DEFENDER 5k and 2.2 mile Ruck, Run or Walk

🎖️ Event Details

• Date: 2025-06-07
• Location: 7700 16th St. N., Saint Petersburg, FL
• Event URL: DEFENDER 5K RUCK WALK

📅 Registration Information

• Shirt Deadline: Deadline for guaranteed event shirt is May 15th
• Availability: After May 15th, t-shirts will be based on availability

💔 Purpose of the Event

• Beneficiary: Proceeds to benefit local organizations committed to battling suicide
• Honor: Those who are gone are not forgotten. We honor all we have lost.
• Community Responsibility: We accept the responsibility as a community to embrace and support our heroes.
• Mission: Honor and Remember Fallen Heroes, and commit to finding a way to stop military suicide.

🕊️ Tribute to Anthony Muhlstadt

• Special Acknowledgment: We remember all heroes with special acknowledgment of Marine, Anthony Muhlstadt.
• Legacy: Referred to as a 'Defender' by friends and family, he always stood up for the underdog.
• Awareness: Through his life and death, we work to raise awareness for active duty and veteran suicide prevention.

🎉 Celebration of Life

• Post-Event Celebration: Participants are welcome to join honor Anthony's birthday after the walk.
• Activities: There will be music, vendors, giveaways, camaraderie, friendship, love, and, of course, birthday cake.