Tim Walker Founders' Day 5K
- Date Fri 4th July 2025
- Time 8:00AM EST
- Location Elizabethtown, Kentucky
- Price Free - $27.50
- Races 2 races
- Distances 5km
Event summary
Join us for the 6th Annual Tim Walker Founders' Day 5K Run/Walk on Friday, July 4, 2025, at the beautiful Elizabethtown Sports Park in Hardin County, Kentucky! This exciting event not only celebrates the legacy of Tim C. Walker, a beloved former mayor and community leader, but also promotes a spirit of unity and family engagement. Runners and walkers will navigate a scenic 1.55-mile loop course within the park, making it perfect for participants of all levels.
Start your Independence Day with a bang as the race kicks off at 8 AM, following registration and packet pickup beginning at 7 AM. Each registered participant will receive a commemorative race T-shirt, with a registration deadline for guaranteed shirts set for June 19, 2025. This event serves as a fundraiser for the Hardin County History Museum, ensuring that Tim Walker’s passion for history and community lives on. Come celebrate our city's rich heritage and enjoy a fantastic day filled with fitness, fun, and family!
Start your Independence Day with a bang as the race kicks off at 8 AM, following registration and packet pickup beginning at 7 AM. Each registered participant will receive a commemorative race T-shirt, with a registration deadline for guaranteed shirts set for June 19, 2025. This event serves as a fundraiser for the Hardin County History Museum, ensuring that Tim Walker’s passion for history and community lives on. Come celebrate our city's rich heritage and enjoy a fantastic day filled with fitness, fun, and family!
Organiser's Description
NOW OFFICIALLY MANAGED BY CENTRAL KENTUCKY RACE MANAGEMENT!
Central Kentucky Race Management and The Hardin County History Museum proudly present the 6th Annual "Tim Walker Founders' Day 5K Run/ Walk" on Thursday, July 4, 2025, at the Elizabethtown Sports Park. This historic event is dedicated to one of the Founders' Day organizers Tim C. Walker who also served as mayor from (2011-2013) before his term was cut short by his untimely death on June 14, 2013.
Tim Walker shaped the history of Elizabethtown and Hardin County and made it a better place, so please join us on July 4th!
REGISTRATION
Each registered runner will receive a Race T-shirt (to be guaranteed a T-shirt, please register by the shirt deadline of June 19, 2025)
PACKET PICKUP
Packet pickup will be race morning beginning at 7am at the soccer pavilion located near the back of the park on the right. The race will start at 8 am. The course will remain inside the sports park and travel along the asphalt walking trail surrounding the park. Each loop will be 1.55 miles long. There will be a water stop after the first loop. Bathrooms will be open for the runners at the Sports Park.
This race is a fundraiser for the Hardin County History Museum and is in honor of our late Mayor Tim Walker, who created Founders' Day. The event moved last year to the Sports Park he loved and helped create, making the day even better.
ABOUT TIM WALKER
Tim was a history lover and an outstanding leader at the museum, in the local community, and in his church. As a leader, he shared his faith and his vision to improve the quality of life for all. This 5k is dedicated to his memory and was created to honor his legacy by bringing families together in downtown Elizabethtown to celebrate our city's birth.
_Robert F. Kennedy once said, "It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an idea or acts to improve the lot of others or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope."_
Central Kentucky Race Management and The Hardin County History Museum proudly present the 6th Annual "Tim Walker Founders' Day 5K Run/ Walk" on Thursday, July 4, 2025, at the Elizabethtown Sports Park. This historic event is dedicated to one of the Founders' Day organizers Tim C. Walker who also served as mayor from (2011-2013) before his term was cut short by his untimely death on June 14, 2013.
Tim Walker shaped the history of Elizabethtown and Hardin County and made it a better place, so please join us on July 4th!
REGISTRATION
Each registered runner will receive a Race T-shirt (to be guaranteed a T-shirt, please register by the shirt deadline of June 19, 2025)
PACKET PICKUP
Packet pickup will be race morning beginning at 7am at the soccer pavilion located near the back of the park on the right. The race will start at 8 am. The course will remain inside the sports park and travel along the asphalt walking trail surrounding the park. Each loop will be 1.55 miles long. There will be a water stop after the first loop. Bathrooms will be open for the runners at the Sports Park.
This race is a fundraiser for the Hardin County History Museum and is in honor of our late Mayor Tim Walker, who created Founders' Day. The event moved last year to the Sports Park he loved and helped create, making the day even better.
ABOUT TIM WALKER
Tim was a history lover and an outstanding leader at the museum, in the local community, and in his church. As a leader, he shared his faith and his vision to improve the quality of life for all. This 5k is dedicated to his memory and was created to honor his legacy by bringing families together in downtown Elizabethtown to celebrate our city's birth.
_Robert F. Kennedy once said, "It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an idea or acts to improve the lot of others or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope."_
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