Rome Sweet Home 5K
About this race
NEW ROUTE! STARTING AT JOHNNY'S TAVERN!
➡️Starting at Johnny’s Tavern
➡️Circle around the backside of Wheatfield Village
➡️Enter Shunga Trail at Fairlawn Rd
Continue on Shunga Trail
➡️Turnaround point is at water station follow same path back.
Come for our events later in the day starting at 4:30 with mass. After mass starting at 5:30 the night leads into a live rock concert, beer garden, food trucks, bouncy houses and carnival games for the kiddos. The night ends with one of the best fireworks displays in Topeka!
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Rome Sweet Home 5K
Race will start at 9am this year after mass has ended.
Typical race-day weather
Based on 5 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Topeka, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 7:14 AM and sets at 7:13 PM local time (CDT) in Topeka on September 26, 2026 — 11h 59m of daylight.
Course
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2026 results — Rome Sweet Home 5K
Rome Sweet Home 5K · 90 finishers
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R. CALCUTT | 23:11 | 7:28 /mi |
| 2 | Eliza CALCUTT | 23:24 | 7:32 /mi |
| 3 | Evelyn Peat | 31:05 | 10:00 /mi |
| 4 | Carlos Juarez | 31:47 | 10:14 /mi |
| 5 | F. Elijah | 32:02 | 10:19 /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, 27 Topeka events
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