Brain Freezer 5K

🏃‍♂️ Race Overview

Lace up your running shoes and grab your spoons, the Brain Freezer 5K is back!!

📜 Race Rules

• Challengers: run half a 5k, stop to down a full pint of Vermont made ice cream, then finish out the race!
• Fun runners: do not have to finish a pint.

🌊 Race Route

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.

• Start: North Beach
• Finish: Waterfront Park
• Ice Cream Stop: Water Works Park

🏆 Prizes and Costumes

Prizes will be given out for best costume and best team costumes, so have fun with it!

💖 Charity Support

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.

• Learn more: Visit PHPG's website

🙏 Acknowledgments

We thank all of the companies and volunteers that have donated money, time, or services to PHPG to make the Brain Freezer 5K happen!

📅 Event Details

Join us on September 13, 2025, at North Beach Park, Burlington, VT. For more information, visit the race page.