The endurance file

Previous races.

The official times, the rough days, the breakthroughs, and the receipts. This is the race history behind the next starting line.

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13 races2024 to 2026
11 5KsSpeed, weather, and a lot of learning
2 half marathonsColumbus and Buffalo
25:57Fastest captured 5K

08 races

2026

Believe in Home 5K certificate for Joseph Hughes showing a finish time of 29 minutes 22.4 seconds and a 9 minute 29 second pace
August 15, 20265K

Believe in Home 5K

29:22.49:29 per mile

Back for a second year and ten seconds faster than the 2025 finish.

Overall
47 / 113
Male 25–29
5 / 12
A Run for the Books 5K certificate for Joseph Hughes showing a finish time of 31 minutes 38 seconds and a 10 minute 11 second pace
July 18, 20265K

A Run for the Books 5K

31:3810:11 per mile

A midsummer 5K supporting the Kingsville Public Library.

Friday Night Lights 5K certificate for Joseph Hughes showing a finish time of 32 minutes 26 seconds and a 10 minute 26 second pace
July 17, 20265K

Friday Night Lights

32:2610:26 per mile

A summer night 5K in Mentor and another finish added to the file.

Captains Grand Slam 5K certificate for Joseph Hughes showing a finish time of 31 minutes 1 second and a 9 minute 59 second pace
July 4, 20265K

Captains Grand Slam

31:019:59 per mile

A Fourth of July finish with the pace back under ten minutes per mile.

Custom Buffalo Half Marathon result graphic for Joseph Hughes showing a finish time of 2 hours 35 minutes 57.5 seconds and an 11 minute 54 second pace
May 24, 2026Half marathon

Buffalo Half Marathon

2:35:57.511:54 per mile

Two hours of sleep, cramps after mile nine, and a long stop near mile eleven. I still finished in my hometown.

Overall
2,568
Men
1,185
Male 25–29
196
Donut 5K certificate for Joseph Hughes showing a finish time of 26 minutes 13 seconds and an 8 minute 26 second pace
April 12, 20265K

Donut 5K

26:138:26 per mile

A spring 5K in Mentor, only sixteen seconds away from the fastest result in this archive.

Spring Thaw 5K certificate for Joseph Hughes showing a finish time of 25 minutes 57 seconds and an 8 minute 21 second pace
March 29, 20265K

Spring Thaw

25:578:21 per mile

The fastest captured 5K in this race history and the first sub-26 finish on the board.

Fastest captured 5K
Shamrock Run 5K certificate for Joseph Hughes showing a finish time of 26 minutes 38 seconds and an 8 minute 34 second pace
March 8, 20265K

Shamrock Run

26:388:34 per mile

An early-season Willoughby 5K that set up a strong spring run of results.

04 races

2025

Turkey Day 5K certificate for Joseph Hughes showing a finish time of 28 minutes 12 seconds and a 9 minute 4 second pace
November 27, 20255K

YMCA Turkey Day 5K

28:129:04 per mile

A Thanksgiving morning finish, bib 1984, and more than four minutes faster than the 2024 Columbus 5K.

Columbus Half Marathon finisher certificate for Joseph Hughes showing an official time of 2 hours 24 minutes 30 seconds
October 19, 2025Half marathon

Columbus Half Marathon

2:24:30Current half-marathon PR

Terrible rain and storm conditions. I pushed through, finished, and set the mark every half marathon since has been chasing.

Believe in Home 5K certificate for Joseph Hughes showing a finish time of 29 minutes 32.2 seconds and a 9 minute 32 second pace
August 16, 20255K

Believe in Home 5K

29:32.29:32 per mile

The first Believe in Home finish and the benchmark for returning a year later.

Overall
46 / 128
Male 25–29
3 / 4
Captains Grand Slam 5K certificate for Joseph Hughes showing a finish time of 31 minutes 12 seconds and a 10 minute 4 second pace
July 4, 20255K

Captains Grand Slam

31:1210:04 per mile

The first of two Fourth of July finishes in the archive.

01 race

2024

Columbus Jesse Owens 5K result for Joseph Hughes showing a finish time of 32 minutes 14.8 seconds and a 10 minute 23 second pace
October 19, 20245K

Columbus / Jesse Owens 5K

32:14.810:23 per mile

The earliest finish in this archive and the starting point for everything that followed.

Overall
399 / 1,012
Male 20–29
85 / 113

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