2nd Annual Heels 4 Wheels 5K - 1M

🏃‍♀️ Race Overview

• Date: 2025-04-26
• Location: 2757 E Guadalupe Road, Gilbert, AZ
• URL: Race Registration
• Purpose: Help Arizona residents build a better and brighter future while they journey in life with Spina Bifida!

📚 About Spina Bifida

• Condition: Spina Bifida is the most common permanently disabling birth condition.
• Recognition: Arizona does not recognize it as a developmental disability after age six.
• Challenges: Children experience a lack of care continuity and may undergo as many as 30 surgeries by age 15.
• Mobility: Many are full-time wheelchair users.

🎁 Fundraising Goals

• Support: Heels 4 Wheels raises funds for programs and services to assist children.
• Future: Most babies born today with Spina Bifida will live into adulthood.
• Independence: The goal is to help them achieve independence both financially and domestically.
• Join Us: Tie up your running shoes and participate to make it happen!

🗓️ Event Details and Schedule

📬 Mail-in and Virtual Registration

• Mail Registration: Complete and return the Mail-in Registration Form.
• Virtual Race: You can run your race at your pace wherever you like and will receive a custom event finisher's medal and dri-fit tech t-shirt.
• Packet Mailing: Your virtual packet will be mailed out the week of April 27th.
• Restrictions: Virtual registrations are restricted to US addresses only.

🏅 What You Get

• Medal: Custom Event Finisher's Medal for ALL participants.
• T-Shirt: Custom Event Dri-Fit Shirt for ALL participants.
• Awards: Age Group Awards for Top Three in all Age Groups for the 5K event only.
• Brunch: Pre- and Post-Race "Runner's Brunch" (granola bars, fruit, water, Gatorade, etc).

📋 Race Day Information

• Packet Pickup: Begins at 7:00am at Riparian Preserve.
• Payment: We accept cash and credit cards on race day (checks not accepted).
• Registration Costs: 5K - $45, 1 Mile - $35.
• Participants: Wheelchairs, strollers, wagons, and leashed pets are welcome!

🗺️ Course Maps

• 5K Map: View 5K Route
• 1 Mile Map: View 1 Mile Route

📦 Packet Pick-up Opportunities

• Friday: April 25, 2025 from 3:00 - 6:00pm at TBD.
• Saturday: April 26, 2025 at Riparian Preserve beginning at 7:00am.

📅 Event Schedule

• April 25: 3:00 PM - Packet Pickup at TBD from 3-6pm.
• April 26: 7:00 AM - Race Day Registration and Packet Pickup Opens.
• April 26: 8:00 AM - 5K Begins.
• April 26: 8:15 AM - 1 Mile Begins.
• April 26: 9:00 AM - Awards Ceremony (approx).