Unite to Fight 5K Run/Walk
About this race
Unite to Fight!
Childhood Hunger 5K Run/Walk
Join Filling in the Blanks on August 23, 2026, at the Eighth Annual Unite to Fight 5K. The race will take place at Mill River Park located in Stamford, CT.
In Fairfield County, more than 33,000 children are not sure where their next meal will come from. Most will get breakfast and lunch from school every weekday, but many will go from Friday lunch until Monday at breakfast without a decent meal. Founded in 2013, Filling in the Blanks is an organization that fills in those weekend gaps by providing each child in its program with a bag filled with healthy, easy-to-prepare food for the weekend. When the obstacle of food insecurity is removed, children experience increased academic achievement in school and greater opportunities for success in their lives. FITB continuously serves 10,000+ kids at over 200 sites throughout Fairfield, Westchester, and Putnam counties. FITB has also established four in-school pantries and in 2023 launched the Fresh Food On The Move mobile pantry that provides families with fresh produce, veggies, proteins and other staples, as well as health and wellness services.
With your race registration, you will receive a Unite to Fight T-shirt.
*T-shirts are based on availability if registering after July 17, 2026.
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Unite to Fight 5K
Virtual 5K
If you can't make it in person, sign up for the virtual 5K and submit your results.
Typical race-day weather
Based on 7 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Stamford, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:12 AM and sets at 7:41 PM local time (EDT) in Stamford on August 23, 2026 — 13h 29m of daylight.
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2026 results — Unite to Fight 5K Run/Walk
219 finishers across 2 distances · leading places in the Unite to Fight 5K
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Filippo Petrini | 16:24 | 6:19 /mi |
| 2 | Nolan Chung | 16:45 | 6:26 /mi |
| 3 | Jacob Berkowitz | 16:46 | 6:27 /mi |
| 4 | Angel Quilligana | 16:56 | 6:31 /mi |
| 5 | Michael McKearney | 17:08 | 6:35 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
All results by year
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- Stamford 5K Races 8 races
- Stamford Running Calendar 2026 9 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, 10 Stamford events
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