ORLAND, Fla. — Registration is now open for the 7th annual CommUNITY Rainbow Run & CommUNITY Festival on June 3 benefiting onePULSE Foundation.
What You Need To Know
- Registration is open for the 7th annual CommUNITY Rainbow Run on June 3
- The 4.9K run starts at 8 a.m., beginning and ending at Wadeview Park in downtown Orlando
- The event also includes a Kids Fun Run and virtual option
- Head here for more information and to register for the event
The 4.9K run starts at 8 a.m., beginning and ending at Wadeview Park in downtown Orlando. The run honors the 49 people killed in the Pulse nightclub tragedy, survivors and first responders.
The event also includes a Kids Fun Run around Wadeview Park and a virtual option for runners to join the event from any location.
On the day of the run, the NASCAR CommUNITY Festival will be open from 7 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at Wadeview Park. Admission is free, and the festival is open to everyone, including runners and spectators.
The event includes live entertainment, food and family-friendly activities.
UCF students first launched the run event in 2017, starting with 800 runners. In 2022, over 3,000 runners took part in the run.
The course includes a “Remembrance Journey” guiding runners past the Pulse Interim Memorial along the 0.6-mile route victims took from Pulse to Orlando Health Trauma Center on June 12, 2016.
This year’s run kicks off the Seven-Year Pulse Remembrance Week, which ends on June 12 with the Annual Remembrance Ceremony at 7 p.m. at the Pulse Interim Memorial.
Pre-registration for the run is $49, while on-site, same day registration is $60.
Participants will receive a T-shirt, tote bag, runner’s bib, and commemorative run medal. Registration for the Kids Fun Run is $5.
For more information or to register for the 4.9K CommUNITY Rainbow Run, you can visit www.communityrainbowrun.com.
