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Just for the Helena of It

Helena, Montana, United States

calendar_today 18 Oct, 2026

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About the Event

Just for the Helena of It is a fall running event in Helena, MT put on by the Treasure State Runners, a local non-profit organization. The mission of Treasure State Runners is to fundraise through footrace events in the Helena area for nonprofits who foster the importance and pursuit of physical, mental and emotional health.

This year's half marathon, 10k, and 5k routes will highlight the beautiful town of Helena, MT and the surrounding area. 5k participants will be treated to a course full of our Montana big sky. The half marathon and 10k routes weave an out-and-back through Helena's most historic and scenic areas. Check out our website for course maps and more details. An after-race event will be held at the finish line. The fall weather in Montana can be unpredictable, so please come prepared to join the festivities in rain, shine, or snow!

This event has been strongly supported both nationally and locally over the past four years, raising a total of $121,000 for Helena charities. Join us in 2026 and help us reach out goal of raising $40,000 + for The Friendship Center and $10,000 + for Girls Thrive. Lace up your running shoes to support these amazing local nonprofits!

Races Offered

Half Marathon

Oct 18, 2026

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Distance — 13.1 Miles

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09:00

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$65.00

10K

Oct 18, 2026

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Distance — 6.2 Miles

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09:45

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$50.00

5K

Oct 18, 2026

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Distance — 3.1 Miles

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10:00

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$35.00

Weather History

These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for October in Helena.

thermostat Temperature

1.7° / 14.2°

wb_sunny Feels like

-1.8° / 10.4°

light_mode Avg sunshine hours

8h 24m

water_drop Avg rainfall

0.9 mm

ac_unit Avg snowfall

0.3 cm

air Avg wind speed

7.7 km/h (Light breeze)

opacity Sweat loss rate

Low

terrain Course conditions

Firm and slightly soft

sunny Max UV Index

Low (2.8)

humidity_mid Humidity

59.1%

wb_twilight Sunrise

07:47

nightlight Sunset

18:39

About Helena

Learn more about the host city, Helena.

Helena is the state capital of Montana, in the Western Central part of the state. Visitors come to see Helena’s historic Last Chance Gulch, and its mansion district once home to Helena’s gold mining millionaires. The city has running or biking 75 mi (121 km) of trails and opportunities for rafting the mighty Missouri River or fly-fishing.

Hotels & Places to Stay

Race Results

Official finishing times from previous editions of Just for the Helena of It.

Place	Name	Gender	Age	City	Time
🥇	Jesse Zentz	M	46	Helena, MT	17:28.29
🥈	Zach Coccoli	M	34	Helena, MT	20:36.93
🥉	Jed Dailey	M	46	Clancy, MT	20:56.9
4	Katie Stinson	F	30	Bozeman, MT	23:56.41
5	Kristin Reynolds	F	43	Helena, MT	24:30.57
6	Kathy Maxwell	F	35	Belgrade, MT	24:31.91
7	Joseph Thiel	M	32	Helena, MT	25:13.39
8	L. Knapp	M	12	Belgrade, MT	25:16.88
9	Kevin Ward	M	33	Helena, MT	25:33.88
10	Cara Orban	F	40	Helena, MT	25:59.73
11	Jill Love	F	28	Cascade, MT	26:06
12	Mark Majerus	M	75	Helena, MT	26:32.47
13	Michelle Paluck	F	51	Manhattan, MT	26:44.92
14	Blair Haseman	F	34	Clancy, MT	27:08.22
15	R. Haseman	M	4	Clancy, MT	27:08.37
16	Katie Fruits	F	15	Helena, MT	27:13
17	Logan Lee	F	30	Helena, MT	27:32.37
18	Hayley Mach	F	27	Aurora, CO	27:32.8
19	Maria Hamm	F	35	Helena, MT	27:33.83
20	Jordan Conley	F	35	Helena, MT	27:57.28
21	Elizabeth Dundas	F	13	Belgrade, MT	27:58.53
22	Chiara Cipriano	F	31	Helena, MT	28:17.23
23	Caelum Yates	M	14	Clancy, MT	28:34.9
24	Karl Krempel	M	36	Helena, MT	28:39.75
25	Ella Lunny	F	32	Helena, MT	28:45.18
26	Lindsay Dambra	F	35	Boulder, MT	29:04.06
27	Amber Biemiller	F	21	Helena, MT	29:06.42
28	Elsie O'Connor	F	46	Helena, MT	29:27.66
29	Toni Haden	F	45	Helena, MT	29:35.76
30	Emily Kaleczyc	F	35	Helena, MT	29:37.11
31	Lori Priebe	F	45	Helena, MT	29:37.37
32	Benjamin Butcher	M	29	Helena, MT	29:58.11
33	Jeanette Murnane	F	28	Helena, MT	29:58.85
34	Alice Townsend	F	14	Helena, MT	30:51.55
35	Anita Mehus	F	42	Helena, MT	31:22.64
36	Robin Arnold	F	39	Clancy, MT	31:28.11
37	John Fagan	M	59	Helena, MT	31:39.01
38	Natasha Dalton	F	40	Helena, MT	31:39.34
39	Brittany Cory	F	23	Helena, MT	31:55.42
40	Kelli Downer	F	38	Clancy, MT	32:01.57
41	Stefanie Coyle	F	40	Helena, MT	32:15
42	Kohlette Duncan	F	29	Great Falls, MT	32:22.6
43	Rebecca Oset	F	38	Helena, MT	32:23.17
44	Erin Chaney	F	30	Helena, MT	32:54.34
45	Victor Taylor	M	70	Woodville, AL	33:05.41
46	E. Dundas	M	7	Belgrade, MT	33:10.02
47	Abbie Chermack	F	39	Boulder, MT	33:46.87
48	A. Fries	F	12	Helena, MT	33:48.75
49	Hannah Larson	F	23	Clancy, MT	34:02.37
50	Donna Hosmer	F	59	Clancy, MT	34:02.52

