Josephine's Village 5K: Celebrating Loved Ones & Mending Broken Hearts

Josephine's Village 5K & Kids' Dash will be offered as both a VIRTUAL and IN-PERSON event again this year!  We hope you'll join us in-person, and if not, please know you can show your support from afar virtually!  Again, we are thrilled that ANYONE, from anywhere, can sign up to show their support!  WE HOPE YOU’LL SIGN UP, individually or as a team!!!

Josephine's Village 5K is taking place Saturday, August 17th!  Josephine's Village 5K supports equality, kindness, fairness, and giving back!  Our race is OPEN TO ALL runners and walkers, ALL backgrounds, ALL ages, and is 100% family friendly! Babies in strollers are encouraged!  And YES, we’re planning on wearing our tutus and hope you will be, too!  If finances are keeping you from registering, please contact us at info@josephinesvillage.com and we will find a way to finance your entry!

For those joining us in-person, we will start/end at UVA Alumni Hall.

We are seeking sponsorships once again this year.  If you would like to be a sponsor of our charity event, we thank you!  We'll happily accept in-kind or monetary donations.  Please email info@josephinesvillage.com to learn more about our sponsorship levels and how to be listed on the back of our t-shirts and/or our website! We’re thankful for all those who have supported this cause with us the past six years!

We’re excited to see your smiling faces before and after you finish the 5K whether you join us in-person or virtually!  When posting to social media, please be sure to use the hashtags  #JosephinesVillage5K / #JV5K2023 / #JV5Kkidsdash in your posts!  You can also post your photos to our Facebook event page or tag us on Instagram @josephines_village !

*Important Note: Register by July 30th to be guaranteed a race t-shirt!  We’ll email you closer to race day with the t-shirt pickup details in Charlottesville. If you register AFTER July 30th, you are not guaranteed a race t-shirt, as only a small amount of extra t-shirts in select sizes will be ordered and available on a first come basis through RunSignUp.

Location: Green Bean Baby Boutique @ 2120 Barracks Road - Barracks Road North Shopping Center

Date/Time: Thursday, August 15th @ 4:00pm-6:00pm

Start at Alumni Hall

Straight up Lewis Mountain Rd from Alumni Hall

R on Cameron Ln

L Minor Rd

L on Alderman Rd (*cross to other sidewalk @crosswalk near Midmont Ln in front of St. Thomas Aquinas Church)

L on McCormick Rd (*have to go through 2 crosswalks at the traffic light -- first the one straight ahead, and then the one turning left over Alderman and putting you on the right hand sidewalk of McCormick Rd)

Continue on McCormick Rd; as you approach UVA Chapel you’ll turn right onto the brick path and head in towards the UVA Rotunda.  You’ll run past the Rotunda and continue down and around Brooks Hall before coming back up the brick path on the other side of Brooks Hall.

As you come to where the brick path meets the sidewalk in front of the UVA Rotunda, you’ll go left on that University Avenue sidewalk back towards the UVA Chapel.  Continue to follow the sidewalk as it wraps around the UVA Chapel and meets McCormick Rd.

As you run up McCormick, just as you pass the UVA Chapel, you’ll cross the street by using the large crosswalk there that will allow you to run back on the opposite sidewalk of McCormick than the one you ran in on (placing you on the side closest to Alderman Library).

Follow McCormick until you get to the Alderman traffic light

R on Alderman Rd

R on Lewis Mountain Rd down to Alumni Hall!