October 10, 2026
Whether you want to kick start your fitness journey, run a real cross-country course, or relive your glory days; our annual Glory Days 5K is the event for you!
This 5K is open to the entire community including any spectators and/or coaches who are coming with their student athlete.
This is one-of-a-kind chance to share the course that has been completed by thousands and thousands of high school and middle school athletes including some of the fastest runners in the nation!
Cost:
$25 Pre-registered by October 10 at 5 PM, includes a short sleeve Portage Invite race t-shirt.
$30 Day of race/onsite registration (Availability of t-shirts and sizes cannot be guaranteed with onsite registration.)
Onsite Registration/Packet Pickup:
Saturday, October 10, 2026 from 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM behind Portage West Middle School
Top 50 runners receive a medal!
Oct 10, 2026
Distance — 5K
Type — Running
08:15
$25.00
These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for October in Portage.
Learn more about the host city, Portage.
Portage is in Kalamazoo County in West Central Michigan. The population was 46,292 in the 2010 census. It is adjacent to Kalamazoo. Portage has miles of paths connecting its numerous parks.
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Official finishing times from previous editions of Glory Days 5K Community Run at The Portage Invitational.
| Place | Name | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | Zachary Kughn | 14:55.75 | |
| 🥈 | Louis Falland | 15:01.72 | |
| 🥉 | Forrest Isenhour | 15:40.45 | |
| 4 | Bryce Bradley | 15:48.19 | |
| 5 | Clay Burnett | 15:56.61 | |
| 6 | Abram Visser | 16:13.99 | |
| 7 | Ryan Garman | 16:47.93 | |
| 8 | Matt Sicilia | 16:54.51 | |
| 9 | Kyle Strong | 16:56.47 | |
| 10 | Joe Hegger | 16:57.55 | |
| 11 | Garrett Novak | 17:00.1 | |
| 12 | Aidan Bustillo | 17:10.41 | |
| 13 | Matteo Robazza | 17:10.85 | |
| 14 | Leah O'Connor | 17:27.71 | |
| 15 | Spencer Waldmann | 17:32.02 | |
| 16 | Matthew Wholihan | 17:39.67 | |
| 17 | Jalen Smith | 17:42.73 | |
| 18 | Lucas Wolthuis | 17:51.1 | |
| 19 | Megan O'Neil | 17:51.87 | |
| 20 | Travis Lubbers | 17:52.3 | |
| 21 | Dallin Toth | 18:01.23 | |
| 22 | John Smith | 18:15.31 | |
| 23 | Riley Newton | 18:17.16 | |
| 24 | Kyle Petronio | 18:23.91 | |
| 25 | Joel Blackburn | 18:25.36 | |
| 26 | Jake Phillips | 18:36.48 | |
| 27 | Lisa Burnett | 18:41.95 | |
| 28 | B. Jazwinski | 18:52.18 | |
| 29 | Alex Best | 18:56.55 | |
| 30 | Phillip Dommisse | 19:10.14 | |
| 31 | Alec Saylor | 19:11.49 | |
| 32 | Jon Mathiesen | 19:12.32 | |
| 33 | Scott VanLoo | 19:18.76 | |
| 34 | Brian Kalsbeek | 19:22.28 | |
| 35 | Geoffrey Mallett | 19:40.73 | |
| 36 | Ethan Saylor | 19:42.28 | |
| 37 | tyler sheteron | 19:43.35 | |
| 38 | Andrew Slager | 19:45.9 | |
| 39 | Tj Krawczyk | 19:50.7 | |
| 40 | Sam Putzke | 19:52.64 | |
| 41 | Austin Carlson | 19:59.83 | |
| 42 | Connor Phelps | 20:02.85 | |
| 43 | Alex Richards | 20:04.63 | |
| 44 | Sam Lothamer | 20:09.96 | |
| 45 | Brad Schmidt | 20:10.62 | |
| 46 | Zachary Kerr | 20:11.88 | |
| 47 | Wayne Oom | 20:12.25 | |
| 48 | Michael Schafer | 20:15.96 | |
| 49 | Rory Wildner | 20:18.25 | |
| 50 | Mandi Zemba | 20:21.35 |
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