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The UVM WE 4.20 5K for Wellness is a cost-free and substance-free 5K fun run/walk that is open to all. This family friendly event will start and finish on UVM’s Athletic Campus. The 11th-annual event will take place on Monday, April 20th, 2026. Our aim is to bring the greater Burlington and UVM community together to celebrate building healthy brains by moving our bodies. Free long sleeve race shirt for the first 1,000 participants. Free food trucks, games, raffles, and more!
Race Day Information!!
Facility Information
Parking: Walk to the event if you are able! Parking is available in Gutterson Parking Garage, University Heights North Lot, or the Jeffords Lot – no pass needed
Restrooms: Limited availability – Outdoors (porta-potties near Virtue Field) and indoors in the lobby of the Gucciardi Fitness Center
Check-In: ARRIVE BEFORE 3:30pm
UVM Indoor Field Turf from 12-4pm (no late check-in)
You will get your race shirt, wristband, and raffle ticket
Arrive early for yard games and expo tables - come hang out!
Race Start: 4:20pm SHARP!
Start/finish line located on the South side of Gutterson Field House
Start-line will be self-seeded: If you run fast, get to the front. If you plan on walking, hang towards the back.
The course is a 3.1 mile loop following the South Burlington rec path
No bib timing or results – the goal is to get moving and have fun!
Food Trucks
Food truck tickets will be handed out at the entrance to the concourse when you finish the race.
Keep your wristband on to claim your tickets
Please keep food outside!
No tickets needed for drink vendors
Raffle
Raffle winners will be announced by the food trucks at 5:20pm.
You must be present to claim your prize.
See you soon!
The WE Team :)
Lace up your running shoes and grab your spoons, the Brain Freezer 5K is back!!
If you are new to the race, the rules are simple: Challengers run half a 5k, stop to down a full pint of Vermont made ice cream, then finish out the the race! Are you up for the challenge? (fun runners do not have to finish a pint)
This is the second year we've done this route, and it was a huge success last year! The race will follow the bike path along beautiful Lake Champlain. It will run between North Beach and Waterfront Park with an ice cream eating pit stop in Water Works Park.
Prizes will be given out for best costume and best team costumes, so have fun with it!
All of the proceeds from the race go to People Helping People Global, a Vermont-based international development organization that provides interest-free microloans to people living on less than $2 a day. Here is the link to learn more about the organization: PHPG's website.
We thank all of the companies and volunteers that have donated money, time, or services to PHPG to make the Brain Freezer 5K happen!
Welcome to the third annual PANS/PANDAS Awareness event in Vermont! Join us for a 5K fun run and walk along in Burlington on October 11, 2025 to raise awareness for PANS/PANDAS here in Vermont—an often-overlooked autoimmune disorder affecting children and young adults. We’re calling on our citizens of Vermont to join us in raising awareness and moving towards change and healing.
Description
This is a family-friendly run/walk in Burlington. Everyone is welcome: from regular runners ready to race to walkers looking for some good community fun. We'll have a DJ, snacks, cool t-shirts, medals, prizes, and some resources and experts to help us learn about this important condition facing our kids.
We are again partnering with The Alex Manfull Fund (TAMF), a New Hampshire-based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, that supports awareness, education, and research to further understand the incidence, etiology, and best treatment of post-infectious neuroimmune disorders (aka PANDAS, PANS, and Autoimmune Encephalitis) with an emphasis on their manifestation in Adolescents and Young Adults. TAMF has established a fellowship fund at Dartmouth Hospital’s Neuroimmune Psychiatric Disorder (NIPD) clinic. Net proceeds from our event will be given to NIPD in support of their clinic.
What are PANS and PANDAS?
PANS (Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome) and PANDAS (Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal infections) occur when a child’s immune response to an infection causes inflammation in the brain. The inflammation can cause the sudden onset of behavioral, neurological, and personality changes. The effects of PANS/PANDAS on children and their families are devastating—yet these conditions are still relatively unknown in Vermont, making diagnosis and treatment extremely difficult. Learn more about this condition and its symptoms.
A note from Gaskell family
Welcome to the PANDAS/PANS 5K! We are a family of 5 living in Burlington looking to transform the hardship of our own PANDAS journey into a beacon of hope and progress for others.
In September 2022, at age 8, our son experienced a sudden, acute onset of extreme neuropsychiatric symptoms. As his parents, we sought help from doctors, psychiatrists, and local resources but to no avail; his condition continued to spiral. Thanks to one of our son's former teachers, who witnessed our struggle and had read about PANDAS on Facebook, we got a first glimpse of what could be happening. In June 2023, a clinic at Dartmouth Hospital diagnosed our son with PANDAS. Since then, treatment and recovery have been long and arduous, however finally—now almost two years later—his condition has improved significantly. With a bit of blue sky returning for our family, we’ve emerged with a clear mission: to help others living with this devastating condition.
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