Name: Strider Mile
Start: 2026-08-08
End: 2026-08-08
Location: Chesapeake, Virginia

About the Event

Welcome to the 2026 Strider Mile

Final Instructions email will be sent to all participants week of the event with up-to-date race instructions. If signed up in the competitive walking division you must walk the entire mile race to be eligible for a walker Division award!

ONSITE EVENT DETAILS

COURSE: This is a one-mile race on the Track at Greenbrier Christian Academy.

FLUIDS AND FOOD: There will be 1 aid station with water and a replacement drink.

AMENITIES & POST-RACE: Post-race Panera with Beverages will be provided to race participants & volunteers.

TIME LIMITS: The race starts at 8:00 AM with the first heat. Heats are assigned based on predicted times.

CLUB MEMBERSHIP DISCOUNTS: A Club membership discount of $5.00 and a Strider Plus discount is available online thru 9 pm August 7th. Discounts are automatically applied on the payment page during registration. You should use the account you used to register for the club to apply for this discount. We will also attempt to match on name/date of birth.

GENERAL PRICING: $25.00 Adult / $15.00 Ages 18 and Under online through August 1st.

Paper entry forms are not available.

DISTANCE MEDLEY RELAY: There will be a Competitive Distance medley relay this year 1200/400/800/1600 please contact Orangerunning@yahoo.com if interested in signing a team-up.

TOT TROT: We will have a free 400-meter run for kids 5 & under.

AWARDS: Awards will go to the top 3 overall, masters male and female, 10-year age groups, top overall male and female in the race walk, and Team trophy for top male and female open and masters and mixed Distance Medley Relay team.

Strider Mile Records:

Overall Male: Louka Fetter 4:24 2023 Male Masters: Steve Chantry 4:52 2007

Overall Female: Aniya Mosley 5:06 2022 Female Masters: Jenny Moran 5:44 2019

This is a Strider Grand Prix and Youth Grand Prix event.

Races Offered

DMR

Aug 08, 2026

straighten

Distance — 4K

terrain

Type — Running

timer

08:00

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$0.00

Strider Competitive Walk

Aug 08, 2026

straighten

Distance — 1 Miles

terrain

Type — Running

timer

08:00

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$25.00

Strider Mile

Aug 08, 2026

straighten

Distance — 1 Miles

terrain

Type — Running

timer

08:00

sell

$25.00

Tot Trot 400 meter run

Aug 08, 2026

straighten

Distance — 400m

terrain

Type — Running

timer

08:00

sell

$0.00

Weather Overview

These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for August in Chesapeake.

Temp (°C)

Feels Like (°C)

thermostat 20.9° / 28.9°

wb_sunny 22.5° / 30.8°

Wind (km/h)

Humidity (%)

air 9.6 /

water_drop 78.0%

Temp (°C)

Feels Like (°C)

Wind (km/h)

Humidity (%)

thermostat 20.9° / 28.9°

wb_sunny 22.5° / 30.8°

air 9.6 km/h

water_drop 78.0%

About Chesapeake

Chesapeake is a town of 245,000 people (2019) in the Hampton Roads region of Eastern Virginia. Chesapeake is a diverse city in which a few urban areas are located; it also has many square miles of protected farmland, forests, and wetlands, including a substantial portion of the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge.