From big races to Saturday morning group runs—find kids events and connect with the local endurance sports community.
Who We Are: Healthy Kids Running Series is a five (5) week running program in the spring and fall for kids Pre-K through 8th grade. Each HKRS Series takes place once a week and offers age-appropriate running events including the 50 & 75 yard dashes, the 1/4 mile, the 1/2 mile and the 1 mile run. Kids will earn points for each race they complete based on their finish.
Pricing: The registration fee covers the entire five (5) weeks of the Series which includes race bibs for each week, a runner shirt, a finisher medal and any sponsor giveaways. Registration is non-refundable and non-transferable. Online Early Bird registration increases three weeks prior to the first race event.
Challenger: This Series offers a Challenger Division which is an adaptive 75 yard race for children with disabilities and/or special needs. This allows for parents, siblings, and friends to be on the course with runners to provide support as well as bringing their own supportive devices such as crutches, braces, wheelchairs, etc. to be used by runners.
Makeup Date Information: 5/31/2026
Single Day Racing: Single day race registration opens one hour prior to the start of each race. The registration fee covers one single race to be run on the day of registration. ALL single day registrations should be completed onsite at the race location. Single day racers will have the option to upgrade to the full series (see tab on the left side of the page for instructions). There is a strict no-refund and no-transfer policy.
Awards: All participants receive a medal on Week 5! Trophies will be awarded to the overall top finishers in each of the divisions listed below (broken out by boys and girls respectively):
Pre-K 50 Yard Dash
Pre-K 75 Yard Dash
Kindergarten & 1st Grade
2nd & 3rd Grade
4th & 5th Grade
6th to 8th Grade
Challenger
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THE STRIDERS SCHOLARSHIP 5K EVENT IS HELD AT THE VIRGINIA BEACH SPORTSPLEX!
YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO PRE-REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT
YOU WILL RECEIVE COMPLETE DETAILS WITH YOUR FINAL INSTRUCTIONS (VIA EMAIL)
BEFORE THE EVENT
Strider Scholarship 5K
Raceis again this year back to the original day the last Tuesday evening in July on July 28th! 1 Mile is at 6 pm and the 5K starts at 6:30 pm
Additional raffle tickets will be available on race day for the Strider Scholarship 5K and you can also purchase more tickets through the Donation link. 3 tickets $20 Donation 10 Tickets $50 Donation
We will have a shirt option registration for $50, which includes a Race shirt and 6 Raffle tickets! You have until July 7th to sign up for the shirt option and order a shirt. After that, only the non-shirt option will be available!
Pre-Race Packet Pick-up will be held at Running etc VB on Monday, July 27th from 3-5 pm.
COURSE: The 5K race starts in front of the Sportsplex and loops around the Sportsplex parking lot, then follows the trail behind the Sportsplex and finishes inside the Sportsplex! one-mile loops around the parking lot and finishes inside the stadium
THIS IS A STRIDER GRAND PRIX EVENT
THE SCHOLARSHIP 5K IS ALSO AN HR SUPER GRAND PRIX EVENT
HR Super Grand Prix Info Here:
https://www.tidewaterstriders.com/pages/hr-super-grand-prix
AFTER PARTY- Inside the Sportsplex with beer and pizza! We have non Alcoholic bevreges as well Huge raffle with awesome prizes from races to hotel night stays and sporting tickets with over $10,000 in prizes to be given out!
If you would like to donate an Item to our raffle, please contact Thomas at [email protected].
Strider Plus--- Use the NO SHIRT sign-up option for the 5K and/or 5K Competitive Walk to receive your discount. Strider Scholarship 5K Shirts are available as an additional purchase option in the web store when you register.
Volunteers needed -You can still participate and volunteer. Use the Volunteer tab on this site to volunteer
Competitive Walking Division: If you register under the Competitive walking division you must walk the entire race! If you are going to run/ walk, you need to register for the 5KRun/Walk Division!