2025 - Striders Dismal Swamp 5 Miler and Kid's 1 Mile
2025 distances
Running
Dismal Swamp 5 - Miler
LATE REGISTRATION & OPTIONAL PACKET PICK-UP: Fri 04/25 /2025 from 3-5 PM Point 2 running company Chesapeake. Runners may also pick up their packet at the start/finish area beginning at 7 : 00 AM on race day. You must pick up your packet and check in by 7:45 AM on race day.
Dismal Swamp Kids One MIler
LATE REGISTRATION & OPTIONAL PACKET PICK-UP: fri 04/25/2025 from 3-6 at Point2 Running Company Chesapeake. Runners may also pick up their packet at the start/finish area beginning at 7: 00 AM on race day. You must pick up your packet and check in by 9 AM on race day.
Walking
Dismal Swamp 5 Miler Competitive Walk
LATE REGISTRATION & OPTIONAL PACKET PICK-UP: Fri 04/25 /2025 from 3-5 PM Point 2 running company Chesapeake. Runners may also pick up their packet at the start/finish area beginning at 7: 00 AM on race day. You must pick up your packet and check in by 7:45 AM on race day.
Race-day weather
Conditions on April 26, 2025 — historical Open-Meteo data.
The sun rises at 6:16 AM and sets at 7:49 PM local time (EDT) in Chesapeake on April 26, 2025 — 13h 33m of daylight.
Course
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2025 results — Striders Dismal Swamp 5 Miler and Kid's 1 Mile
71 finishers across 2 distances · leading places in the Dismal Swamp 5 Miler Competitive Walk
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Douglas Burghart | 57:06 | 11:25 /mi |
| 2 | Peter Kopacz | 1:01:44 | 12:21 /mi |
| 3 | Roy Blakeburn | 1:11:09 | 14:14 /mi |
| 4 | Victoria Estes | 1:18:26 | 15:41 /mi |
| 5 | Bob Curtin | 1:26:33 | 17:19 /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, 37 Chesapeake events
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