What If Cares - Stephen Golub Memorial 5k
About this race
What If Media Group is happy to announce the fifth annual What If Cares Stephen Golub Memorial 5k. This virtual race will be held in memory of our employee, co-worker, & friend, Stephen Golub, who passed away in 2021. For every employee (and family member) who participates, WIMG will donate $100.00 to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in Stephen's honor. If we reach our goal of over 100 participants, we will donate a total of $10,000.00. Let's do the 5k for the $10k!!!
The virtual 5k will take place from 5:00 PM EDT on Friday, June 5th, 2026 - through 11:59 PM EDT on Sunday, June 7th, 2026. Participants can log miles at any time during the specified period - outside or on a treadmill, solo or with a group of co-workers. Individual race times will be reported via our dedicated race website.
For those participants in the New Jersey/New York area who would like to run or walk the 5k together in person, we will meet at the Wild Duck Pond at Saddle River County Park on Saturday, June 6th, at 1:00 PM EDT. If you plan to join us for the in-person event, please notify Mindy Thompson at mthompson@whatifmediagroup.com.
This is a wonderful opportunity to honor the life & memory of Stephen Golub & we encourage as many people to participate as possible. There is no cost to sign up, but to receive a guaranteed race baseball cap prior to the event, you must complete registration by Monday, May 4th. Registration for the race itself will remain open until Thursday, June 4th, 2026. Anyone who registers between May 5th & June 4th will receive their cap after the 5k date.
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What If Cares - Stephen Golub Memorial 5k
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Based on 6 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Ridgewood, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 5:25 AM and sets at 8:25 PM local time (EDT) in Ridgewood on June 5, 2026 — 15h 00m of daylight.
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2026 results — What If Cares - Stephen Golub Memorial 5k
What If Cares - Stephen Golub Memorial 5k · 53 finishers
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Tom | 25:06 | 8:06 /mi |
| 2 | Naiche Pena | 25:16 | 8:09 /mi |
| 3 | Spencer Elg | 25:59 | 8:23 /mi |
| 4 | Arthur Bagourd | 28:25 | 9:10 /mi |
| 5 | Ernesto Guerrero | 29:22 | 9:28 /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, 8 Ridgewood events
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