Place	Name	Gender	Age	City	Time
🥇	Peter Schommer	M	24	Helena, MT	1:11:17.15
🥈	James Steyee	M	40	Bigfork, MT	1:30:12.98
🥉	Alison Fitzsimmons	F	39	Canyon Creek, MT	1:33:36.9
4	Brian Wacker	M	40	Helena, MT	1:36:13.55
5	Steven Herting	M	28	Cascade, MT	1:36:44.87
6	Rachel Salzman	F	25	Stratham, NH	1:38:33.24
7	Kyle Strode	M	58	Helena, MT	1:39:00.92
8	Heidi Switzer	F	30	Bozeman, MT	1:39:12.51
9	Mallory Frank	F	34	Helena, MT	1:40:25.84
10	Jonathan Webster	M	35	Helena, MT	1:40:34.12
11	Kirk Loveridge	M	43	Helena, MT	1:41:17.28
12	Cory Frankovich	M	45	Anaconda, MT	1:43:55.98
13	Andrew Anderson	M	36	Helena, MT	1:44:00.7
14	Jens Johnson	M	25	Helena, MT	1:45:41.98
15	Katie Smithgall	F	31	Helena, MT	1:46:06.15
16	Britany Hoover	F	37	Clancy, MT	1:47:29.75
17	Bailey Binando	F	18	Roberts, MT	1:47:45.72
18	Razzy Connell	F	43	Omaha, NE	1:48:35.66
19	Taylaur Coccoli	F	32	Helena, MT	1:49:05.04
20	Tharen Dundas	M	36	Belgrade, MT	1:50:55.07
21	Grace Maruca	F	21	Vancouver, WA	1:51:35.8
22	Brent Lloyd	M	24	Helena, MT	1:51:39.83
23	Steven Van Steeland	M	20	Billings, MT	1:51:43.25
24	Emily Kroll	F	25	Helena, MT	1:52:55.31
25	Kelby Garman	M	33	East Helena, MT	1:53:24.87
26	Heather Weber	F	52	Billings, MT	1:54:10.08
27	Jeremy Bollin	M	32	Glasgow, MT	1:54:38.86
28	Alexa Stanfield	F	26	Great Falls, MT	1:54:55.72
29	Connie Matolyak	F	48	Bozeman, MT	1:55:21.18
30	Steve Babcock	M	47	Butte, MT	1:55:49.94
31	Jennifer Filipovich	F	48	Helena, MT	1:56:15.25
32	Emylianne Fujimura	F	31	Fairport, NY	1:56:27.71
33	Randy Stratman	M	59	Helena, MT	1:56:31.17
34	Paul Wrobel	M	21	Bozeman, MT	1:56:42.91
35	John Kaleczyc	M	36	Helena, MT	1:57:05.41
36	Tj Hull	M	54	Townsend, MT	1:57:10.34
37	Peter Wrobel	M	21	Bozeman, MT	1:58:05.35
38	Mae Clark	F	37	Helena, MT	1:58:38.19
39	Cale Knighton	M	37	Helena, MT	1:59:01.07
40	Thomas Alvut	M	26	Livingston, MT	1:59:14.22
41	Catherine McAllister	F	43	Helena, MT	1:59:18.65
42	Traci Swingley	F	56	Helena, MT	2:00:53.9
43	Jordan Hinshaw	F	29	Helena, MT	2:00:55.65
44	Amy Mingay	F	39	Helena, MT	2:02:38.65
45	Jessica Smith	F	35	Helena, MT	2:02:54.01
46	Ben Canby	M	20	Fort Collins, CO	2:03:58.46
47	Dawson Canby	M	25	Fort Collins, CO	2:03:58.77
48	Mac Canby	M	58	Englewood, CO	2:04:46.67
49	Laurie Mettler	F	46	Billings, MT	2:05:02.18
50	Tamara Neidich	F	32	Helena, MT	2:05:08.93

