WIT 5K Run/Walk: Empowering Girls to Change the World

CLICK HERE FOR THE 4TH ANNUAL WIT 5K IN-RESULTS:

https://results.chronotrack.com/event/results/event/event-76643

PACKET PICKUP (AND IN-PERSON REGISTRATION) INFORMATION: 

WHERE? 

WHEN? 

WHAT? Participants will get their race bibs (for the in-person 5K) and race shirts

WHO? All participants of the in-person 5K and 1.75 mile walk. Virtual participants can also pick up their packets during this time, or we will mail them the week after the race.

PLEASE NOTE: Participants registering after 9/11/2024 are not guaranteed their shirt size, but we will do our best to accommodate.

Women In Training, Inc. (WIT​), a nonprofit organization that distributes​ WITKITS​ ​ of menstrual, hygiene and dental products and provides educational and leadership opportunities to underserved girls and nonbinary youth, is holding the 5th Annual WIT 5K Run/Walk: International Day of the Girl Festival to offer participants a visual tour of several historic sites in downtown Montgomery. This year, we also will be highlighting girls and women who have overcome challenges in their lives to make a difference in the communities around them. From Rosa Parks to Greta Thunberg to Sen. Tammy Duckworth to Bree and Brooke Bennett, girls and women have always been at the forefront of meaningful and lasting change on a national and international scale. All along the 3.1-mile course this year, participants will have the opportunity to learn about many of these important changemakers and to understand why organizations like WIT are vital to their communities.

For 2024, we are offering 2 events on Saturday, October 12:

1) WIT 5K (3.1 mile) Run/Walk Race, starting at 7:00 AM CST, in which participants will run and/or walk the 5K course for a timed result. For this race, we will have overall and age group awards based on time and all participants will receive a unique WIT 5K t-shirt.

2) WIT 2.5K (1.75 mile) Walking Tour, starting at 8:00 AM CST, in which participants can see some of Montgomery's historical sites and learn about changemaking girls and women without the stress of a 5K race! There will be a generous time limit for this event so that visitors can enjoy and learn at their own pace.

3) In addition, we have added a VIRTUAL WIT 5K Run/Walk for those who want to participate but cannot make it to the race in person. Your shirt, bib and medal will be mailed to you, and you will be able to submit your results on this site.

TO VOLUNTEER for any event, click on the "MORE" and then "VOLUNTEER" tabs at the top of this page OR you can click on "VOLUNTEER" tab at the bottom of this page!

The live course(s) and the history: Participants will walk or run on a hilly course along the streets of downtown Montgomery. The race starts in historic Old Alabama Town & offers a tour of historic sites in downtown Montgomery including: the Rosa Parks Statue which honors the Montgomery African American woman who refused to give up her seat on a city bus, energizing the civil rights movement; Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, where Martin Luther King, Jr. preached from 1954 to 1960 and led the organizing meeting that sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott; and the Court Square Fountain, the site of a former slave auction block prior to the civil war that now hosts a Black Lives Matter mural. The course also takes participants past the the Alabama State Capitol, where civil rights activists convened after marching from Selma to ensure that African Americans could exercise their right to vote. Participants will also see WIT signs along the course that honors women changemakers in history. 

The race is a fundraiser for WIT’s signature WITKITS ​Campaign to provide menstrual products and hygiene items to young, low-income people who menstruate. Following the economic fallout from the pandemic, the number of girls and women who could not afford period products increased from one in five to one in four, causing them to miss school, class, work or similar obligations because they do not have the products they need. Many girls who struggle to afford period products resort to using paper towels, rags, socks and other items that place their health in jeopardy.

Since its founding in July 2019, WIT has distributed over 30,000 WITKITS per year to girls and women in need across Alabama. Each registration and donation contributes to WIT's mission of ending period poverty and educating and empowering the women of tomorrow.

Click below for 5K race course:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/bazu-static/event-course-map/68501/course-map-2963.pdf

Click below for the 1.75 mile walking tour:

https://www.plotaroute.com/route/2346250?units=miles

AWARDS: 

    5K PARTICIPANTS: Each participant in the 5K race (in-person or virtual) will receive a PARTICIPANT MEDAL.

    IN-PERSON 5K RACE WINNERS: This year, overall male and female winners for the in-person 5K will receive unique Women In Training trophies. Age group                        winners will receive special medals, in addition to the participant medals. 

                   OVERALL WINNERS - Males 1st, 2nd, 3rd place overall

                                                         Females 1st, 2nd, 3rd place overall

                    AGE GROUPS: Males - 1st, 2nd, 3rd place in the following age groupings: 0-12, 13-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70+   

                                           Females - 1st, 2nd, 3rd place in the following age groupings: 0-12, 13-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70+