Events
Greta's Run 5K
Memory Walk
Special Pricing
Register by May 9, 2025 for early bird pricing:
Register by May 9, 2025:
5K: $35
Kids Fun Run: $15
Memory Walk: $20
Register between Saturday, May 10 - Sunday, May 18:
5K: $40
Kids Fun Run: $20
Memory Walk: $25
A $10 discount will be applied when you register for the 5K & Memory Walk to anyone 13 and older during any time period.
For ages 12 and under, the price of the 5K is $15 during any time period.
For ages 5 and under, the Memory Walk is free.
Bib and T-shirt Pick-up
Pick up your bib and t-shirt ahead of time at Fleet Feet in Westfield! Bib and t-shirt pick-up will be available on event day as well near the Same Day Registration tent starting at 8:00AM on Sunday, May 19.
Location:
Fleet Feet Westfield
123 Quimby Street
Westfield, NJ 07090
Early Pick-up Times:
Friday, May 17 @ 4pm - 7pm
Saturday, May 18 @ 10am - 2pm
Race Results
To view your results from the 5K race, please scan the QR code on your bib or stay tuned for the website link.
If you need further assistance, please reach out to Angela Tayco at angela@imaginenj.org.
Check out 2022 Greta's Run for Imagine
Place
301 Clark Street
Westfield, NJ US 07090
Schedule
Registration Opens
8:00 AM: Check-in at Roosevelt Intermediate School
Welcome & National Anthem
8:40 AM: Welcome from Lindsay Schambach
8:45 AM: National Anthem
Start Times
8:55 AM: Wheelchair Racers Start
9:00 AM: 5K Starts
9:30 AM: 5K Awards @ Imagine Tent Stage
10:00 AM: Kids Fun Run Starts
10:30 AM: Memory Walk Starts @ Imagine Tent Stage
Closing
11:00 AM: Dove Release @ Imagine Tent Stage
Description
Imagine is a growing and evolving organization, that began in Westfield, NJ, and serves families from over 57 towns in NJ. Imagine provides free, year-round grief support for children and families coping with loss due to death. In addition to providing grief support at its two centers in Mountainside and Newark, Imagine provides grief education and training to schools, agencies, and workplaces, and on-site support after any traumatic loss.
One of the largest 5K’s in the area, Greta’s Run was founded in memory of Greta Schoenemann by her childhood friends Ben Nanna and Jayne Ruotolo. Greta was a Westfield High School freshman when she died from injuries sustained when a tree branch fell on her and her classmates during lunch. This year is the 12-year Anniversary of when the memorial race began.
After the 5K race and Kids Fun Run, we will hold a Memory Walk and invite everyone in our community to participate. You can purchase a lawn sign in honor of a person in your life who has died. We will line the perimeter of this walk and the end of the run with the lawn signs of remembrance, sending a message that although our people have died, they are not forgotten – they are still with us.
We hope that you will join us and walk alongside our families, our children, and our community, and let everyone know that their loss matters, that they are not alone, and they are never forgotten.
T-Shirt and bib pick up will be available in advance of race day at Fleet Feet Westfield, specific days and times will be announced in April. Shirts and bibs will also be available for pick up on the morning of the race beginning at 8AM.
Buy a Memory Sign
The Memory Walk after the 5K Race is to commemorate the loved ones of Imagine’s Families as well as other families in the community. Lawn signs will be displayed along the route, which is also the last mile of the 5K, with names and dates of family members who died. We invite you to be a part of this Memory Walk even if you are not able to join us.
Click here to buy an additional memory sign.
Race Contact Info
USATF 5K Course Map
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Memory Walk Course Map
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Kids Fun Run Course Map (200 Yards)
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