Honor the Fallen 5K & GORUCK

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Date 08 May, 2027
Races 4 distances
Entry fee $10.00 – $25.00
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Honor the Fallen 5K & GORUCK

About the event

 

Welcome to Fallen 5K | Memorial Mile & GORUCK
Presented by The Grove & benefiting Memories of Honor

SATURDAY, MAY 2nd

🇺🇸 WHY  PARTICIPATE? 

✬ The mission of this event is to HONOR our nation's fallen heroes. HEAL the unseen wounds of war for both our surviving families and veterans. CONNECT surviving family members and veterans with the civilian community.  

✬ Due to the generosity of our presenting sponsor, The Grove, and our other partners/sponsors, 100% of your registration fee is a direct donation to Memories of Honor. 

✬ You can walk away knowing that you made a direct, lifelong, and meaningful impact on the lives of the families we serve. 

 

👟 5K DIVISIONS REGISTRATION INCLUDES 

  • Event t-shirt* - Must Register by April 24th to secure a shirt
  • Finishers Medal 
  • GORUCK Patch (for those signed up for GORUCK) 
  • The Fallen Hero Memorial bib contains the name of a fallen service member.
  • Entry into the Memorial Mile
  • Electronic Finisher's Certificate 
  • You get that amazing feeling when you do something for a cause bigger than yourself! 
  • Any purchased add-on items will be available for pickup with your packet.
     

 

🗓  SCHEDULE   

 
EARLY PACKET PICKUP 
  • TBA
 
EVENT DAY  5/2/2026

South Gate: Parking: 5182 Wildings Blvd, College Grove

A detailed schedule is coming soon! 5K starts at 9 AM.

 

🏆 AWARDS 

Everyone registered for and completing the 5K + GORUCK will receive a finisher's medal. 
We have expanded our awards this year. Prizes will be awarded to the 1st & 2nd Place Male & Female finishers in each division listed below. The wheeled division will be 1st & 2nd regardless of age or gender.  Please note that awards will NOT be mailed; you must pick them up during the ceremony. The RUCK division is noncompetitive. 

  • 14 & Under
  • 15-19
  • 20-39
  • 40-49
  • 50-59
  • 60-69
  • 70+ 
  • Wheeled (OPEN)

🏆 FUN AWARDS 🏆

  • Most Patriotic Team (voted on by MOH staff) 
  • Largest Team
  • Individual Fundraising Award
  • Most money raised by a Fundraising Team

Races offered

08May

GORUCK (Noncompetitive)

Running

Distance
5K
Start time
09:00
Entry fee
$25.00
08May

Run/Walk

Running

Distance
5K
Start time
09:00
Entry fee
$25.00
08May

MEMORIAL MILE (No Shirt)

Running

Distance
1.6K
Start time
10:20
Entry fee
$10.00
08May

Memorial Mile with T-Shirt

Running

Distance
1.6K
Start time
10:20
Entry fee
$25.00

Weather history

3-year monthly averages for May in .

Temperature15.2° / 25.4°
Feels like14.3° / 24.7°
Sunshine hours9h 49m
Rainfall5.9 mm
Snowfall—
Wind10.9 km/h (Light breeze)
Humidity75.6%
Max UV indexHigh (6.0)
Sweat lossHigh
Course conditionsHard and dry surface
Sunrise05:40
Sunset19:45

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College Grove is an unincorporated community near Franklin and Murfreesboro in Williamson County, Tennessee. College Grove is predominantly rural.

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Race results

Official finishing times from previous editions of Honor the Fallen 5K & GORUCK.

Place Name Gender Age City Time
🥇 Zoilo Adalia M 15 Sacramento, CA —
🥈 David Shock M 37 Muncie, IN —
🥉 Amy Cotta F 51 Franklin, TN —
4 Tova Yazzie F 51 Albuquerque, NM —
5 Mary Leftrick F 53 Nashville, TN —

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