Two new course records are set in 47th edition of the Broad Street Run: ‘The perfect morning for a run’

As 40,000 runners made their way down Broad Street for the 47th edition of the Independence Blue Cross Broad Street Run on Sunday, Josh Izewski led the pack for the second year in a row.

Izewski was the top overall finisher in the nation’s largest 10-mile road race, finishing with a time of 45 minutes and 8.33 seconds, setting a new course record and shaving a full minute off his 46:13.37 time last year.

Izewski, a Doylestown native, ran collegiately at University of Florida and now lives in North Carolina, but competes in the Broad Street run each year.

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“It’s a hometown race, so that’s always cool to be able to come home and win the race,” Izewski said. “There’s no other race like it in the country. And the people of Philadelphia, they love to see winners, and someone that gives it their all, and I hope that I was able to do that with the city today.”

Winning the race last year was a bucket list item for Izewski, but there was an added layer of pressure to repeat. However, he executed the way he wanted.

The previous record of 45:13.32 was set by Raymond Magut in 2023.

“I knew that the course record was 4:31 per mile, so I knew that every odd mile had to be at 30, and every even mile had to be a double zero,” Izewski said. “As long as I was within a few ticks of that, I was on course record pace, but you don’t know what’s going to happen until the finish.”

Izewski wasn’t the only repeat winner. The top overall wheelchair finisher, Tony Nogueria, finished with a 37:46.61 time to claim the top spot for the first time since 2023, after coming in second in the division in 2024 and 2025.

In the nonbinary division, Winter Parts reclaimed the top-spot with a 52:04.39 time after winning in 2024.

Parts, who ran collegiately at Swarthmore, also set a new course record, breaking Bryan Morseman’s 52:18 time from last year.

The nonbinary division was added to the race in 2022, and with the increase in representation, Parts said there is more recognition for them and other runners in the division.

“From over the years of us getting a little more nonbinary publicity, that you start to get people in the crowd who know some of the nonbinary runners and will shout us out by name,” Parts said. “So, that really helps to boost spirits and look for queer cheer zones and everything.”

Armie Chardiet, a Penn graduate who runs for the Philly Runner Track Club, came in second in the division with a 53:14.67 finish, in what they said was the longest race they’ve done but the support from the PRTC and nonbinary community fueled them through it.

“We’re few, but strong, and the showing today was awesome,” Chardiet said. “Broad Street Run always is awesome in their representation, and having nonbinary people out here.”

In the women’s overall division, Tessa Barrett finished first with a 52:24.34 time.

Barrett, a Waverly, Pa. native, ran track at Penn State before moving to Washington D.C. She is a vice president of Merrill Lynch, balancing her training as a runner with her full-time job.

Primarily a marathoner, Barrett won the Marine Corps Marathon in October. But today was about “having fun with it.”

The difference between the marathons she’s used to and a 10-mile run came in getting out of the gate a lot quicker to start and breaking the race up into three 5Ks mentally. But with each block of the race, the energy of the crowds helped fuel Barrett.

“I heard my name so frequently. It was like, every mile is hearing my name, and that just kept me going,” Barrett said. “It’s one thing to hear it in Washington, D.C., where I’ve lived for eight years, but to hear it here was just so incredible. And the energy of the city was just electric this morning. It was just the perfect morning for a run.”

The energy in the streets and the comradery between runners is what makes the Broad Street Run what it is.

And in what Izewski calls “relatable sport,” like running, the Broad Street run opens everyone up to connect post-race as well.

“Normally, at big races, the professional runners or elites, they kind of keep everyone separate from the masses. But a race like this, you get to come out here in the Navy Yard afterwards and hang out with everybody,” Izewski said. “Anyone can come up to you, can talk to anyone, hear how their race went, how their story was going. So you don’t get that a lot of races. It’s fun to be able to do that afterwards.”