Will to Run Challenge

Please join A Running Passion for our seventh annual Will to Run Challenge!  This year will feature an in-person 5k event in addition to the virtual race!   Join us in person, or participate in your own virtual 5k, 10k, or both within the event week!

Prices and swag packs are as follows:

-5K in-person event: $35: **t-shirt guaranteed to registrations received by August 14th

-5K virtual: $30: t-shirt/ event bib
-10K virtual: $40: t-shirt/bag/sticker/ event bib
-15k virtual Combined Challenge (must submit separate 5k and 10k times): $50-t-shirt/bag/sticker/event bib/ A Running Passion socks)
-Kid's virtual Challenge: FREE- stickers, event bib, coloring pages, event check list

Friday, September 18th - 

Will to Run 5k - Eastern Trail (Town of Kennebunk) *Final details TBD

The course will be an out and back route that will take runners through unique forests along the former Eastern Railroad bed. The trail is extremely flat, the surface is hard packed stone dust and will be a fast course! The trail crosses the Maine Turnpike in Kennebunk on a uniquely designed bridge that was opened in 2011. This is the only pedestrian bridge that crosses the Maine Turnpike. 

Friday, September 18th -

Will to Run Virtual Challenge begins 
Virtual welcome on social media
Packet pick-up
Round Turn Distillery
5-6:30pm
 

Sunday, September 20th - 
Packet Pick-up
Waterhouse Field (Cross Country Shoe Jamboree)
10am-12pm

Banded Brewing 
13-W, 32 Main St.
Biddeford, ME 04005

Tuesday, September 22nd - 
5:30-6:00pm- Local packet pick-up
6:00pm- A Running Passion Pub Run 5K, 10K loop available
$1 from each beer purchased from the group goes to A Running Passion
Birthday cookies in honor of Will to be provided at 7:30pm

Friday, September 25th - 
Final day to send in completion times and photos. Times must be submitted by 11:59pm.

Saturday, September 26th - 
Virtual closing ceremony to air on our social media outlets.

***If you live in Biddeford, Dayton, Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, Arundel, Saco, Old Orchard Beach, or Wells, your packet will be available for packet pick-up at one of the Biddeford locations. We do not mail local packets out. We will have pick-up available in Portland for those interested at Marathon Sports.

***Packets for our friends joining us from further away should receive their packets the week of the event. Please sign-up early to guarantee your packet and swag arrive on time!

Times can be submitted to cfrentzen@gmail.com anytime from 
9/18/2026-9/25/2026

All proceeds from this event will go to A Running Passion's scholarship and community outreach initiatives. 

https://arunningpassion.org/