11 events in Cape May County, New Jersey

The give away this year is a pair of amazing and super comfortable FEETURES SOCKS! Socks are limited to the first 300 registered runners.

Youth runners will again get a FLEECE CREW! Limited sizes and quantities. First registered get first pick. IF fleece crews run out, youth will get a pair of features socks or you can choose them if you want instead of fleece crew.

Come join us for a fun family day of running to support those in need in our community. We have a distance that is right for everyone. Participants get to chose a 5K run or 2 mile walk on the beach. 5K Awards go to TOP 3 male and female overall and age group winners in 10 year groups.

ONLINE REGISTRATION ONLY. PICK UP IS RACE DAY 6:15-7:45AM inside Community Hall: 3001 Avalon Avenue Avalon, NJ 08202. run It is an out and back course. All the runs start and finish at 30th Street and the Beach. The 2 Mile Walk turn around is @ 49th Street. 5K turn around is at 60th Street. The event is chipped timed by DQ Events. You will be running down by the water edge in packed hard sand. There is NOT a water aid station on the course.

KIDS 2K and 1K FUN RUNS are also included in the day's event. The goal of hosting the fun runs is to transform lives through sport.

We believe that every aspiring young athlete should have the opportunity to participate in our life-changing sport. We want to provides a fun fitness outlet that can jump start a healthy lifestyle for years to come and our TKC events provide the platform for families to race together! Running is the easiest starting point to the mutisport world for most youth, it can be done pretty much anywhere with just a pair of sneakers. We are grateful for your support of our programs that will help solidify the future of sport for aspiring athletes. Medals to all youth finishers. Awards for top 5 male and female is each age group. 8 and under, 9-10, 11-12, 13-15 years old.

2K Fun Run turn around for YOUTH 11-15 years old is @ 42nd Street. The 1K FUN RUN turn around for YOUTH 10 AND UNDER is at 36th Street.(We take them young if they can run it!)

We do have our famous FASTEST FAMILY for the event. It is FREE!! Mom or dad (must be ONE parent) in the 5k run team up with one child in either of the 2K or 1K RUNS. FASTEST FAMILY any pair of immediate family members both running in the 5K! Top 3 lowest combined times win a prize for each of the distances (10 and under in the 1K and 11-15 in the 2K, and any age in the 5K) Winners get bragging rights for the year as The Island's Fastest Family. Now everyone in your family has to come out and run with us.

We are supporting a wonderful local charity from this event. Proceeds will go to the Helen L. Diller Vacation Home for Blind Children right here in Avalon. These funds will go to them offsetting the $1500 per week cost per child for their free week of vacation here in Avalon. Support of the Home is provided by volunteerism, foundation grants, general donations and community organizations. 100% of your donation will go to fund their programs.

🧾 Packet Pickup Options

✅ Friday, July 24 – Early Pickup:

Pick up your race packet early to skip the lines!

📍 Seaport Pier

⏰ 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

✅ Saturday, July 25 – Race Morning:

Race day packet pickup will begin at 6:30 AM at Seaport Pier.

Join us for the 4th annual Kelly’s Kidz 5K and Family Fun Walk on the Wildwood Boardwalk! This year’s race takes place during Christmas in July weekend and Santa will be there! So wear your Christmas gear, dress the family, and kick off your Christmas in July festivities while supporting a great cause!

The race benefits Kelly's Kidz, a non-profit organization founded by Bob Kelly and his son Austin. Kelly's Kidz supports patients at local children's hospitals with toys, pajamas, and distraction items all through the year. For more information visit Kelly’s Kidz Facebook page: Kelly's Kidz

Flat and fast chip-timed event starting and ending at the Seaport Pier!

Register by July 15th to receive a Kelly's Kidz T-Shirt.

Family Fun Walk begins and ends at the Seaport Pier as well, it begins promptly after the start of the 5K. Only $25 for a family of up to 6 walkers!

First, second, and third place male and female overall and age group award medals will be given out to the winning 5K participants after the race.

Age groups for awards:

9 & Under

10-14

15-19

20-29

30-39

40-49

50-59

60-69

70+

We are thrilled with the enthusiasm and incredible support for our must do open water charity swim in the Avalon back bays! We are celebrating 17 years of swimming around Cedar Island this year. The World Open Water Swimming Association named the Cedar Island 5K Swim as One of America's Top Open Water Swims. This is a list of the most unique, most popular, most historic, most beautiful, most interesting, and most challenging open water swims across the 50 states of the United States of America. Following criteria is used to determine the list of open water swims.

