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AFCEA Central Maryland Race for Excellence - 5K & Family Fun Run/Walk

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Columbia, Maryland, United States

calendar_today 18 Apr, 2026 – 19 Apr, 2026

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About the Event

The 19th Annual AFCEA Central Maryland 5K & Family Fun Run/Walk Race for Excellence will be held on Saturday, April 18th at 9AM. A virtual option will also be available.

The AFCEA Central Maryland Chapter (AFCEA-CMD) is a non-profit membership association dedicated to providing an ethical, interactive forum for sharing knowledge and building relationships across government, military, industry and academia.

We accomplish our goal by promoting the continuing education of current IT professionals and supporting the education of future leaders in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). Each year our AFCEA-CMD chapter is able to award over $200,000 to qualified students and teachers through scholarships, endowments, and grants.

The 19th Annual AFCEA-CMD 5K & Family Fun Run/Walk is an uplifting, family-oriented, community event that benefits AFCEA’s Central Maryland STEM Scholarship Fund.

Join over 1,000 participants and spectators on a beautiful April day to take part in this run/walk!

All event activities will take place in Columbia, MD, with both the start and finish lines on Columbia Gateway Drive and the After Party (Pub Dog on Stanford Blvd in Columbia) in Columbia, MD.

Races Offered

Virtual 5K

Apr 18, 2026

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Distance — 5K

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00:00

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$45.00

Virtual Family Fun Run/Walk

Apr 18, 2026

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Distance — 1 Miles

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$30.00

5K

Apr 18, 2026

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Distance — 3.10686 Miles

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09:00

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$45.00

Family Fun Run/Walk

Apr 18, 2026

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Distance — 1 Miles

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09:05

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$30.00

Weather Overview

These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for April in Columbia.

Temp (°C)

Feels Like (°C)

thermostat 8.9° / 19.8°

wb_sunny 5.6° / 17.0°

Wind (km/h)

Humidity (%)

air 12.7 /

water_drop 64.8%

Temp (°C)

Feels Like (°C)

Wind (km/h)

Humidity (%)

thermostat 8.9° / 19.8°

wb_sunny 5.6° / 17.0°

air 12.7 km/h

water_drop 64.8%

About Columbia

Learn more about the host city, Columbia.

Columbia is a planned city in Howard County, Central Maryland. It differs strongly from most notions of what constitutes a "city," as the planner divided the densely populated, but decidedly suburban in character, city into ten "villages," each of which are divided into several neighborhoods, leaving the city with a less obvious center.