RUN the RAILS in BUFORD

Navigate Recovery Gwinnett's 12th Annual 5K Run and Walk for Recovery

Please join us for this opportunity to celebrate recovery wellness and raise awareness.

Welcome to the recovery community, family members, providers, and recovery allies who play such an important role in recovery! Join us for this day of fun and collaboration. We are so grateful for your help!

All proceeds and fundraising efforts help us continue our mission to serve families impacted by addiction, connecting them to the resources they need and removing barriers that prevent them from getting and staying well.

Please check out our website for more about what we do! navigaterecoverygwinnett.org

Event details and schedule

Where: Coolray Field

2500 Buford Dr,

Lawrenceville, GA 30043

When: Saturday, September 19, 2026

Schedule

7:00 am - 7:45 am Check-In and On-site Registration

8:00 am Run and Walk for Recovery

9:30 -Post Walk Awards /Celebration

VIRTUAL 5K RUN - September

PACKET PICK UP: Thursday, 9/17 10 am to 6 pm or Friday, 9/18 10 am-3:00 pm at 52 Gwinnett Drive, St. A

RUNNING VIRTUAL: Run from anywhere in the world, alone or with your team. Pricing includes mailing your T-shirt.

Celebration/In Honor of Signage: Celebrate the recovery of someone or honor someone you have lost. This signage will be created for you and placed in a prominant position on the run course. We will need your important dates and a photo of your loved one. You can pick up your sign after the 5k or we will use it year after year.

To order your sign, contact [email protected] with any sign questions.

Sponsorship: If you would like to be one of our valued Navigate Recovery Gwinnett 5K Sponsors or an exhibitor please email [email protected] or call 678-743-1808 Press 6.

See more at: navigaterecoverygwinnett.org/5k

It's the second running of The Pastry Road Race and YES, it's a Pastry qualifier! Everyone qualifies for a pastry afterwards!

Join us in beautiful downtown Buford for a fun morning of music, door prizes, awards, great softstyle shirts and of course the run on a flat, fast course!

Each participant has the chance to win lots of great door prizes and of course gets a pastry (or two) at the finish along with other great snacks!

Event details and schedule

7:00 a.m. Check in/Registration

8:00 a.m. 5K begins

9:00 a.m. Awards

Why run from the spirits when you can take them with you! The sixth annual Spooky Spirit 5K, organized by the team behind the award-winning Beer Chaser, offers 5k and Suwanee Wine Fest, is a Cocktails and Costumes twist on the traditional 5K. This timed, Peachtree Road Race qualifying event is fitting for anyone, whether you are a competitive runner trying to beat your personal record, or you’re simply looking to sip and stroll with your closest cocktail loving friends. Just choose the ticket that channels your Halloween spirit - either non-stop or with Spirit stops - and we’ll all cheers together at the finish line!

The 5K will start and end at Suwanee Town Center Park. For those who purchase a ticket with “spirits", you’ll be able to pause at each of the five Spirit Stations (hello, liquid refreshment) along the course and hydrate with a 3 ounce cocktail sample. Each Spirit Station will feature a different cocktail and theme, guaranteed to be more treat than trick. For those who opt to run straight through without Spirit stops, don't fear, we have you covered - ALL runners (over 21) will get to enjoy a full cocktail at the end of the race.

Prizes will be awarded after the race for the Most Spirited costumes, so come dressed in your most festive running gear! Awards will go to (1) best female costume, (2) best male costume and (3) best group costume

Need to walk off some of that alcohol? There will be vendors and sponsor booths waiting for you at the finish line!

Every runner will also get to take home an official Spooky Spirits 5K shirt, medal and souvenir glass to brag about your well-deserved accomplishment.

CHEERS!

*All runners who participate in cocktail sampling must be 21 years or older and show a valid ID day of the race

*In case of inclement weather, route may be adjusted.

We run for cookies, cocoa & career tech!

All proceeds benefit Buford High School's Career & Technical Education students and programs.

This run is an official Atlanta Journal/Constitution Peachtree Road Race qualifying event.

Race t-shirts guaranteed to all racers registered by February 5, 2027.

2027 Cookies & Cocoa Packet Pick-Up

Friday, February 26th - 3:30pm - 5:30pm

Buford High School Cafeteria/Commons Area

Please enter through the doors near the outdoor pavilion.

PACKET PICK- MAP

Buford High School Address: 2455 Buford Hwy NE, Buford, GA 30518

Virtual runners can also pick-up t-shirts at this time.

Saturday, February 27th (RACE DAY) - 7:30am - 8:45am

Parking Lot of Philip Beard Stadium

2440 Buford Hwy NE, Buford, GA 30518