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Oktoberfest 5-Miler presented by Altra

Columbia, Maryland, United States

calendar_today 25 Oct, 2026

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About the Event

Join us for the 2026 Oktoberfest 5-Miler presented by Altra in Howard County! Celebrate this fall tradition with a beautiful course that winds around Columbia's scenic Lake Elkhorn, great swag, and an awesome post-race party at Black Flag Brewing Co.! A portion of the race proceeds benefits Bridges to Housing Stability in Howard County.

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Races Offered

5-Miler ASA

Oct 25, 2026

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Distance — 5 Miles

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$55.00

Virtual 5-Miler

Oct 25, 2026

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$45.00

5-Miler

Oct 25, 2026

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Distance — 5 Miles

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08:00

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$45.00

Weather History

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

thermostat Temperature

9.9° / 19.7°

wb_sunny Feels like

7.2° / 17.4°

light_mode Avg sunshine hours

9h 17m

water_drop Avg rainfall

1.1 mm

ac_unit Avg snowfall

—

air Avg wind speed

10.9 km/h (Light breeze)

opacity Sweat loss rate

Low

terrain Course conditions

Firm and slightly soft

sunny Max UV Index

Moderate (4.0)

humidity_mid Humidity

68.7%

wb_twilight Sunrise

07:18

nightlight Sunset

18:27

About Columbia

Learn more about the host city, Columbia.

Columbia is a planned city in Howard County, Central Maryland. It differs strongly from most notions of what constitutes a "city," as the planner divided the densely populated, but decidedly suburban in character, city into ten "villages," each of which are divided into several neighborhoods, leaving the city with a less obvious center.

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Race Results

Official finishing times from previous editions of Oktoberfest 5-Miler presented by Altra.

Place	Name	Gender	Age	City	Time
🥇	John Ford	M	29	Phoenix, MD	—
🥇	Keirstyn Silver	F	39	Columbia, MD	—
🥈	JOHN CHALL	M	63	Crownsville, MD	—
🥈	Brittany Spencer	F	34	Gwynn Oak, MD	—
🥉	Steve Rivera	M	45	New Market, MD	—
🥉	Eamon Kelly	M	31	Baltimore, MD	—
4	Sarah Rivera	F	39	New Market, MD	—
4	Tom McGonigal	M	37	Glen Burnie, MD	—
5	Janice Uthe	F	68	Bowie, MD	—
5	Michele Firlie	F	51	Mount Airy, MD	—
6	Nicole Burns	F	43	Columbia, MD	—
6	Steve Rollings	M	66	Crofton, MD	—
7	Sarah Little	F	36	Catonsville, MD	—
7	Kelli Berg	F	48	Woodstock, MD	—
8	Janice Uthe	F	64	Bowie, MD	—
8	Saran Harris	F	51	Perry Hall, MD	—
9	Valerie Patel	F	38	Columbia, MD	—
9	Maureen Higgins	F	74	Arnold, MD	—
10	Anonymous Anonymous	F	57	—	—
11	Amy Johnson	F	38	Huntsville, AL	—
12	Kristen Park	F	33	Chester, MD	—
13	Emily Peshek	F	23	Baltimore, MD	—
14	Brandon Horbal	M	35	Olney, MD	—
15	Kimberly Kelly	F	31	Baltimore, MD	—
16	David Laydon	M	28	Germantown, MD	—
17	Rebecca Misanin	F	30	Oak Creek, WI	—
18	Jason Bender	M	43	Columbia, MD	—
19	Katherine Jones	F	33	Baltimore, MD	—
20	Greg Bensimon	M	50	Olney, MD	—
21	Elizabeth Graham	F	32	Columbia, MD	—
22	Erin Pfeltz	F	41	Columbia, MD	—
23	David Rotstein	M	54	Olney, MD	—
24	Karen Pham	F	55	Clarksville, MD	—
25	Alex Everett	M	30	Columbia, MD	—
26	Kathryn Ellis	F	35	Hanover, MD	—
27	Brandon Ellis	M	36	Hanover, MD	—
28	James Miskimon	M	36	Owings Mills, MD	—
29	Amy Miskimon	F	37	Owings Mills, MD	—
30	Jill Hartman	F	43	Columbia, MD	—
31	Julia Liss	F	22	Baltimore, MD	—
32	Erin Horbal	F	35	Olney, MD	—
33	Catherine Pittenger	F	37	Elkridge, MD	—
34	Jacquelin Johnson	F	40	Laurel, MD	—
35	Kathy Luzier	F	52	Westminster, MD	—
36	Dan DeCiero	M	31	Brookeville, MD	—
37	Nora Flack	F	40	Clarksville, MD	—
38	Yasmin Boakye	F	29	Baltimore, MD	—
39	Kathy Steffens	F	42	Bowie, MD	—
40	Mary Winkfield	F	44	Catonsville, MD	—
41	Christl McDonald	F	42	Alexandria, VA	—
42	Bronwyn Bates	F	39	Catonsville, MD	—
43	Natalia Fenton	F	32	Rockville, MD	—

