Unified 5K - Dexter

  • Date Sat 23rd August 2025
  • Time 9:30AM EST
  • Location Dexter, Michigan
  • Price $22.20 - $32.80
  • Races 4 races
  • Distances 5km, 1 Mile

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Event summary

Join us for the inaugural Unified 5K in Dexter, Michigan on Saturday, August 23rd, 2025! This exciting event combines a vibrant 5K road race with the AdaptXpo, an adaptive sports expo dedicated to fostering inclusivity and community connection. Participants can choose to run, walk, roll, or row either the 5K (3.1 miles) or a shorter 1-mile course, making it accessible for everyone.

The Unified 5K emphasizes the importance of creating opportunities for individuals with intellectual and physical disabilities, ensuring that fitness and physical activity are accessible for all. After your race, stick around to explore the AdaptXpo, featuring vendors and clinics focused on health, inclusion, accessibility, assistive technology, and adaptive sports. This event supports essential initiatives that break down barriers to health and fitness, encouraging participation for every body. Don't miss out on this uplifting celebration of community, sport, and accessibility!

Organiser's Description

The 2025 Unified 5k and AdaptXpo is an inclusive road race and adaptive sports expo that fosters community, connection, and competition. The event emphasizes building inclusive communities, creating opportunities, and making fitness and physical activity accessible for people with intellectual and physical disabilities.

Join us on August 23rd at Hudson Mills for our inaugural Unified 5k in Dexter, MI. Participants have the opportunity to run, walk, roll, or row either the 5k (3.1 mile) or 1 Mile course. Arrive early or hang around after the event to check out our vendors and clinics at the AdaptXpo, a celebration of organizations that focus on health, inclusion, accessibility, assistive technology, and adaptive sports.

Our organization, AdaptX addresses barriers to better health and fitness for people with intellectual and physical disabilities through education, research, advocacy, and scholarship. We are a leading provider in adaptive fitness education and operate The Rick Hoyt Research Lab, which conducts impactful studies that improve fitness and reduce secondary health conditions for individuals with intellectual and physical disabilities.

These events support AdaptX initiatives, specifically our Scholarship and Ambassador Fund, which addresses socioeconomic barriers to participation so that we can MAKE FITNESS AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ACCESSIBLE FOR EVERY BODY.

Races

  • 5k Walk/Run (Early Start)

    Incl. $2.80 Fee & T-Shirt

    Sat 23rd August 2025 (9:30AM EDT)

    $32.80

    Select this option if you'd like to complete the full 5k distance but anticipate taking longer than an hour to finish. These participants will start a half hour before the rest of the field. That way, we'll still have a great crowd around the finish line to celebrate your accomplishment!
  • 5k Run/Roll/Row

    Incl. $2.80 Fee & T-Shirt

    Sat 23rd August 2025 (10:00AM EDT)

    $32.80

  • 1 Mile Walk/Run/Roll

    Incl. $2.80 Fee & T-Shirt

    Sat 23rd August 2025 (10:00AM EDT)

    $32.80

  • Kids Fun Run

    Incl. $2.20 Fee & T-Shirt

    Sat 23rd August 2025 (9:35AM EDT)

    $22.20

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Location

Hudson Mills Metro Park, 8801 N Territorial Rd, Dexter, 48130, MI, United States

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