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5th Annual Weighted Angels 5k Run & Walk

Sat October 21, 2023 Williamsburg, VA 23185 US Directions

Events

5th Annual Weighted Angels 5k

10:00AM EDT - 11:15AM EDT

5th Annual Zoo Kids Fun Run

9:30AM EDT - 10:00AM EDT

5th Annual Memorial Service

9:00AM EDT - 9:30AM EDT

Honor Your Angel at the Finish Line

10:00AM EDT - 11:15AM EDT

Race Website

Additional race information can be found at https://www.weightedangels.com/.

Place

Billsburg Brewery
2054 Jamestown Road
Williamsburg, VA US 23185

Description

Weighted Angels is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization operating out of the Virginia Peninsula. We provide weighted stuffed animals to grieving families who have experienced stillbirth and infant loss before they leave the hospital. Our mission is to make sure no family leaves the hospital with empty arms.
Did you know the fastest 5k ever run was completed by Joshua Cheptegei in 12 minutes and 35 seconds? With the current rate of stillbirth being 1 every 16 seconds, that means in just that short time, an average of 47 babies were born silently into this world. The current statistics are alarming and heart breaking. These families need our support now more than ever. 
 Join us for the Weighted Angels 5K to raise awareness, walk/run in remembrance and honor of our loved ones, and raise funds to help us better serve the pregnancy, stillbirth, and infant loss families of Virginia. Your support and participation will help bring awareness during October Infant & Pregnancy Loss Awareness Month. Participants can run/walk in person or virtually this year. We would love to have you join us!
Post your pre and post-race pictures on Facebook and Instagram! Tag @weightedangels  #weightedangels5k  #weightedangels  #nomoreemptyarms

                                               

                           RRCA 5k VA State Championship Event and Hampton Roads Super Grand Prix 

                   

                                               PACKET PICK-UP

Early Packet Pick Up

Friday, October 20th, 2023 | 5:00pm-8:00pm
Billsburg Brewery
2054 Jamestown Road
Williamsburg, VA 23185
 

Day of Race Registration & Packet Pick-Up

Saturday, October 21st, 2023 | 8:00am-9:55am
Billsburg Brewery
2054 Jamestown Road
Williamsburg, VA 23185
*Day of Race Registration is allowed but the price increases to $45.00 and a T-Shirt and race entry is not guaranteed.
* There will be a pause in all registrations and packet pick-up from 9:00am-9:15am during our Memorial Service.

 

                                               RACE SCHEDULE

Memorial Service | 9:00am
1 Mile Zoo Fun Run | 9:30am
5k Run & Walk | 10:00am
Award Ceremony | 11:30am
 

                                                  ENTRY FEES

5k

Early Bird 5K In Person & Virtual Registration through 7/31/2023 | $30
5K In Person & Virtual Registration 8/1/2023-10/11/2023 | $35
5K Week of In Person & Virtual Registration 10/12/2023-10/18/2023 I $40 (No online registration after 10/18/2023)
Day of Registration for 5k 10/21/2023  I $45 
 

1 Mile Fun Run

Early Bird 1 Mile Zoo Fun Run Registration through 07/31/2023 I $15
1 Mile Zoo Fun Run Registration beginning 8/1/2023-10/11/2023 | $20
1 Mile Zoo Fun Run Week of Registration 10/12/2023-10/18/2023 I $25 (No online registration after 10/18/2023)
Day of Registration for 1 Mile Zoo Fun Run I $30 

 

                                                        ADD ONS

Add an Angel's Name to the T-Shirt | $5
Prices do not include the SignUp Fee*

 

*ONLINE RACE REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE ON 10/18/2023. 
**REGISTRATION MUST BE RECEIVED BY 09/23/2023 FOR A T-SHIRT GUARANTEE.

 

                                                      COURSE

 Flat and very fast 5K course, starting and finishing on the service road at the beginning of the Virginia Capital Trail, doing a loop within the scenic, shaded Landfall at Jamestown neighborhood, with an out-and-back of Landfall Drive, and returning via Robert Fenton and the service road parallel to Jamestown Road. The one mile fun run is an out-and-back of the service road paralleling Jamestown Road.

 

                             CREATE A TEAM FUNDRAISER

Create a team to honor the memory and celebrate the lives of a loved one. Have your team fundraise for Weighted Angels through the day of the 5k. The top three fundraising teams will receive an award.

 

                                    1 MILE ZOO FUN RUN

Kids can dress up in their favorite zoo animal attire for this fun race! The run will be an out and back 1 mile run that will finish with the kids running through a cloud of bubbles.

 

                                        VIRTUAL OPTION

Complete your walk or run in memory of a loved one virtually. If you would like to support Weighted Angels, but don't live locally you are welcomed to participate virtually from wherever you are anytime through Saturday October 21, 2023. Virtual participants will receive a medal and t-shirt (plus shipping and handling). Virtual runners are not eligible for awards.

 

                                                AWARDS

Cash prizes to top three overall men and women. Awards to the top three in five-year age groups (from 14-and-under through 70-and-over), and to the top three men and women in the walk division. Awards also given to the top three team fundraiser groups. Please note that awards are only offered for in-person runners.

 

                                     MEMORIAL SERVICE

Please join us before the race event for a loving service that will recognize the sweet babies that have left us too soon. Every attendee will receive complimentary flower seeds to plant in honor of their loved one. Submit a name under the registration section to be read a loud during the service.

 

                                    HONOR YOUR ANGEL

Honor your angel by having their name on the back of ALL of the race t-shirts | $5
Only one fee per angel is required.
Must be summited by 09/23/2023 to guarantee name is on the race shirts.

 

*This event is pet and stroller friendly- all pets must be on a leash and please remember to clean up after them!

 

 

 

 

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