Place	Name	Gender	Age	City	Time
🥇	Ross Kidd	M	25	Arbutus, MD	26:18.55
🥈	Daniel O’Malley	M	33	Owings Mills, MD	28:18.13
🥉	Tanka Magar	M	42	Nottingham, MD	28:26.72
4	Jonathan Cheng	M	41	Baltimore, MD	28:45.87
5	Matthew Schricker	M	19	Raleigh, NC	28:48.47
6	Michael Evans	M	33	Towson, MD	30:37.46
7	Ricardo Fraxedas	M	35	Fort Lauderdale, FL	31:23.37
8	Brian Barrett	M	44	Rockville, MD	31:53.34
9	Netsanet Gizaw	M	43	Elkridge, MD	31:59.49
10	Kyler Weingartner	M	29	Jessup, MD	32:13.96
11	Troy Scott	M	47	Sykesville, MD	32:15.37
12	Andy Carmer	M	39	Ellicott City, MD	32:17.7
13	Michael Batista	M	34	Annapolis, MD	32:42.13
14	Dominique Meyer	F	27	Baltimore, MD	32:55.12
15	Tamru Demsash	M	46	Elkridge, MD	32:58.17
16	Eamon Kelly	M	35	Baltimore, MD	33:59.75
17	Jeffrey Smith	M	44	Montgomery Village, MD	34:06.32
18	Christian Sachek	M	45	Elkridge, MD	34:08.95
19	Charles Kastner	M	29	Bethesda, MD	34:28.13
20	Alan Luner	M	28	Baltimore, MD	34:29.94
21	Alexander Owens	M	31	Elkridge, MD	34:34.39
22	Michael Fowlkes	M	28	College Park, MD	34:35.5
23	Carson Michael	M	21	Charlotte, NC	34:37.5
24	Stephen Turner	M	56	Glenelg, MD	34:42.49
25	Pablo López	M	36	Baltimore, MD	34:44.45
26	Joao Santos	M	31	Ellicott City, MD	34:49.07
27	Pipps Nash	F	36	Arnold, MD	34:50.87
28	Graham Bouton	M	51	Reisterstown, MD	35:26.95
29	Aaron Rubin	M	29	Baltimore, MD	35:28.86
30	Stephanie Haas	F	44	Lutherville Timonium, MD	35:29.51
31	Joaquin Hundertmark	M	16	Brookeville, MD	35:32.74
32	Valeria Leal	F	22	Baltimore, MD	35:32.77
33	Ahmad Muhammad-Jones	M	25	Baltimore, MD	35:36.13
34	Billie Harrer	—	27	Baltimore, MD	36:13.76
35	KP Partlow	M	27	Rosedale, MD	36:17.34
36	Becky Pfeil	F	36	Laurel, MD	36:39.64
37	Adam Duffy	M	43	Washington, DC	36:44.62
38	Tadesse Eshetu	M	40	Elkridge, MD	36:50.66
39	John Stanmore	M	61	Baltimore, MD	36:53.32
40	Greg Perlstein	M	38	Clarksville, MD	36:58.19
41	Sterling Harrell	M	25	Bowie, MD	37:01.08
42	Kembi Olaolorun	F	30	Gwynn Oak, MD	37:08.75
43	Tim Hilton	M	35	Ellicott City, MD	37:20.97
44	Walter Bender	M	37	Laurel, MD	37:22.13
45	Scott Stahr	M	37	Columbia, MD	37:24.23
46	Daniel Gordon	M	42	Columbia, MD	37:36.35
47	Michael Harrison	M	48	Silver Spring, MD	37:40.87
48	Cas Macino	M	14	Forest Hill, MD	37:46.9
49	Nicholas Jones	M	31	Millersville, MD	37:56.73
50	Duncan Smith	M	65	Cockeysville, MD	38:02.45