1. History 2. Uniqueness 3. Popularity 4. Difficulty 5. Attention to Safety 6. Global geographic distribution

The course is designed to be going with the tide for the beginning and the end of the event! All proceeds from the race will be going to the SNEAKERS FOR SOLDIERS. Athletes receive an XTERRA mesh backpack, choice of a unisex or female style tee shirt, custom event Defeet socks, event swim cap, chip timing, and a custom event finisher towel. Thank you so very much for the amazing support.

CEDAR ISLAND 5K SWIM GEAR is available for donation! $25 in the donation tab gets you a CI5KS event long sleeved hooded tee shirt! You asked and we listened....grab our PREMIUM HOODIE OR BOXERCRAFT PAJAMAS (or BOTH!) over in the STORE for $50.00 donation! Quantities will be listed by size and a first come first serve basis. Grab them while we got them!

RACE DAY: Packet pick up is 7:45 am-9:15 am at AYC. THERE IS NO PARKING AT ALL WHAT SO EVER AT THE AVALON YACHT CLUB. Parking in only available at the AYC for ON WATER SUPPORT VOLUNTEERS with their kayaks and SUPs. There is plenty of street parking along 6th, 7th, and 8th Streets, Ocean Drive, and Dune Drive. (There are bathrooms in that building!) It is a short walk to the club but we also have 2 JITNEY SHUTTLES floating all these areas to pick you up and drop you off to packet pick up. 4 Port O Pots will be available (2 blue for guys, 2 pink for gals) at the AYC in the back rear, right side of the parking lot.

Check in is at the Avalon Yacht Club. A bib list will be sent a few days prior to the race. Please know your number. You can SELF MARK YOUR LEFT HAND WITH YOUR BIB NUMBER PRIOR to your arrival at pick up. This will help us get everyone in and out quickly at pick up. You bib number will be confirmed along with your ICE contact information. You will then get tour athlete bag with everything you need in it. Your custom athlete bag will contain your event swim cap, timing chip and strap to be worn on either ankle, IT IS MANDATORY TO WEAR THE EVENT SWIM CAP provided in your bag. Also, in your bag is your event tee shirt and custom Defeet socks.

The 5K swim starts and finishes at Avalon Yacht Club. We are going back to our MASS IN WATER START at 9:40 am! Things will move very quickly so be ready to be called into the water over the timing mat. MANDATORY 90 minute cut off time that is strictly enforced and if not met, you will be pulled from the course. All swimmers need to be done by 11:10 AM. Water temperature is typically mid 70s and wetsuit legal.

*DO NOT GATHER AT THE SWIM START DOCK UNTIL 9:30 am. Volunteers will be there with their SUP and kayaks preparing to get on the water for your safety during the swim. They will have an 9:20 am volunteer safety meeting on the dock at the start/finish line.

You may enter the bay for warm up. It is unguarded prior to the race start. You must be out of the water by 9:15 AM.

9:25 AM Athlete meeting at the Youth Center Deck. 3:05 PM Athletes line up on the dock ramp

9:30 AM Swimmers will be counted in and cross a timing mat. There is a 90 minute cut off time to complete the swim and finish at the Avalon Yacht Club.

This is a counter clockwise course. The back bay is nice and wide along the entire course. On water safety patrol will be there to guide you, especially to help you round the buoys. SITE and know your surroundings. You will swim out to a WHITE NO WAKE BUOY, then turn left and stay MARSH SIDE for the open inter coastal water way. Once you are on the back bay, you will then swim on the right side of the bay/DOCK SIDE, round the three ORANGE buoys in each corner, keeping them on your left shoulder. You do NOT HAVE TO ROUND THE BUOY at the finish line. Go straight line into the exit ladder on the dock. Swimmers will exit by a swim ladder located on the end of the large floating dock at AYC. YOU MUST REMOVE YOUR OWN TIMING CHIP ONCE YOU HAVE EXITED UP THE RAMP AT AYC. It is recommended to keep your own time if possible to confirm times. This is a charity swim so please be respectful and keep your order upon exit or waiting to climb the ladder.

All four buoys you will round LEFT. You must go around all buoys!

We are committed to you, our charitable and dedicated swimmers. We are looking forward to an impactful and rewarding day swimming for charity.

