Thank you for supporting the Berkeley Heights 5k Race for Mental Health! We are a USATF 500 point event!
Please join us for the 29th Annual Berkeley Heights 5K Race and Fitness Walk for Mental Health, presented for the 3rd year by the Kimberly Anne Wilson Foundation, which supports Mental Health programs for students in grades K-12 in our communities. It's sure to be another successful community event! The Race and Fitness Walk will be held on Sunday, September 20, 2026, 9:30 am at Veterans Memorial Park in Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922. We invite you to register early. Convenient online registration is now open which guarantees a race t-shirt and other giveaways. We can't wait!
Our special day will include the following:
* A 5-Kilometer road-race sanctioned and certified by the USA Track and Field Association
* A 1.5 Mile fitness walk for non-runners and families
* A fun Tot-Trot
* Professional pre-race warm-up and post-race cool down
* DJ and refreshments at Veterans Memorial Park
* Art and pet therapy
* Custom-designed race tee shirts for all pre-registered racers and walkers, along with other race “goodies” while supplies last. Register early!
* Race officially timed with Chronotrack B-tags by Compuscore. Results posted on race day at Veterans Memorial Field and on the results link below.
* Awards for top male and female finishers overall and in various age groups
Sep 20, 2026
Distance — 5K
Type — Running
09:30
$40.00
Sep 20, 2026
Distance — 1.5 Miles
Type — Running
09:35
$40.00
These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for September in Berkeley Heights.
Learn more about the host city, Berkeley Heights.
Berkeley Heights is a township in Union County, New Jersey, United States, on a ridge in north central New Jersey, Berkeley Heights is a commuter town of New York City, in the Raritan Valley region and also bordering both Morris and Somerset counties in the Passaic Valley region. As of the 2020 United States census the township's population was 13,285, an increase of 102 (+0.8%) from the 2010 census count of 13,183, which in turn reflected a decline of 224 (−1.7%) from the 13,407 counted in the 2000 census.
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