Heroes For History Stair Challenge 5k Race

1-Lap Fun Run/Walk (dress as your favorite hero!)

• Start time 8:30 a.m.
• Fee: $25 (covers event T-shirt, water, refreshments)
• Online registration only; closes at 4:00 pm on Friday, September 8, 2023. 
• Race Day in person registration closes at 7:00 am
• Mass start; not timed

5K 7-Lap Stair Challenge Race

• Start time 8:45 a.m.
• Fee: $35; $30 for active-duty first responders (covers event T-shirt, water, refreshments)
• Online registration only; closes at 4:00 pm on Friday, September 8, 2023.
  Race Day in person registration closes at 7:00 am
• Maximum of 400 athletes accepted
• Chip timing

Waves will be formed IN THE ORDER OF REGISTRATION (first five registered, first wave; next five registered, second wave, etc.). Waves will start every minute. Participants will be notified of their wave start time via email prior to the race date.

Course closes at 11:30 a.m.

Team Challenge

The teams that register with the most team members in these categories -- Family, Co-workers and Friends-- will win a Team Challenge award. 

Pledge Challenge

All participants are encouraged to raise at least $50 in donations to support Galena-based first responders and the Historical Society

Print the online pledge sheet from this website to gather support from friends and family or use your unique URL to direct people to donate to your registration or team.

The top three individual fundraisers will receive special prizes!

Submit pledge sheet(s) and money at Packet Pickup to be eligible for fundraiser prizes

Event T-shirt Sizes (performance fabric)

            Youth: small, medium, large

Adult: small, medium, large, extra-large, 1X, 2X

Age Groups (Male and Female)

14 and Under, 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70 and Older

Race Registration

online only at: https://runsignup.com/herosforhistory-signup

Beginning Monday, July 10

Maximum of 400 timed participants (no limit to fun run/walk participants)

Registrations will CLOSE when race filled or at midnight on September 8, whichever comes first

Registrations after September 1 will NOT be guaranteed a T-shirt

Medals for top 3 male and female finishers in each age division.

Customized award (and bragging rights) for top overall male and top overall female.

Event Staging Areas:

1.      Green Street Plaza near City Hall and Post Office/Custom House

-          Packet pickup:

Friday at the DeSoto House Hotel from 4 to 6 p.m. OR

Saturday morning Green Street Plaza and the Post Office/Custom House from 6:30 to 7:45 a.m.

-          8 a.m. Saturday: Opening Ceremony

-          Finishers Refreshment area

-          Award Ceremony at 10:30 a.m.

Starting Line near Miller Steinke Funeral Home parking area or Bench Street staging area

Volunteers will queue waves here in numerical order after escorting them from Green Street Plaza

Lap Notification/Finish Line on Bench Street near Miller Steinke Funeral Home

Bib numbers will trigger a visual record of each participant’s lap number.

Lap 7 finishers recovery area with water