White Meadow Lake Festival 5k
About this race
Are you ready for the Toughest 5k in New Jersey?
The WML "Toughest" 5K in NJ is a USATF-NJ Certified Course.
For many years the White Meadow Lake Community has been holding their annual 5K Run/Walk for their residents and neighboring towns as part of Festival Days, a weekend long event.
As the years have passed the event has grown. More and more runners and walkers alike want to see if it truly is tough. Friends and family alike continue to share the secret about this tough run. Here is YOUR opportunity to see for yourself!
If you think you can handle it we welcome you to come and give it a shot. Here is the route that is run each year denoting the elevation. YOU do the math!
The White Meadow Lake Community looks forward to seeing you tackle this challenge on a cool July morning.
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Running
5k Pre-Registration
Toughest 5k in New Jersey.
Typical race-day weather
Based on 9 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Rockaway, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 5:42 AM and sets at 8:26 PM local time (EDT) in Rockaway on July 19, 2026 — 14h 43m 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 — White Meadow Lake Festival 5k
5k Pre-Registration · 190 finishers
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Port Habalan | 16:51 | 5:25 /mi |
| 2 | Tommy Edwards | 17:00 | 5:28 /mi |
| 3 | Jesse Spector | 17:08 | 5:31 /mi |
| 4 | Luke Sisco | 19:55 | 6:25 /mi |
| 5 | Aaron Grewal | 20:20 | 6:33 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
All results by year
Other races near Rockaway
Different organizers, within 40 miles, in the next three months
Navesink Challenge 12k & 5k
Bighearted 5K
Seventh Rock Ridge Turkey Trot 5K, Kids Fun Run and Food Drive
Mountain Lakes Turkey Trot Hosted by Lakeland Hills Family YMCA
🏃 Plan Your Next Race in Rockaway
Find upcoming events by distance:
- Rockaway Running Calendar 2026 2 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, 2 Rockaway events
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