Weighted Angels 5k Run & Walk

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 18th, 2024 | 5:30pm-7:30pm
Billsburg Brewery
2054 Jamestown Road
Williamsburg, VA 23185   Day of Race Registration & Packet Pick-Up Saturday, October 19th, 2024 | 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 7/27/2024 | $30 5K In Person & Virtual Registration 7/28/2024-10/09/2024 | $35 5K Week of In Person & Virtual Registration 10/10/2024-10/16/2024 I $40 (No online registration after 10/16/2023) Day of Registration for 5k 10/19/2024  I $45    1 Mile Fun Run Early Bird 1 Mile Zoo Fun Run Registration through 07/27/2024 I $15 1 Mile Zoo Fun Run Registration beginning 07/28/2024-10/09/2024 | $20 1 Mile Zoo Fun Run Week of Registration 10/10/2024-10/16/2024 I $25 (No online registration after 10/16/2024) Day of Registration for 1 Mile Zoo Fun Run I $30 

 

*ONLINE RACE REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE ON 10/16/2024.  **REGISTRATION MUST BE RECEIVED BY 09/24/2024 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.

 

                                        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 19, 2024. 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  Must be summited by 09/24/2024 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!