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09 .13 .2025
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at 07 :00 AM
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Halfway to St. Patrick's Day 5K & 1 Mile Fun Run
It's almost St. Patrick's Day . . . well almost halfway there! Come join the Virginia Irish Dance Association for their 2nd Annual 5K race and 1 Mile Fun Run to celebrate. The course is USATF certified (VA24018RT) and will be timed electronically.
The race begins and ends at O'Brien's Irish Pub in Warrenton.
WALK UP REGISTRATIONS AVAILABLE AT O'BRIEN'S IRISH PUB ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 FROM NOON TO 2 PM AND 6 TO 8 PM OR ON RACE DAY STARTING AT 6:30 AM.
Pre-registered runners will receive a Halfway to St. Patrick's Day performance shirt. (Late registrations and walk-up runners will receive a shirt if available.)
Both the 1 Mile Fun Run and the 5K start at 7:30 am.
Cash prizes will be awarded to runners in the 5K: the top 3 male and female finishers. Plus medals to the top 3 female and male finishers in age groups.
Special prizes including: first runner with a stroller to finish, best-dressed leprechaun, first runner to finish wearing a kilt, and more!
Registration deadlines -- 5K and 1 Mile Fun Run:
** Early Bird (shirt included) -- now through August 15 -- $35 (5K) and $17 (1M)
** Regular (shirt included) -- August 16-31 -- $40 and $20
** Late (shirt if available) -- September 1-12 -- $45 and $22
** Day of race (shirt if available) -- $50 and $25
Are you or your business interested in being a race sponsor? Get your name on the race shirts, have information provided to each runner in their race bag, and more to promote your business. email vidarace2024@gmail.com for more information.
Packet Pickup: You can pick up your race packet, including your bib and shirt, on Friday from 12-2 pm or 6-8 pm at O'Brien's Irish Pub, 380 Broadview Ave, Warrenton, VA. On race day, we'll open the registration table at 6:30 am with the races -- both the 5K and the 1-Mile Run -- starting at 7:30 am.
There will be plenty of parking at O'Brien's on race day.
* Friday, Sept. 12 -- packet pickup at O'Brien's from noon to 2 pm and 6 to 8 pm
* Saturday, Sept. 13 -- on-site registration and packet pickup at O'Brien's at 6:30 am
* Race starts at 7:30 am followed immediately by awards and raffles
A reminder the race is being run through neighborhoods and there could be light traffic. Please use caution and be aware of vehicles on the road and coming out of driveways. Race marshals will be on the course periodically in addition to road signs and markings on the road with directions. There will be a water station at the .75 mile mark, and you'll pass it again at the approx. 2.25 mile mark.
I know that running can be a hazardous activity and that I should not enter and run unless I am medically able and properly trained. I assume all risks associated with running, including, but not limited to, falls, weather conditions including high heat and/or humidity, contact with other participants, the effects of the road and traffic on the course, all such risks being known and appreciated by me. I agree to abide by any decision of a race official relative to any aspect of my participation in this event, including the right of any official to deny or suspend my participation for any reason whatsoever. I attest that I have read the rules of the race and agree to abide by them. Having read this waiver and knowing these facts, I for myself and anyone entitled to act on my behalf, waive and release the Halfway to St. Patrick's Day 5K, Virginia Irish Dance Association, racewire, the Town of Warrenton, and the O'Brien's Irish Pub, all event sponsors and volunteers, their representatives and successors from all claims or liability of any kind arising out of my participation in this race event though that liability may arise out of negligence or carelessness on the part of the persons named in this waiver. Further, I grant permission to all of the foregoing to use any photographs, motion pictures, or other record of this event for any legitimate purpose without compensation to me. For safety reasons, I agree not to participate with skates, bikes or headsets and all animals in attendance will be well behaved and kept on a short lead (no retractable leashes). I understand that there are no refunds should severe weather cancel the event. I understand that the entry fee is non-refundable and non-transferable. SecureFee™ Registration Cancellation Insurance is offered in most states. If purchased, your registration may be covered for one of the covered reasons stated in the policy.
