64th Street, Virginia Beach VA
Saturday, November 22nd, 2025
Here's the story behind this race: Bradlee LaMontagne's life was cut way too short at the age of 21 on December 10, 2020. He was tragically killed by a negligent boat driver in Cozumel, Mexico. He was a Junior at Johns Hopkins and also the Captain of the wrestling team. He loved wrestling. He started wrestling in elementary school with Great Neck Wrestling Club and continued on until college. He was two-time captain of the Cox Wrestling team and a state finalist and two-time state placer, region champion, and had over 120 varsity wins. He was an NCAA All American Scholar at Johns Hopkins placing in the region.
Bradlee has 4 siblings and many family and friends. He was loving, kind, passionate, and hard-working. He had the kind of energy and positivity that would fill the room and bring a smile to everyone around them. He will be forever missed and loved.
One Thanksgiving of note, 2019, Bradlee wanted to enjoy Thanksgiving just like everyone else. Except when you're a wrestler, as some of you know, wrestlers cut weight so it's not as easy to just eat and lay around like most of us get to do. Around the holidays, it's pretty torturous especially when everyone is eating until their buttons pop off. Well, Brad wanted to eat and eat big, so he did what anyone would do, he ran 15.04 miles Thanksgiving morning! Let me say it again, 15.04 MILES JUST TO EAT! That is BRADASS!
Let me preface this by saying, this is not 15 miles and it's not Thanksgiving morning. But it is 6.2 miles and is in Seashore State Park (or First Landing as it is now called), similar to where he ran. I think he would be proud of all of us, if we could do half of what he did (or a little less than half) to raise money for wrestlers' scholarships and to celebrate his life and legacy.
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*All Sponsor Levels may drop off advertising or swag to add to our race goody bags. Please drop off Flyers/Items at BWR or LDC by Nov 11. Expect 300 runners.
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