Stride For Change: Supporting Our Veterans and Military Families
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Stride For Change: Supporting Our Veterans and Military Families

Holyoke, Massachusetts, United States View on map
Aug 29, 2026 (America/New_York local time)
Running

About this race

This Race is held annually in memory of SrA Stephen Comeau to end soldier suicide. All funds raised directly benefit impactful organizations; this year all funds raised will be donated to Stop Soldier Suicide, Veteran Dragon Boat Team USA, and New England Run for the Fallen. These organizations are committed to improving the lives of our nation's heroes, providing critical support, raising awareness, and honoring those who have served. 

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Running

5K walk/Run

This event will be rain or shine. Fruit and water will be provided for the runners/walkers. Registration starts at 8AM, Race starts at 9AM. This will be a timed run T-Shirt is included with registration fee and 1 raffle ticket. There are prizes for the first Male, Female, and Child to finish.

Aug 29, 2026 5K 8:00 AM
$35.00
Closed

Typical race-day weather

Based on 1 year of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Holyoke, plus the 3 days either side.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (race-week average) 16.3° / Maximum temperature (race-week average) 25.9°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 16.3° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 27.3°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (race-week average)
12.5
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (race-week average)
3.2mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (race-week average)
78.1%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on August 29, 2026 (EDT)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on August 29, 2026 (EDT)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
13h 16m

The sun rises at 6:12 AM and sets at 7:29 PM local time (EDT) in Holyoke on August 29, 2026 — 13h 16m of daylight.

Course

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2026 results — Stride For Change: Supporting Our Veterans and Military Families

5K walk/Run · 69 finishers

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Leading finishers of the 2026 Stride For Change: Supporting Our Veterans and Military Families
Place Name Time Pace
1 Mark Rabasco 17:50 5:45 /mi
2 Joe Nichols 23:20 7:31 /mi
3 Jamie Frazer 23:57 7:43 /mi
4 Donald Saylor 24:38 7:56 /mi
5 Ross Via 24:38 7:56 /mi

Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.

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  • 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, 10 Holyoke events

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