AWARDS: Top 5 M/F Overall, Top M/F Masters and Grand Masters, Oldest and Youngest swimmers.

This is the 2nd race of the TKC Open Water Summer Swim Series: the TRIPLE CROWN! Race #1 is the 1.2 Mile Bay Swim on July 11th and we round out the series on September 12th with the 1.2 mile Point to Point Bay Swim. Race all three events and get a Triple Crown Award. We will combine everyones times from all three races. Top 5 male and female overall with the lowest net times will get a special award and we will crown a grand champion for 2025.

Celebrating 37 years of running and making a difference in our community. We are looking forward to welcoming all of you to the end of summer must do event, the 37th Annual Tim Kerr 7 Mile Island Run and TK5K Run/Walk.

All shirts have been ordered and are in stock now. We highly encourage you to sign up online to guarantee you get the shirt size and style that you would like to have from the race. We do run out of some shirt sizes on race weekend.

WE HAVE EARLY PICK UP AND LATE REGISTRATION in person Saturday, September 5th inside Community Hall from 4-6pm WE HAVE RACE DAY PICK UP AND LATE REGISTRATION on September 6th 7-8:15AM in Community Hall IN PERSON PAPER SIGN UPS ONLY RACE DAY. ONLINE REGISTRATION CLOSES SEPTMEBER 5TH at 11:59PM.

GRAB AND GO AWARDS! 9:45AM Tim Kerr 7 Mile Island: Top 3 male and female overall, masters, grand masters and age groups in 5 year increments. 9:30 am TK5K Run: Top 3 male and female overall, masters, grand masters, and age group awards in 5 year increments.

We are stroller friendly! Happy running everyone !!

5-Mile Beach at Wildwood Crest: Half Marathon, 10K and

• Run at sunrise on the Boardwalk and more!

• We are proud to announce that we have a non-binary registration option that has their own awards categories: overall and age groups.

• Finisher's medals for all events.

• All first time half marathon finishers will receive a plaque that commemorates their first half finish. The athletes will also receive their finisher’s medal. Find Mark at the end of the race and let him know you ran your first half.

• Walkers and families are welcome.

• We'll have the inflatable finish line arch ready and waiting for you.

• There will be food and drink post-race.

• FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR A RACE MAP.

SWAG

Elite Feats is known for high-end, well-designed SWAG at our events. Entry fees will include :

• T-shirt

• Finisher's medal

• Ankle running socks

• We do everything we can to make sure your shirt size and medal and socks are available.

• Sometimes items may not be available at your event. Please talk with our registration people after the race or see Mark if you have not received your SWAG!

• We will address and resolve your concerns to your satisfaction.

• Our commitment to you is that we will make good on getting any item that you expect and deserve.

If you have any questions, please email [email protected]

This race is part of the new Half Marathon race series. Please click the link below for more information:

https://events.elitefeats.com/half

EARLY START INFO

Here is the information going forward for all races regarding early starts:

• No early starts for 5K/10K

• A single early start time 1 hour before the actual start time for Half (& Full if applicable)

• No awards for any early starts

Also, anyone doing the early start should be trying to run a 15min mile or slower for the half or full. If they end up doing faster than 2:15 for the half they may not get a time.

2024 Finisher's Medal (artist rendering)

I Run for Fun socks

Thank you for your Service

We love our uniformed service members and their families. All of our events feature a 10% discount on race entry for all service members and their family. CHECK THIS LINK FOR MORE INFORMATION.

Elite Feats is known for fun, well organized events with incredible SWAG and event food. For additional information, email [email protected]. We are always happy to answer any questions you have about our races. Our goal is for you to have the very best possible race day experience. For additional information and race updates please check our website: http://www.elitefeats.com

Race Photos

CLICK HERE to see 2025 race photos!

Swag

Winter Beanies guaranteed to all who sign up by 10/31

Awards

• Top 3 Men & Women overall (** Overall Winners are determined by GUN TIME, not chip time**)

• Top 3 in each age group

• AGE GROUPS Male & Female: Under 10, 11-15, 16-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70-79, 80+

• In honor of Festive Friday in Avalon, there will be a prize for the most festively dressed individual and group!

Race Day Registration & Bib Pickup

• 8:00AM-9:30AM

• 30th & Avalon Avenue, Avalon, NJ 08202

• $40

• Please use the online registration link! It will remain open until the race starts.