Fast Track To A Cure New Jersey

Special Congratulations and THANK YOU to all our 2025 Participants and Volunteers!

RUN. WALK. CURE.

Join your New Jersey friends, families, and neighbors for our fifth annual NJ 5K as we raise funds with Oligo Nation in the fight for Oligodendroglioma research, an incurable brain cancer. Everyone is welcome—run, walk (we anticipate many strollers and scooters!), cheer from the sidelines, and please donate.

Register to Join Us!

$50

9:00AM EDT 12:00PM EDT

Registration ends October 25, 2026 at 12:00pm EDT

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$50

9:00AM EDT 12:00PM EDT

Registration ends October 25, 2026 at 12:00pm EDT

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$30

9:00AM EDT 12:00PM EDT

Registration ends October 25, 2026 at 12:00pm EDT

Open to ages 2 - 10.

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Sponsorship Opportunities

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Why We Run

We run because there is no cure.

We run because brain cancer doesn't end when treatment ends.

We run for the newly diagnosed family searching for answers at 2 a.m.

We run for the children growing up with a parent living scan to scan.

We run for the researchers working to turn discoveries into treatments.

We run because hope is powerful—but hope alone isn't enough.

Hope needs action:

This fundraiser helps fund groundbreaking research through Oligo Nation while building a community so no one faces oligodendroglioma alone. Together, we're accelerating research. Creating connection. Inspiring hope.

We don't just want to survive the storm. We want to change the forecast.

Event Overview

5K Details:

All net proceeds from this race will be donated to Oligo Nation!

Partcipation shirts for all pre-event registrants!

Top Three finisher gifts for our Runners!

Expected Schedule:

8:00 AM Check-in/T-shirt pick up near the Main Entrance on the Thompson Loop Trail

9:00 AM Run starts, followed by walkers

10:30 AM Closing

11:00 AM Kids Race!

Location:

Check-in/t-shirt pick up:

Begins at 8:00 AM near the Main Entrance on the Thompson Loop Trail

(Look for our 5K Check-in Tent and Golden Starting Arch!)

Course Preview

Thompson Park
805 Newman Springs Road
Lincroft, NJ 07722 US View Location on Map

Special Thanks to Our Sponsors

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www.oligonation.org

Oligo Nation is an IRS-approved non-profit [EIN# 46-3087590].

Fast Track to a Cure 5K is inspired by Oligo survivors, families and friends who have a passion for our mission and want to make a difference in the lives of those living with Oligodendroglioma.

To date, Oligo Nation has raised more than $9 million to advance promising research focused on delivering new, more effective treatment options.Oligo Nation is a community-led foundation focused on medical research for oligodendroglioma. The funds for this research come from oligo survivors, families, and friends that know that new treatments are crucial. Fast Track to a Cure makes it easy for our community to hold an Oligo Nation fundraiser where they live. Run, walk, or jog with Team New Jersey and Oligo Nation and show that community is stronger than Oligodendroglioma!