18TH Annual 5K Walk/Run for Cancer Center

🚑🏃‍♂️ Welcome back to the mean streets and hills of Derby!

Join Derby’s Storm Engine Company Ambulance & Rescue Corps for the 2026 Ambulance Driver 5K — a summer evening run packed with great swag, good friends, wings, and community pride.

📅 Race Date

Wednesday, July 15, 2026

📍 Location

BADSONS BREWERY

251 Roosevelt Dr

Derby, Connecticut

🔥 Why Run This Race?

Because where else can you run a 5K, earn a medal, eat wings, drink a beer, and support EMS and rescue services — all in one night?

🎽 What You Get With Registration

• Short-sleeve technical race shirt (register early to guarantee your shirt)

• 🏅 Finisher medal

• 🎁 Goodie bag packed with swag

• 💪 Bragging rights for surviving the Derby hills

🏆 Awards

• Overall top first responder

• Top first responder by division

• 🆕 New for 2026: Age group awards

👟 Kids Fun Run – Returning for 2026

Back by popular demand!

• 1/2 mile down-and-back course

• Open to runners 12 and under

• 🚒 Hosted by the members of Storm Engine Company #2

• 🏅 All finishers receive a medal and a fire safety swag bag

Post-Race Fun (Because You Earned It)

• 🍺 Runners 21+ receive one free draft beer from BADSONS Brewery

• 🍗 The first 250 registered runners receive 10 free wings from the Dew Drop Inn

• 🎉 Official after-party at BADSONS Brewery

• 🔥 Swing by the Dew Drop Inn after the race to grab your favorite wing flavors

Course Extras

• 🚰 Water stop on course

• 💦 Optional sprinkler station to beat the July heat

• 🇺🇸 Start and finish under an oversized Old Glory proudly provided by the Derby Fire Department

Yes… it looks as cool as it sounds.

🎟️ Packet Pickup

Skip race-day chaos and grab your packet early.

📆 Packet pickup dates and times will be announced closer to race day.

Future you will thank you for not pinning a bib on 30 seconds before the start 😅

Proceeds from the Ambulance Driver 5K support the operations, training, and lifesaving equipment of Derby’s Storm Engine Company Ambulance & Rescue Corps, proudly serving the community since 1948.

We, at the JCC of Greater New Haven, are excited to announce the 15th Murray Lender 5K Bagel Run, will be held on Sunday, September 20, 2026. The JCC is offering babysitting services during all races.

5K USA Track & Field Certified 5K course winding through the beautiful residential neighborhoods of Woodbridge.

Starting line: 360 Amity Road, Woodbridge - JCC Campus near JCC Day Camps' entrance.

Want to take part in the day's festivities, but don't want to commit to a 5K?

Try our two-mile Family Fitness Walk or come early for the Kids Costume Race. Groups are encouraged to participate in all three events. Free race event t-shirts are provided to all pre-registered participants of both the 5K and Family Fit Walk who register before September 1, 2026. Save 20% off of race day registration fees by registering before August 24, 2026.

Race Schedule

7:30 AM: Registration Opens

8:45 AM: FREE Kids Costume Race

9:30 AM: 5K Race on USATF Certified Course

9:30 AM: 2 Mile Family Fitness Walk/Run

10:30 AM: Bagel Breakfast and awards

Our Post-Race Block Party will feature:

• Sidewalk sale by Woodbridge Running Company

• Prizes for top three men and women overall and in each age group

• Bagel medals for all participants

• Bagels and cream cheese from Katz's Deli

• Delicious kosher and non-kosher goodies

• Costumes encouraged

• Dogs allowed!

Enjoy FREE on-site pre-and post-run massages and trainer-assisted stretching!

FREE on-site babysitting will also be available from 9-11 AM for children ages 2-8.

Early Bib Pick-Up

Beat the crowd! Pick up your race bib at Woodbridge Running Company. (Times TBD)

Location: Woodbridge Running Company

Times: TBD

Who: All registered Bagel Run participants

Can’t make it? Race-day check-in will still be available.