Cartersville Glow Run 5K & 1M

Cartersville GLOW RUN 5K / 1M / Wire2Wire Wobble ® Saturday, May 2nd, 2026 * Sam Smith Park * Presented by * Wire 2 Wire Running, LLC 7:40pm - Wire2Wire Wobble® 50 Yds. 7:45pm - 1M 8:00pm - 5K Hope you-and-yours can join us for this night of FAMILY FUN in Cartersville, GA. WEAR YOUR GLOW-ABLES! • A ' First-5K-Ever-Medal ' will be awarded if it's your first one!! • Enjoy a new USATF-Certified 5K Course (and Peachtree Qualifier ) that will meander through Sam Smith Park in a way you've never run before!! • Stick around for MUSIC, AWARDS, & MORE! Bring the whole gang for this family-oriented event. • A few Unique Categories: Oldest 5K Finisher; Fastest Veteran, Newest Mom Proceeds from the race go to benefit Bartow Family Resources . To learn more about their history, click here: https://bartowfamilies.com/about/ To find out about what they do and whom they serve , check us out at: https://bartowfamilies.com/ EVENING SCHEDULE: 6:15 PM Event Opens ( Registration. Music! People having fun. ) 7:40PM Wire2Wire-Wobble® ( 50 yd. dash - Ages 4&U ) FREE EVENT ♥ 7:45PM 1 Mile ( Run/Walk....Dance? ) 8:00 PM 5K Race 9:15PM Awards Ceremony REGISTRATION INFO. Early-Bird Registration - Feb. 26 thru March 17 ... mucho bucks saved here. Nice planning! 5K: $25 1M: $25 Registration - March 18 thru March 31 5K: $30 1M: $30 Registration - April 1 thru April 19 5K: $35 1M: $35 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (Race Week & Race-Day) Registration - April 27th thru May 2nd ...Look, at least you made it! No respect lost. 5K: $40 1M: $40 PLEASE NOTE : T-shirt size can only be GUARANTEED for those who register by April 26th, 11:59pm. (Think, "No soup for YOU!") LOTS O' AWARDS: ⇒ 5K ⇐ Top 3 Overall - Male & Female Overall Masters - Male & Female - ( 40 & Over ) Overall Grand Masters - Male & Female - (50 & Over) Unique Categories: Oldest 5K Finisher; Fastest Veteran, Newest Mom Plus, Medals to Top 3 in following Age Groups: ( 10 & under, 11-14, 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, 80 & Wiser ) ⇒ 1M ⇐ Top 3 Overall - Male & Female Medals to Top 3 in following Age Groups: ( 8 & under, 9-10, 11-12 ) Free smiles to everyone else. ⇒ Wire2Wire Wobble® ⇐ Claps, cheers, hoorays!!!! PRE-RACE PACKET PICK-UP: Pre-Race Packet-Pick-Up will be held Thursday, April 30th from 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM at Big Peach Running Co. 402 East Church St. Suite 107 & 108 Cartersville, GA 30121 (Tel: 470-888-2987) PARKING: Parking available at Cartersville Middle School. Additional overflow parking (requiring only a short walk) is available at Ric Mason soccer fields parking lot (by the Cartersville bus barn), as well as at the Sr. Aquatic Center, and/or Dellinger Park. TIMING & RESULTS will be provided by Wire2Wire Running, LLC. https://www.wire2wirerunning.com/ This is a Rain-or-Shine event and given the charitable nature of the event, there are no refunds available. We hope to see you there!