2025 Palmer Park Event Series: 8K, 5K & 1 Mile Run & Walk

🏃‍♂️ 2026 Palmer Park Event Series: 8K, 5K, 1 Mile Run & Walk

📅 Sunday, June 14th 2026

Welcome Home Wellness Alliance is proud to present our 5th Annual Palmer Park 8K, 5K & 1 Mile Run & Walk Event Series + Outdoor Yoga. This annual pride-themed event is in support of the People for Palmer Park, a local non-profit organization, committed to furthering the preservation, revitalization, and viability of Palmer Park, and Ruth Ellis Center, our neighbors dedicated to providing trauma-informed services for lesbian, and gay, bi-attractional, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ+) youth, and young adults, with an emphasis on young people of color, experiencing homelessness, involved in the child welfare system, and/or experiencing barriers to health and wellbeing.

Please join us for a community celebration of running, yoga, Pride Month and uplifting neighborhood Detroit Parks on Sunday, June 8th!

📋 Event Details

Event Day Schedule:

• Check-In & Packet Pickup: 6:30 AM - 8:00 AM
• Opening Ceremony: 8:00 AM
• 1 Mile Begins: 8:15 AM
• 8K and 5K Begins: 8:45 AM
• Yoga Session: 10:00 AM
• End of Event: 11:00 AM

📍 Location - Meet us at:

Palmer Park
1121 Merrill Plaisance Street
Detroit, MI 48203

📦 Early Packet Pick Up:

Saturday, June 13th: 12:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Welcome Home Yoga & Wellness
6375 W. 7 Mile Rd.
Ste. 103
Detroit, MI 48221

🎁 Registration Information:

8K & 5K Registration includes: Shirt, Medal, BIB & Interactive Online Media. 1 Mile Fun Run includes: Medal, Bib, Interactive Online Media, and with or without a shirt based on your choice. All Virtual Registration packets will be mailed after the event.

Please note: Shirts and medals are not guaranteed for registrants past May 11th due to national supply chain issues.

🔗 Registration Link:

To register, visit here.