calendar_today 27 Sep, 2026 – 25 Oct, 2026
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sell $15.00 – $45.00
Who We Are: Healthy Kids Running Series is a five (5) week running program in the spring and fall for kids Pre-K through 8th grade. Each HKRS Series takes place once a week and offers age-appropriate running events including the 50 & 75 yard dashes, the 1/4 mile, the 1/2 mile and the 1 mile run. Kids will earn points for each race they complete based on their finish.
Pricing: The registration fee covers the entire five (5) weeks of the Series which includes race bibs for each week, a runner shirt, a finisher medal and any sponsor giveaways. Registration is non-refundable and non-transferable. Online Early Bird registration increases three weeks prior to the first race event.
Challenger: This Series offers a Challenger Division which is an adaptive 75 yard race for children with disabilities and/or special needs. This allows for parents, siblings, and friends to be on the course with runners to provide support as well as bringing their own supportive devices such as crutches, braces, wheelchairs, etc. to be used by runners.
Makeup Date Information: 11/1/2026
Single Day Racing: Single day registration opens 1 hour before each race and must be completed onsite. The fee covers one race only. Single day participants are not eligible for series scoring, overall results, or an event T-shirt. Participants may upgrade to the full series to receive scoring and a T-shirt for races after the upgrade. Upgrade instructions can be found HERE.
Awards: All participants receive a medal on Week 5! Trophies will be awarded to the overall top finishers in each of the divisions listed below (broken out by boys and girls respectively):
Pre-K 50 Yard Dash
Pre-K 75 Yard Dash
Kindergarten & 1st Grade
2nd & 3rd Grade
4th & 5th Grade
6th to 8th Grade
Challenger
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Sep 27, 2026
Distance — 3.2K
Type — Running
15:00
$45.00
Sep 27, 2026
Distance — 1.6K
Type — Running
15:00
$45.00
Sep 27, 2026
Distance — 1.6K
Type — Running
15:00
$45.00
Sep 27, 2026
Distance — 0.1K
Type — Running
15:00
$45.00
Sep 27, 2026
Distance — 6.4K
Type — Running
15:00
$45.00
Sep 27, 2026
Distance — 0K
Type — Running
15:00
$45.00
Sep 27, 2026
Distance — 0.1K
Type — Running
15:00
$45.00
Sep 27, 2026
Distance — Single Day Walk Up Week 1
Type — Running
15:00
$15.00
Sep 27, 2026
Distance — Single Day Walk Up Week 2
Type — Running
15:00
$15.00
Sep 27, 2026
Distance — Single Day Walk Up Week 3
Type — Running
15:00
$15.00
Sep 27, 2026
Distance — Single Day Walk Up Week 4
Type — Running
15:00
$15.00
Sep 27, 2026
Distance — Single Day Walk Up Week 5
Type — Running
15:00
$15.00
These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for September in Mills River.
Learn more about the host city, Mills River.
Mills River is a town in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 6,802 at the 2010 census, and was estimated to be 7,406 in 2019. The town took its name from the nearby confluence of the Mills River and French Broad River. It is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area. It was incorporated into a town in June 2003. Sierra Nevada opened a brewery in Mills River in 2014.
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