Saturday, September 26th, 2026
43222 Lowder Aviation Parkway, New London NC
5K
About this race
💚✈️ Jace's 5K on the Runway ✈️💛
Running for Warrior Jace Thompson • Drive Out DIPG • Pediatric Brain Cancer Awareness
📍 Location:
43222 Lowder Aviation Parkway
New London, NC 28127
📅 Date: Saturday, September 26, 2026
🕘 Race Starts: 9:00 AM
🏃 Choose Your Event
💚 5K Run
🚶 1K Fun Walk
🌎 Virtual Option (Participate from anywhere!)
💚 Help Us Flood the Runway with Hope 💛
This isn't just another race—it is a day to honor Warrior Jace Thompson, celebrate courage, and stand together for every child fighting pediatric brain cancer.
💚 Wear GREEN for DIPG Awareness
💛 Wear GOLD for Pediatric Cancer Awareness
Let's turn the runway into a sea of green and gold as we run, walk, remember, and fight for a future where no family hears the words, "Your child has DIPG."
Every step sends a powerful message:
Our children deserve better. They deserve hope. They deserve a cure.
💚 Why We Run
Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG) is one of the deadliest forms of childhood brain cancer. It steals futures, changes families forever, and currently has no cure.
Jace's legacy continues through every mile, every participant, every volunteer, and every donation.
When you register, you're doing more than participating in a race you are becoming part of a movement determined to Drive Out DIPG.
Whether you're chasing a personal best, walking beside loved ones, pushing a stroller, or participating virtually from across the country, YOU make a difference.
Together, we can give families hope and help fund research that brings us one step closer to a cure.
🏅 Awards
🏆 Top 2 Overall Male & Female Finishers in each age group:
🎖️ 0–14
🎖️ 15–19
🎖️ 20–29
🎖️ 30–39
🎖️ 40–49
🎖️ 50–59
🎖️ 60+
❤️ Every Registration Changes Lives
Your registration and donations help support:
🧠 Groundbreaking DIPG research
🏥 Life-saving treatment initiatives
👨👩👧👦 Families facing the unimaginable
🎗️ Pediatric brain cancer awareness
No gift is too small. Every dollar helps fuel hope and moves us closer to a cure.
🌟 Join Us. Run With Purpose. Leave a Legacy.
Bring your family. Invite your friends. Form a team. Honor a warrior. Celebrate survivors. Remember the angels.
Let's fill the runway with thousands of footsteps, endless hope, and unwavering determination.
💚 Because every child deserves a future.
💛 Because love never stops fighting.
🎗️ Because together, we can Drive Out DIPG.
Register today and help us make this the biggest and most meaningful Jace's 5K on the Runway yet!
💚 #DriveOutDIPG 💛 #LoveLikeJace 💚 #LiveLikeJace 🎗️
For more information please visit www.warriorjace.org
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