Run with the Cows 5K
About this race
August 2, 2025, 9:00 am
Chatham, MI
$30.00 Entry Fee – 17 and under are free
This race is sponsored by the Chatham Lions Club in conjunction with the Alger County Fair.
Pre-register by July 26th to receive a free T-shirt. Late and walk-in registrations are allowed, but will not be guaranteed a T-shirt.
On-site registration and packet pick-up begins at 8:00 am the day of the race.
All participants receive a free T-shirt (if pre-registered), a discount coupon for Ice Cream at Mama Cows, and a day pass
to the Alger County Fair. All proceeds go the Chatham Lions Club to support local community events.
The race will begin at the Peoples State Bank in Chatham and proceed past the cow filled pastures of Michigan State University’s Upper Peninsula Research and Extension Center and finish back at the Peoples State Bank.
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Running
Run with the Cows 5K
Run with the Cows 5K Youth
Youth 17 and under can participate in this event for free and receive the same items as the paid adults.
Typical race-day weather
Based on 5 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Chatham, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:29 AM and sets at 9:18 PM local time (EDT) in Chatham on August 1, 2026 — 14h 49m of daylight.
Course
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2026 results — Run with the Cows 5K
61 finishers across 2 distances · leading places in the Run with the Cows 5K, Overall Results
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Axtell | 19:27 | 6:16 /mi |
| 2 | Jude Kyllonen | 24:04 | 7:45 /mi |
| 3 | Edward Greenwald | 24:51 | 8:00 /mi |
| 4 | Adam Guenther | 26:41 | 8:35 /mi |
| 5 | Casey Seppanen | 27:50 | 8:58 /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, 1 Chatham event
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