Salmon Run Series
About this race
Come run with the salmon!
Weekly 5K races & kids fun runs in July & August
Mondays, July 6 - August 3, at 5:30pm at Tsalteshi Trails!
Professional runner Allie Ostrander started Salmon Run Series as her Caring for the Kenai project in 2012. Allie’s incredible determination got this great race series started, and we are proud to host the Salmon Run Series today with the same spirit that Allie brought when she started it. With over 100 runners participating regularly, the Salmon Run Series has a central spot on the local running calendar with 5Ks and Fun Runs each Monday. Curious about what Allie is up to today? Follow her on Instagram or Twitter!
Grab your running shoes and join us for the Salmon Run Series at Tsalteshi Trails! Check-in for the race begins at 5:30pm and ends at 6pm. The kids race will begin at 6pm, with the adults race following soon after at 6:15pm. Routes progress from weeks 1-4, getting harder each week, and week 5 is a repeat of week 1, to test your fitness! Train and stay active, and best of all, run for a good cause!
For virtual runners: turn in your results by 10 AM the Thursday following the race to be included in the final race results for that week. Run Keeper, Strava, and most running apps acceptable. Only virtual runners who complete the actual race course will be included in the overall standings, other virtual runners will be included in a separate results list.
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Salmon Run Series Week 1
Salmon Run Series Week 2
Salmon Run Series Week 3
Salmon Run Series Week 4
Salmon Run Series Week 5
Typical race-day weather
Based on 1 year of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Soldotna, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 4:48 AM and sets at 11:29 PM local time (AKDT) in Soldotna on July 6, 2026 — 18h 41m of daylight.
Course
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2026 results — Salmon Run Series
374 finishers across 5 distances · leading places in the Salmon Run Series Week 1
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Achilles Theisen | 15:13 | 4:54 /mi |
| 2 | Theodore Thurber | 17:16 | 5:34 /mi |
| 3 | Cody Neuendorf | 17:57 | 5:47 /mi |
| 4 | Jonah Strauel | 18:56 | 6:06 /mi |
| 5 | Gunner Young | 19:50 | 6:23 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
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Find upcoming events by distance:
- Soldotna Running Calendar 2026 3 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, 3 Soldotna events
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