Place	Name	Gender	Age	City	Time
🥇	Edward Coleman	M	15	Helena, MT	38:49.56
🥈	Jonathan Fowlkes	M	42	Missoula, MT	40:20.57
🥉	Mo Bookwalter	F	48	Missoula, MT	42:58.17
4	Kevin Damuth	M	54	Helena, MT	42:58.96
5	Abigail Skujina	F	33	Helena, MT	43:10.93
6	Chad Clancy	M	35	Missoula, MT	45:38.3
7	Bryce Baker	M	42	Missoula, MT	45:41.2
8	Andrew Spencer	M	32	Helena, MT	45:54.88
9	Jordan Brown	M	36	Helena, MT	46:51.52
10	Kathleen Henricksen	F	51	Morton, WA	47:55.65
11	Robert Sikes	M	38	Jefferson City, MT	49:40.23
12	Benton VanDerWege	M	26	Helena, MT	51:13.23
13	Emily Kroll	F	26	Helena, MT	51:24.42
14	Julie Rye	F	39	Helena, MT	52:45.97
15	Maddy Bremel	F	24	Bozeman, MT	52:50.26
16	Jonathan Webster	M	36	Helena, MT	53:26.68
17	Gene Hermanson	M	40	Helena, MT	54:18.8
18	Takashi Horiki	M	50	Great Falls, MT	54:27.75
19	Krista Nolen	F	37	Clancy, MT	55:38.97
20	Hannah Mitchell	F	24	Helena, MT	56:25.89
21	Blair Stapleton	F	23	Helena, MT	56:26.22
22	Kody Clements	F	23	Helena, MT	56:28.3
23	Kaytlon Chaney	F	28	Helena, MT	57:05.79
24	Erin Schattauer	F	43	Helena, MT	57:08.67
25	matt mudd	M	44	Clancy, MT	57:37.77
26	Becky Lang	F	34	Townsend, MT	58:42.77
27	Montana Hein	F	34	Helena, MT	59:04.02
28	Amy May	F	36	Helena, MT	59:40.18
29	Druanne Cote	F	39	Helena, MT	59:49.81
30	Gwendolyn Cooper	F	24	Bozeman, MT	1:00:16.28
31	Jonah Theisen	M	27	Bozeman, MT	1:00:16.51
32	Laura Maurillo	F	37	Helena, MT	1:00:17.88
33	Zach Allen	M	22	Helena, MT	1:00:51.74
34	Naomi Klinker	F	38	Fairfield, MT	1:01:02.86
35	Heather Irving	F	47	Helena, MT	1:01:03.37
36	Rebecca Oset	F	39	Helena, MT	1:01:30.05
37	Erin Legel	F	29	Great Falls, MT	1:01:58.8
38	Michelle Paluck	F	52	Manhattan, MT	1:03:11.53
39	Jon Rutkowske	M	69	Helena, MT	1:03:12.64
40	Claire O'Connell	F	54	Helena, MT	1:03:19.26
41	Donald Davis	M	69	Wofford Heights, CA	1:03:22.94
42	Erin Waldman	F	26	Helena, MT	1:03:31.96
43	Matt Miller	M	37	Jefferson City, MT	1:03:51.85
44	Sara Miller	F	37	Jefferson City, MT	1:03:52.98
45	Robin Arnold	F	40	Clancy, MT	1:04:41.38
46	Traci Merzlak	F	59	Helena, MT	1:04:41.87
47	Shelby Hyatt	F	20	Helena, MT	1:05:23.22
48	Allyson Crum	F	42	Helena, MT	1:05:33.35
49	Megan Stearman	F	36	Goodyear, AZ	1:05:34.5
50	Gabrielle Chatman	F	27	Great Falls, MT	1:05:41.5

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Just for the Helena of It

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Races Offered

Half Marathon

10K

5K

Weather History

About Helena

Hotels & Places to Stay

Race Results

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Just for the Helena of It

About the Event

Races Offered

Half Marathon

10K

5K

Weather History

About Helena

Hotels & Places to Stay

Race Results

Runner Reviews

No reviews yet

Nearby Races

Dinged to Blads Trail Runs

Mount Helena Run

Helena Sun Run

Wolf Creek Canyon Relay

Recommended for You

2026 Palouse Sprint Triathlon and Duathlon

2026 Northwest Series - Day 5 (ID)

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