Kenya Connect 5K: Running/Walking for Education

🏃‍♂️ Race Overview

Join us for the 2025 KC5K: Running/Walking for Education! Once again the race will be LIVE and Virtual!

📍 Location & Route

• Start Point: St. John's Episcopal Church
• Route: The race will run through the beautiful Dunloggin Neighborhood.
• Participants: Run or walk: strollers are welcome!
• Awards: Top three runners/walkers (male/female) in all age categories will win a hand-carved medallion from Wamunyu, Kenya.

🌐 Virtual Participation

Virtual Runners will be invited to participate anytime between 9:00 am on Saturday, March 29 and 1:00 pm on Sunday, March 30. Prizes will be awarded for the top three places overall male/female and the top winner male/female in the 5-11, 11-17, 18-30, 31-50, 51-70, 70+.

🐾 Pet Participation

Pets are welcome to participate too. At the LIVE race, they must be on a leash and the owners must keep them away from other runners/walkers. We have a special bandana for them.

🏆 Team Prizes

We also will have prizes for the largest team and the top overall fundraiser. Any team raising $3,000 will get to choose the spine of a book to be painted on a step of our Library Learning Center. Each member of the largest team will have a TREE planted in their honor in Kenya with a grove dedicated to the Team. Fundraising teams are a special way to support the 18,000 students and 500 teachers to an empowered education.

👕 Participant Premiums

Runners can choose between two premiums: a Kenya Connect short-sleeved tech shirt or a bucket hat. Participants must register by March 1 in order to be guaranteed a premium.

💵 Registration Information

• Cost: $40 until February 28 at 11:59 pm. The price will increase on March 1 to $45.
• Youth Registration: Participants 18 and under race cost is $25.
• Pet Registration: Pets are $10 which includes a bandana.

💪 Pump Challenge

This year features a Pump Challenge! Crossfit PCR in Ellicott City is providing an additional challenge for racers: The Pump-Challenge and Run! Runners will drop by CrossFit PCR and bench press a percent of their body weight (male 75%, female 50%) for max repetitions prior to the race. Each repetition will deduct 10 seconds off the runners' 5k time. Placement and prizes for the Pump-Challenge and Run will be separate from individual race scores, with the opportunity to place in both divisions. Age categories for the Pump-Challenge Run are Male/Female 16-49, Female/Male 50+.

📅 Packet Pick-Up

PACKET PICK-UP IS ON FRIDAY, MARCH 28 FROM 4:00-7:00 PM AT SPONSOR FEET FIRST COLUMBIA OR ON RACE DAY, MARCH 29 FROM 8:00-8:45 AM AT ST. JOHN'S. THE RACE IS RAIN OR SHINE AND WE DO HAVE THE ST. JOHN'S AUDITORIUM FOR PRE-RACE AND POST RACE ACTIVITIES. THANKS FOR SIGNING UP!

🗺️ Additional Information

SEE RACE MAP HERE

📅 Race Date

The race will take place on March 29, 2025 at St. John's Episcopal Church, Ellicott City, MD. For more information, visit the race link: Kenya Connect 5K.