Run to
Empower Entrepreneurs5K · 1-Mile Fun Run
Not just a race.
A movement.
Every mile you run, walk, or cheer through fuels the Freedom In Me Business Showers mission — helping entrepreneurs start, grow, and sustain successful businesses.
We connect new businesses to people and resources through training, coaching, community, cash awards, and access to funding and capital. The Run to Empower Entrepreneurs 5K turns wellness into economic mobility — and it takes the whole community to move the movement.
This is what a movement looks like.
Run. Walk. Bubble. Empower.
The movement in motion.
Two ways to show up.
Run, walk, bring your family, form a team, or just come out to support entrepreneurs.
5K Run/Walk
For runners, walkers, teams, and anyone chasing a personal best.
- All-pace-friendly course
- Water station + support
- Open to all ability levels
- Register solo or as a team
1-Mile Fun Run
Perfect for youth, families, beginners, and first-time finishers.
- Kid + stroller friendly
- Family walking option
- No pace, all vibes
- Finisher energy for everyone
Community Teams
Rally coworkers, friends, gym members, and family through RunSignup.
- Create or join a team
- Team leaderboard on RunSignup
- Perfect for gyms & churches
- Rep your name at the finish
Optional Event Shirt
Add an official event shirt at RunSignup checkout — youth to Adult XL: $12 · 2XL/3XL: $14.
- Youth – Adult XL: +$12
- Adult 2XL & 3XL: +$14
- Guaranteed by Oct 16, 2026
- After Oct 16: not guaranteed
Lock in your best price.
The earlier you register, the more you save. Every dollar fuels entrepreneurs.
5K Run/Walk
1-Mile Fun Run
Registration and checkout are processed securely through RunSignup. Click below to register for the 5K Run/Walk, 1-Mile Fun Run, create or join a team, add an optional event shirt, or make a donation.
- Register on RunSignup
- Create or join a team
- Add an optional event shirt
- Donate through RunSignup
Set up shop in the vendor village.
A family-friendly, high-foot-traffic community event with runners, walkers, families, and supporters ready to meet your business. Bring your booth, your table, and your energy.
Tonja Lindsay · 2025 Finalist & 5K Vendor
Sponsors empower entrepreneurs.
Put your brand at the center of a growing community campaign. Logo placement, table space, social recognition, and event-day visibility — customized to your goals.
- Premier logo placement
- Stage recognition
- Vendor table + booth
- Social media takeover
- 10 race entries
- Featured in press
- Prominent logo placement
- Vendor table
- Social media recognition
- 5 race entries
- Website + program feature
- Logo on event shirt
- Vendor space
- Social media shoutout
- 3 race entries
- Logo on website
- Social media mention
- 2 race entries
Fuel Partners & Hydration Sponsors.
Fuel Partners (also known as Fuel Station Sponsors and hydration sponsors) keep runners, walkers, youth participants, and volunteers going strong. We welcome water donations and snack donations from local grocery stores, beverage companies, cafés, bakeries, health-food brands, and community partners — the small things that turn a good race into an unforgettable one.
Local grocery stores, beverage companies, health-food brands, snack companies, cafés, bakeries, and hydration sponsors — this is how you plug in.
- 1Pledge a category (e.g., water, granola bars, fruit) or a dollar amount.
- 2Your logo appears on the Fuel Station banner and race-day signage.
- 3Social media shoutout to runners: "Powered by [Your Brand]."
- 4Vendor table option at the Fuel Station on race day.
Gyms, trainers & wellness brands.
Wellness Partners include local gyms, personal trainers, fitness studios, yoga studios, pilates studios, boot camps, fitness instructors, wellness brands, health coaches, chiropractors, and health partners. This event is your stage. Show up for the community, grow your following, and put your brand in front of hundreds of active families.
Highlights from last year.
Families showed up. Entrepreneurs were celebrated.
Vendors connected. Community moved with purpose.
Real moments from our runners, walkers, families, vendors, and supporters. Your energy is the story.
Run for the medal.
Top finishers take home a custom medal — 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place across the 5K. Bring your race face.
With our Executive Director.
Bibs #227, #221, and #213 stood on the 2025 podium alongside our Executive Director. In 2026, your name could be here — every mile counts, every finish matters.
Built for everyone.
You don't have to be a runner. You just have to show up. Bring the family, form a team, or come solo — the vibe is welcoming, energetic, and full of purpose.
Run. Walk. Bubble. Empower.
Everything you need to show up ready.
Concord, NC 28027
Race day is powered by volunteers.
Help with check-in, water stations, setup, breakdown, youth fun run support, vendor support, and guest support. It's fun, it's fast, it changes lives.
“Every entrepreneur remembers who stood in the rain to hand them water at mile one.”