Christopher’s 5k Run & Walk for Diabetes – Discontinued
Christopher’s 5k Run & Walk For Diabetes
THANK YOU, for your past support of the Christopher’s 5k Run & Walk for Diabetes. With regret, we have decided to discontinue this event after 20 years, which we had hoped to resume this coming May after the COVID-related cancellations in 2020 and 2021. A myriad of challenges prevent us from continuing this event.
History:
Christopher’s 5-k Run & Walk For Diabetes was an annual event in honor of a young boy who has Type 1 Diabetes. Christopher, who is now 21, was diagnosed with diabetes months after turning 2 years old. Upon diagnosis, his family, and his family’s running club, were determined to make a difference. To date this event has raised more than $175,000 going towards finding a cure!!
Christopher’s father Frank Nelson and mother Ilda Nelson, started the road race in 2003 and partnered with Team Diabetes and the Colonial Road Runners, to help raise money for diabetes and to support the entire mission of the American Diabetes Association: To prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes.
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Course Records:
Men (Tied) – TJ Unger & Greg Putnam (Type 1 Diabetic): 15:41
Women- Michelle Sarney: 17:56
Past Results, Videos and Pictures:
2021 – Event cancelled due to COVID
2020 – Event cancelled due to COVID
