14Nov
5K Run/Walk - Individual Age group/open
Running
- Distance
- 5K
- Countdown
- 3 days
- Entry fee
- $40.00
12th Annual Veterans Memorial 5K
Marietta,
Georgia,
United States
3 days left
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Date
14 Nov – 15 Nov, 2026
Races
3 distances
Entry fee
$35.00 – $40.00
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12th Annual Veterans Memorial 5K
About the event
AMERICAN LEGION POST 29
Presents the 12th Annual
VETERANS MEMORIAL 5K RUN
Honoring Our Heroes—Past, Present, Fallen
SATURDAY, November 14, 2026
Start Times: 5K Run/Walk/Wheelchair -7:30 am & Tot Trot-8:30am
Purpose: All funds raised assist our local veterans and military families as well as supporting the Shepherds Men SHARE Initiative, the GA National Guard Family Support Foundation and Post 29 Service Officer.
Fees: Runners: $35 through August 31th, 2025. $40 through November 13th,2025. $50 on race day.
Past Race:
- Awards for Overall MAle & Female
- Overall Male & Female Master
- Top Three Male & Female finishers in 15 age groups (10 & under through 70 & over)
Contacts:
Gary Jenkins: [email protected]
Tom Bell: [email protected]
Early packet pickup will be at Big Peach Running Co., Woodland Point Crossing, 1062 Johnson Ferry Rd, Marietta from 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm on Thursday 11/12 and on Friday at American Legion Post 29 at 921 Gresham Ave., Marietta, GA from noon to 4:00 pm......race day packet pickup/late registration begins at 6:30 a.m. Saturday, 11/14/26.
Races offered
14Nov
Phantom Runner (t-shirt only) - Individual Age group/open
Running
- Distance
- 5K
- Countdown
- 3 days
- Entry fee
- $35.00
14Nov
Tot Trot (no shirt) - Individual Age group/open
Running
- Distance
- 5K
- Countdown
- 3 days
- Entry fee
- $0.00
Weather history
3-year monthly averages for November in Marietta.
Temperature8.0° / 17.8°
Feels like4.8° / 15.3°
Sunshine hours7h 36m
Rainfall1.7 mm
Snowfall—
Wind11.6 km/h (Light breeze)
Humidity70.4%
Max UV indexLow (2.0)
Sweat lossLow
Course conditionsFirm and slightly soft
Sunrise08:10
Sunset18:34
About Marietta
Learn more about the host city, Marietta.
Marietta is a city in and the county seat of Cobb County, Georgia, United States. At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 60,972, making it one of Atlanta's largest suburbs. Marietta is the fourth largest of the principal cities by population of the Atlanta metropolitan area.
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