24Apr
5 Mile Competitive Race Walk
Running
- Distance
- 8K
- Start time
- 08:00
- Entry fee
- $35.00
Striders Dismal Swamp 5 Miler and Kid's 1 Mile
Chesapeake,
Virginia,
United States
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Date
24 Apr, 2027
Races
4 distances
Entry fee
$20.00 – $35.00
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Website
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Striders Dismal Swamp 5 Miler and Kid's 1 Mile
About the event
Welcome to the Striders Spring Festival
Dismal swamp 5 Miler and 1 miler
COURSE: This is a 2.5-mile out and 2.5-mile back course on the closed 2-lane roadway at the Dismal Swamp Trail Park in Chesapeake. One Miler is .5 miles out and back. 1 mile is an up-and-back on the Trail
PACKET PICKUP: Early Packet Pick will be at Running etc VB, on Friday, April 24th, from 3-6 pm! Race day pick-up will start at 7 am
FLUIDS AND FOOD: There will be 1 aid station with water. The aid station location will be at 2.5 miles.
AMENITIES & POST-RACE: T-Shirts will be provided. Onsite hospitality & refreshments
TIME LIMITS: 5MILER--- The race starts at 8:00 AM! The finish line will close at 10:30. One mile starts at 9:30 a.m.
AWARDS: Top 3 overall Males and Females and the top 3 males and females in 10-year age groups will receive awards for the 5-mile race! 1-mile awards top 3 overall males and females and top 3 males and females in the following age 6&under, 7-8 9-10 11-12 13 & up
REGISTRATION: Registration will be open until, 9PM April 23rd 2027.
STRIDER PLUS/LEGACY RUNNERS: Automatically applied at checkout thru April 23rd.
CLUB MEMBERSHIP DISCOUNTS: A Club membership discount of $5.00 is available up thru April 24th. Discounts are automatically applied on the payment page during registration. You should use the account you used to register for the club to apply for this discount. We will also attempt to match on name/date of birth.
Paper entry forms are not available.
This is a Strider Grand Prix & Youth Grand Prix
Races offered
24Apr
5 Mile Run
Running
- Distance
- 8K
- Start time
- 08:00
- Entry fee
- $35.00
24Apr
Wheeled Athlete 5 Miler
Running
- Distance
- 8K
- Start time
- 08:00
- Entry fee
- $35.00
24Apr
Kids One Miler
Running
- Distance
- 1.6K
- Start time
- 09:30
- Entry fee
- $20.00
Weather history
3-year monthly averages for April in Chesapeake.
Temperature11.1° / 22.1°
Feels like8.5° / 19.7°
Sunshine hours9h 54m
Rainfall3.0 mm
Snowfall—
Wind13.7 km/h (Gentle breeze)
Humidity68.0%
Max UV indexModerate (5.0)
Sweat lossModerate
Course conditionsFirm and slightly soft
Sunrise06:29
Sunset19:39
About Chesapeake
Learn more about the host city, Chesapeake.
Chesapeake is a town of 245,000 people (2019) in the Hampton Roads region of Eastern Virginia. Chesapeake is a diverse city in which a few urban areas are located; it also has many square miles of protected farmland, forests, and wetlands, including a substantial portion of the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge.
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