NEW LOCATION THIS YEAR. 5K run & walk at Wakefield Valley Trail Park paved trail with some sections of vehicle traffic.
Registrants up to 10/4/26 at 11:59pm will receive shirt with 6th. Annual and the race date.
Registrants from 10/6/26 at 12:00am up to cut off of 10/16/26 at 11:59am may receive shirt without 6th. Annual and race date or from previous years if available. Size not guaranteed.
Walk up registration is available the morning of the 5K between 7:30 and 8:30. Payment by cash, exact amount only or check and walk ups will not receive a shirt.
Oct 17, 2026
Distance — 5K
Type — Running
09:00
$25.00
These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for October in Westminster.
Learn more about the host city, Westminster.
Westminster is a city in and the county seat of Carroll County, Maryland, United States. The city's population was 19,960 at the 2020 census. Westminster is an outlying community in the Baltimore metropolitan area, which is part of the greater Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area.
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