Results and finish times

Running Is For The Birds - 5K, 10K, Kids Run & Walk - Earth Day Celebration results

Finish-time statistics for 3 years of Running Is For The Birds - 5K, 10K, Kids Run & Walk - Earth Day Celebration in Huntington Beach, California, aggregated from official results. Names are not published here.

How fast is it?

Slower than most California 5Ks

The fastest quarter of the 2025 5K field finished under 32:18, against 30:43 in a typical California 5K, so times here run 5 percent slower.

  • 10K: Slower than most California 10Ks. The fastest quarter of the 2025 10K field finished under 59:46, against 56:15 in a typical California 10K, so times here run 6 percent slower.

Compares the fastest quarter of each field, so walkers and first-timers do not skew it. It reflects the course and the field together: a flat course, cool weather, or a competitive crowd all make times faster.

2025

Apr 26, 2025

EventFinishersWinnerMedianMiddle halfWomen medianMen median
5K Run/Walk17019:2640:3313:03 /mi32:18 to 55:2343:0736:15
10K Run/Walk8233:091:06:5410:46 /mi59:46 to 1:20:101:08:071:04:26

5K Run/Walk

median 40:3321:581:32:53
Finish times, fastest to slowest. Each bar is a slice of the field; the dashed line is the median.

By age group

70+1256:30
20-292937:23
30-393042:54
40-492433:38
50-593740:56
60-691853:17
Under 201529:22

Finishers and median time per group.

10K Run/Walk

median 1:06:5437:451:43:07
Finish times, fastest to slowest. Each bar is a slice of the field; the dashed line is the median.

By age group

70+31:26:01
20-29181:06:29
30-39251:05:00
40-49121:10:49
50-59131:06:34
60-6971:15:25
Under 2031:23:43

Finishers and median time per group.

2024

Apr 6, 2024

EventFinishersWinnerMedianMiddle halfWomen medianMen median
5K Run/WalkPreliminary13920:5938:2012:20 /mi30:10 to 52:0240:0333:11
10K Run/WalkPreliminary8937:121:09:5011:14 /mi1:02:06 to 1:22:531:17:251:05:13
5K PloggingPreliminary2839:1956:0718:04 /mi49:37 to 1:23:0756:071:07:41

5K Run/Walk

median 38:2022:191:24:30
Finish times, fastest to slowest. Each bar is a slice of the field; the dashed line is the median.

By age group

70+1554:23
20-293833:41
30-393233:41
40-491344:39
50-591738:14
60-691844:50
Under 20648:26

Finishers and median time per group.

10K Run/Walk

median 1:09:5041:501:54:04
Finish times, fastest to slowest. Each bar is a slice of the field; the dashed line is the median.

By age group

70+31:24:09
20-29291:03:39
30-39231:05:32
40-4951:18:16
50-59111:17:56
60-69121:22:30
Under 2061:10:51

Finishers and median time per group.

2023

Apr 29, 2023

EventFinishersWinnerMedianMiddle halfWomen medianMen median
5K Run/Walk10322:1643:0813:53 /mi34:18 to 57:2046:4637:39
10K Run/Walk7238:451:06:0310:38 /mi58:22 to 1:21:491:12:191:00:59
5K Plogging4532:121:02:4120:11 /mi49:22 to 1:18:491:01:481:02:41
10K Plogging1356:471:13:3211:50 /mi1:07:53 to 1:34:441:13:321:13:39

5K Run/Walk

median 43:0824:361:22:33
Finish times, fastest to slowest. Each bar is a slice of the field; the dashed line is the median.

By age group

70+1351:15
20-291132:54
30-391644:01
40-491336:37
50-593153:20
60-691538:23
Under 20435:22

Finishers and median time per group.

10K Run/Walk

median 1:06:0340:442:05:55
Finish times, fastest to slowest. Each bar is a slice of the field; the dashed line is the median.

By age group

70+61:24:32
20-2981:00:29
30-39261:00:52
40-49459:28
50-59131:12:37
60-69121:22:21
Under 20344:33

Finishers and median time per group.

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