Place	Name	Gender	Age	City	Time
🥇	Evan Hardy	M	24	Towson, MD	26:31
🥈	Eric Schuler	M	25	Laurel, MD	27:24.8
🥉	Dylan Reyes	M	26	Severn, MD	28:06.9
4	Doug Mock	M	51	Ellicott City, MD	29:02.2
5	Peter Ward	M	44	Clarksville, MD	30:58.5
6	Rick Nelson	M	40	West Friendship, MD	30:59.2
7	Adam Barsuhn	M	28	Crownsville, MD	31:50.1
8	Lochlann Boyle	M	46	Columbia, MD	31:53.7
9	Brian Pryse	M	36	Ellicott City, MD	32:02.3
10	C V Novak	M	39	Baltimore, MD	32:15
11	Dan Krausz	M	35	Lutherville, MD	32:38.7
12	John Chall	M	61	Crownsville, MD	32:48.6
13	Michael Regan	M	61	Towson, MD	33:27.2
14	Joshua Barclay	M	40	Marriottsville, MD	33:29.5
15	cyril sabardu	M	46	saint crepin	33:34.2
16	Amanda Berry	F	31	Washington, DC	33:38.7
17	Greg Schuler	M	58	Laurel, MD	33:47.1
18	Brian Daugherty	M	58	Edgewater, MD	33:53.2
19	Zacharie Hall	M	35	Columbia, MD	33:57.9
20	Brian Higgins	M	53	Dayton, MD	33:59.8
21	Brian Shadrick	M	45	Ellicott City, MD	34:07.5
22	Andy Sartor	M	36	Ellicott City, MD	34:16.2
23	Matt Reilly	M	31	Columbia, MD	34:22.8
24	Candice Rhine	F	29	Bowie, MD	34:39.8
25	Wayne Whalen	M	47	Spring Grove, PA	35:01.5
26	Brian Zwayer	M	36	Hanover, MD	35:13.2
27	Anthony Vail	M	27	Fort George G Meade, MD	35:25.9
28	Steve Knoll	M	53	Columbia, MD	35:32.4
29	Katelyn Ward	F	26	Fort George G Meade, MD	35:48.4
30	Daniel Walker	M	47	Takoma Park, MD	35:48.4
31	Elizabeth Hiken	F	36	Towson, MD	36:02.4
32	Sarah Dukeshire	F	30	Baltimore, MD	36:13.9
33	Adam Aderton	M	39	Clarksville, MD	36:28.2
34	April Kopec	F	37	Ellicott City, MD	36:29
35	Dan Laukzemis	M	57	Columbia, MD	36:32.8
36	Richard Van Tassel	M	59	Glen Burnie, MD	36:35.8
37	Angela Pipitone	F	32	Baltimore, MD	36:40.6
38	Marc Burger	M	45	Columbia, MD	36:49.8
39	Jason Motz	M	29	Glen Burnie, MD	36:52
40	Jessica Lane	F	23	Columbia, MD	37:05.7
41	Anthony Moore	M	29	Hanover, MD	37:06.2
42	Natalie Rivers	F	33	Elkridge, MD	37:36.6
43	Jeloni Moore	M	33	Silver Spring, MD	37:49.3
44	Erin Coleman	F	39	Elkridge, MD	38:23.4
45	Brandon Aris	M	52	Dunkirk, MD	38:32.2
46	Ryan Burchfield	M	33	Columbia, MD	38:35
47	Alex Taylor	M	28	Montgomery Village, MD	38:39.2
48	RYAN SPENSER	M	39	Silver Spring, MD	38:45.1
49	Arthur Hodge	M	43	Edgewater, MD	38:47.3
50	Nathan Brown	M	25	Reisterstown, MD	38:48

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Oktoberfest 5-Miler presented by Altra

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Races Offered

5-Miler ASA

Virtual 5-Miler

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Weather History

About Columbia

Hotels & Places to Stay

Race Results

Runner Reviews

No reviews yet

Nearby Races

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20th Annual Donna Sunderdick Columbia Pdeal & Paddle

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