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HONEY Bags 5k and Kids Fun Run

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Fairmont, West Virginia, United States

calendar_today 18 Apr, 2026

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sell $10.00 – $25.00

About the Event

Big steps, little feet, sweet impact!

Join local non-profit organization HONEY Bags Inc. at 9 AM on Saturday, April 18th for a 5k in Pleasant Valley with your family and friends. Participants can run or walk this 5k (road) course that begins at East Fairmont High School (EFHS). You will start on the EFHS campus then go downhill on Airport Road. You will then turn right at Crosswinds and run out then back to Airport Road past the municipal airport. You will turn left and loop around the Brickside Grille parking lot, then turn right and run Airport Road back to EFHS campus to finish. There will be rewards for the top 3 male and female finishers. We will post race results in appropriate age categories.

Kids under 12 are more than welcome to register for the 5k, or they can run in the 800m Kids Fun Run at 8:30 am. This race is ~2.5 laps around the lower parking lot at EFHS.

All proceeds of this event will go directly to HONEY Bags Inc. HONEY Bags is a non-profit organization that provides weekend food bags to school age children in our community. HONEY Bags is currently packing weekly bags for East Dale Elementary, East Fairmont Middle School, East Fairmont High Pre-School, and East Park Elementary. Many children rely on school meals during the week, and HONEY Bags' mission is to reach these kids and provide food for them to take home over the weekend. They are currently packing bags for ~260 kids for the 2025-2026 school year.

HONEY Bags is proud to partner with the Marion County Running and Walking Club (MCRWC) and be the first race in their 2026 series!!

Races Offered

Kids Fun Run (kids under 12)

Apr 18, 2026

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Distance — 800m

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Type — Running

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08:30

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$10.00

5K Run/Walk

Apr 18, 2026

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Distance — 5K

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Type — Running

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09:00

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$25.00

Weather Overview

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

Temp (°C)

Feels Like (°C)

thermostat 7.2° / 19.0°

wb_sunny 3.8° / 16.2°

Wind (km/h)

Humidity (%)

air 11.6 /

water_drop 66.7%

Temp (°C)

Feels Like (°C)

Wind (km/h)

Humidity (%)

thermostat 7.2° / 19.0°

wb_sunny 3.8° / 16.2°

air 11.6 km/h

water_drop 66.7%

About Fairmont

Learn more about the host city, Fairmont.

Fairmont, nicknamed the "Friendly City", is a city of 18,313 people in West Virginia, and the county seat of Marion County. It was established in 1820 as Middletown, and changed in 1843 to Fairmont, short for "Fair Mountain". The city is located on the Monongahela River at its origin at the confluence of the Tygart Valley River flowing northwest from Grafton, and the West Fork River flowing north from Clarksburg. Fairmont claims to be the origin of the Pepperoni Roll, West Virginia's official state food. Mary Lou Retton — a gold-medalist gymnast in the 1984 Olympics, who was highly popular around the country and particularly in West Virginia — came from Fairmont.