The Rat Race 5k Run/Walk
About this race
The 4th Rat Race, hosted by the Huron Booster Club, is an annual fundraiser to support all sports offered at Huron! Home of the River Rats, Huron is a comprehensive high school in the Ann Arbor School District, with a student population of nearly 1900 students. It has one of the largest populations of Schools of Choice students and low-income students in Washtenaw County.
Why is hosting important? Research shows that high schoolers who participate in sports manage stress better, feel a stronger sense of community, and are at low risk of engaging in risky behaviors. We want to make interscholastic athletics accessible to all students.
Huron students and staff can register for a discounted rate. Must provide school ID at check-in!
Event will happen 'rain or shine' so be prepared for whatever Mother Nature sends us! There are no refunds
5k is chip timed; the Mile is an untimed event with a running clock provided.
Day of Race Registration/Pickup/Check-In: Opens at 830 and will be located underneath Huron's iconic 'Arch' at the heart of campus
Parking - can be made in the campus lots. Preferred location is the lot by the football stadium or the lot by the Huron Spirit Rock / Tennis courts. Entrances to both off of Fuller Road.
Pick your distance
Running
5k Run/Walk
Finisher's medals and Age Group awards!
5k Run/Walk - Huron Student/Staff
Finisher's medal and Age Group Awards!
Walking
Mile (Untimed)
No age group awards for the Mile! Potentially a finishers award-
Typical race-day weather
Based on 10 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Ann Arbor, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 7:35 AM and sets at 7:11 PM local time (EDT) in Ann Arbor on October 4, 2026 — 11h 36m 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 Rat Race 5k Run/Walk
31 finishers across 2 distances · leading places in the 5k Run/Walk
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Smart | 22:35 | 7:17 /mi |
| 2 | Denise Berry | 24:23 | 7:52 /mi |
| 3 | Orion Pearson | 24:39 | 7:57 /mi |
| 4 | Zack Hildebrandt | 24:39 | 7:57 /mi |
| 5 | Andriy Myronovych | 24:48 | 8:00 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
All results by year
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Find upcoming events by distance:
- Ann Arbor 5K Races 26 races
- 10K Run Events in Ann Arbor 10 races
- Ann Arbor Half Marathons 5 races
- Ann Arbor Running Calendar 2026 36 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, 36 Ann Arbor events
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