The Little Compton Road Race
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The Little Compton Road Race

Little Compton, Rhode Island, United States View on map
Jul 11, 2026 (America/New_York local time)
Running

About this race

ONLINE REGISTRATION ONLY.  NO PAPER REGISTRATION DAY OF EVENT ONLY ONLINE.

A SCENIC 4.8 MILE RURAL COURSE

Beginning with a 9:00 am start
Length: 4.8 miles – course is flat and fast! Plus+ Mylaps-B Tag Timing. We have three water stations on the course.
Escorted by LC’s finest. Medical assistance by LC rescue
Officially sanctioned and blessed by USATF.  Please be reminded that according to USATF rules, strollers, baby joggers, dogs are not 
allowed in the race.

PRIZES & CATEGORIES

Great merchandise prizes for the top three in each category.

Junior (13-19)
Open (20-39)
Master (40-49)
Senior (50-59)
Veteran (60-69)
Grand Veteran (70-79)
Much Admired (80+)
Little Compton (Genuine Locals*)
(*full time, permanent residents)


THE HUMBLE ORGANIZERS

United Congregational Church “Road Race Committee”, volunteers & friends who are very humble, but perform brilliantly.

THE PARTICULARS
Register on line and save!!!
On line entry $35 until July 10th at http://www.ucclittlecompton.org
$35 online only (received by July 11),
$40 on race day.

POST RACE EVENTS
Refreshments for all runners.
A summer country fair atmosphere which includes: 40 plus vendors, food court, music, kids games, White Elephant, and raffles. Come for the race – stay for the day!

T-shirts to the first 500 entries.

The Pike’s Peak Races:
Kids races start at 8:30 a.m. 
but must be registered by 8:15 a.m.
and costs $15 pre-entry, 
but $20 on race day. 
T-shirts to the first 120 entries.

Pick your distance

Running

4.8 Mile Run

Jul 11, 2026 7.7K 9:00 AM
$40.00
Closed

The Pike's Peak Race

Kids race start at 8:30am. races for 4-6, 7-9, and 10-12.

Jul 11, 2026 1.6K 8:30 AM
$20.00
Closed

Virtual 4.8 Miler

T shirts will be mailed to the address on your registration

Jul 11, 2026 7.7K 8:30 AM
$40.00
Closed

Typical race-day weather

Based on 8 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Little Compton, plus the 3 days either side.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (race-week average) 17.8° / Maximum temperature (race-week average) 23.6°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 17.8° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 23.9°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (race-week average)
22.5
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (race-week average)
1.9mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (race-week average)
80.1%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on July 11, 2026 (EDT)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on July 11, 2026 (EDT)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
14h 58m

The sun rises at 5:21 AM and sets at 8:19 PM local time (EDT) in Little Compton on July 11, 2026 — 14h 58m of daylight.

Course

No course map published yet.

The organizer hasn't released a route for this event, and we don't publish guesses. If you're the organizer, send us a GPX file and we'll draw the profile.

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2026 results — The Little Compton Road Race

4.8 Mile Run · 427 finishers

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Leading finishers of the 2026 The Little Compton Road Race
Place Name Time Pace
1 Cooper Michaud 24:50 5:10 /mi
2 Larry Mathis 25:00 5:13 /mi
3 Chris Vachon 25:21 5:17 /mi
4 Billy Mathis 25:26 5:18 /mi
5 Henry Domnarski 26:35 5:32 /mi

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

All results by year

2026 edition View Results
2025 edition View Results
2024 edition View Results
2023 edition View Results
2022 edition View Results
2019 edition View Results

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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, 2 Little Compton events

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