8th Annual Weighted Angels 5k Run & Walk 2026

Description

Weighted Angels is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization operating out of the Virginia Peninsula. We provide weighted stuffed animals to grieving families who have experienced stillbirth and infant loss before they leave the hospital. Our mission is to make sure no family leaves the hospital with empty arms.

Did you know the fastest 5k ever run was completed by Joshua Cheptegei in 12 minutes and 35 seconds? With the current rate of stillbirth being 1 every 16 seconds, that means in just that short time, an average of 47 babies were born silently into this world. The current statistics are alarming and heart breaking. These families need our support now more than ever.

Join us for the Weighted Angels 5K to raise awareness, walk/run in remembrance and honor of our loved ones, and raise funds to help us better serve the pregnancy, stillbirth, and infant loss families of Virginia. Your support and participation will help bring awareness during October Infant & Pregnancy Loss Awareness Month. Participants can run/walk in person or virtually this year. We would love to have you join us!

Post your pre and post-race pictures on Facebook and Instagram! Tag @weightedangels #weightedangels5k #weightedangels #nomoreemptyarms

PACKET PICK-UP

Day of Race Registration & Packet Pick-Up

Sunday, September 27, 2026 | 8:00am-9:55am Billsburg Brewery 2054 Jamestown Road Williamsburg, VA 23185

* Day of Race Registration is allowed but the price increases to $45.00 and a T-Shirt and race entry is not guaranteed.

* There will be a pause in all registrations and packet pick-up from 9:00am-9:15am during our Memorial Service.

RACE SCHEDULE

Memorial Service | 9:00am 1 Mile Zoo Fun Run | 9:30am 5k Run & Walk | 10:00am Award Ceremony | 11:30am

ENTRY FEES

5k

Early Bird 5K In Person through 6/30/2026 | $30

5K In Person through 07/1/2026-09/20/2026 | $35

5K Week of In Person through 09/21/2026-09/24/2026 I $40 (No online registration after 09/24/2026)

Day of Registration for 5k 09/27/2026 I $45

1 Mile Fun Run

Early Bird 1 Mile Zoo Fun Run Registration through 06/30/2026 I $15

1 Mile Zoo Fun Run Registration beginning 07/1/2026-09/20/2026 | $20

1 Mile Zoo Fun Run Week of Registration 09/21/2026-09/24/2026 I $25 (No online registration after 09/24/2026)

Day of Registration for 1 Mile Zoo Fun Run 09/27/2026 ( no guarantee of fun run bag) I $30

*ONLINE RACE REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE ON 09/24/2026 at midnight.

**REGISTRATION MUST BE RECEIVED BY 08/31/2026 FOR A T-SHIRT GUARANTEE.

COURSE

Flat and very fast 5K course, starting and finishing on the service road at the beginning of the Virginia Capital Trail, doing a loop within the scenic, shaded Landfall at Jamestown neighborhood, with an out-and-back of Landfall Drive, and returning via Robert Fenton and the service road parallel to Jamestown Road. The one mile fun run is an out-and-back of the service road paralleling Jamestown Road.

CREATE A TEAM FUNDRAISER

Create a team to honor the memory and celebrate the lives of a loved one. Have your team fundraise for Weighted Angels through the day of the 5k. The top three fundraising teams will be recognized at the event.

1 MILE ZOO FUN RUN

Kids can dress up in their favorite zoo animal attire for this fun race! The run will be an out-and-back 1 mile run.

AWARDS

Cash prizes to top three overall men and women. Awards to the top three in five-year age groups (from 14-and-under through 70-and-over), and to the top three men and women in the walk division. Please note that awards are only offered for in-person runners.

MEMORIAL SERVICE

Please join us before the race event for a loving service that will recognize the sweet babies that have left us too soon. Submit a name under the registration section to be read aloud during the service.

HONOR YOUR ANGEL

Honor your angel by having their name on the back of ALL of the race t-shirts.

Must be summited by 08/31/2026 to guarantee name is on