NCS Take the Hill 5K & Kids Fun Run

WHEN: Sat., September 28, 2024
8:30AM Kids' Fun Run :: 9AM 5K Run :: 9:15AM 5K Walk

​WHERE: North Cross School,
4254 Colonial Avenue,
Roanoke, VA 24018

Join us for our 7th annual NCS Take The Hill 5K & Kids' Fun Run on Saturday, September 28, 2024. All are welcome! The Ridgeline Course is one of this area's toughest cross-country courses. Compete in the 5K run or join the untimed walkers group. The Kids Fun Run will make a 0.8-mile loop around the hill at Fishwick Tennis Center.  We've got lots of fun besides running, including kids' activities, bounce houses, face painting, and other fun surprises. 

To guarantee a race day shirt and a personalized race bib, you have to register by August 28. If you do, you'll be entered for the 5K $250 Run About Sports gift card raffle and for the Kids' Fun Run we have two $20 Sugar Magnolia gift card raffles! Online registration ends at midnight on Friday, September 27. There will be NO race day registration. T-shirts and personalized race bibs are not guaranteed after August 28.

Packet pick-up will be held at RunAbout Sports on Friday, September 27 from 12pm-6pm. RunAbout Sports is in Townside Festival Shopping Center, near Montano's, on 3635 Franklin Road SW in Roanoke, VA.

RACE DETAILS: 

All 5K Run & Walk participants will receive finisher medals, race t-shirts, and personalized keepsake bib (*Shirt/personalized bib not gauranteed for registrations after August 28)All Kids Fun Run participants will receive finisher medals and race t-shirts. (*Shirt is not guaranteed for registrations after August 28)Check event page for registration price increases. Link here.Online registration will remain open through 11:59pm Friday, September 27, 2024Award ceremony will begin at approximately 10:30am. Awards will only be given for the 5K competitive run, since the walkers and kids fun run are untimed events.Race Day Schedule here.5K Course hereKids Fun Run Course and info here.Training info here.FAQ's here.We've got new (Surreal Coffee!!) and returning race day vendors. Find the list here.We are so grateful to our amazing sponsors.  Without whom, there would be no race.  Check out a complete list here.Interested in becoming a sponsor?  You can download the sponsorship pdf on the bottom of this page. Click here.Can't participate but would like to donate for a chance to win a personalized Sports-Quilt?  Donate here.

FACEBOOK: Check our Facebook Event page for updates, raffles, and other fun surprises. Like our page and invite friends on Facebook.

NCS ​Take the Hill is a North Cross School Parents’ Association Fundraiser.