Ringing in Hope: A Salute to our Troops

🇺🇸 SALUTE TO OUR TROOPS

Celebrate Memorial Day and honor our past and present military heroes! Join your friends and neighbors on May 26, 2025 in Ashburn, VA for RINGING IN HOPE: A SALUTE TO OUR TROOPS and make this Memorial Day a truly memorable one. Run, Walk or Jog and celebrate with us as we honor and recognize the men and women who serve our country!

⏰ RACE TIMES

• 10K: 8:30 am
• 5K: 8:40 am
• 1M Freedom Fun Run: 10:00 am

📍 VENUE LOCATION

The annual SALUTE TO OUR TROOPS (5K & 10K Race, 1M Freedom Fun Run) will kick off and conclude on the grounds of Christian Fellowship Church located at 44505 Atwater Drive, Ashburn, Virginia 20147. While the start/finish line location will be new, the 5K and 10K courses will be largely the same as previous years and there's plenty of room and parking for race day festivities!

🎉 RACE LINEUP

• Awards: More than $5,000 in prizes to race participants!
• Activities: Family Fun Activities!
• T-shirts: Technical T-shirts for 5K, 10K & 1M Freedom Fun Run participants
• Entertainment: Patriotic Music and Entertainment

💰 REGISTRATION FEES

5K Timed Event

• Early Bird: $45 Until Midnight April 7, 2025
• Standard: $50 From April 2 – May 26, 2025

10K Timed Event

• Early Bird: $50 until Midnight April 7, 2025
• Standard: $55 From April 2 – May 26, 2025

1M Fun Run/Walk

• Cost: $15 per person 3 and older (under 3 is free)
• Tech-shirt: Option for $25.00
• Accompaniment: Walkers under 12 must be accompanied by a parent/guardian.

🏆 AWARDS

In both the 10K and 5K, gift certificates will be given to the top 3 overall men and top 3 women, as well as the top 3 male and female finishers in the following age groups: 11 and under, 12-14, 15-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70-79, 80-84, and 85 & over. A trophy will also be awarded to the largest team in both the 5K and 10K events.

👕 TECH SHIRT DEADLINE

To be guaranteed an Official Ringing in Hope Tech shirt, please be sure to register by May 10, 2025. After that date, shirts will be available on race day following the race on a first come, first served basis, if still available.

🌟 DESIGNATED NON-PROFIT

Boulder Crest Retreat
Healing Heroes. One Family at a Time. Boulder Crest is committed to improving the physical, emotional, spiritual, and economic wellbeing of our nation's military, veterans, first responders, and their family members. Their programs ensure they have the opportunity to live lives of passion, purpose, and service at home. Boulder Crest provides free, world-class, short-duration, high-impact retreats for combat veterans and their families.

🔗 LINKS

• Race Details
• Event Organizer's Website
• We are on Facebook

Please consider making a donation, fundraise, or secure a Corporate Matching Donation to Boulder Crest Retreat. Additionally, participants will be asked to bring an in-kind donated item to Packet Pickup or on Race Day.