 25th) and then upload your results.
Race for Rescue 5K Trail Walk/Run/Hike
In person run/walk. Race will start at 8:30am.
Typical race-day weather
Based on 10 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Honolulu, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:22 AM and sets at 6:19 PM local time (HST) in Honolulu on October 1, 2026 — 11h 56m of daylight.
Course
No course map published yet.
The organizer hasn't released a route for this event, and we don't publish guesses. If you're the organizer, send us a GPX file and we'll draw the profile.
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2026 results — Race for Rescue
Virtual Race for Rescue 5K · 2 finishers
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DORSEY SANCHEZ | 34:28 | 11:06 /mi |
| 2 | Rosie Pearson | 1:15:00 | 24:08 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
All results by year
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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, 32 Honolulu events
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