Cops and Robbers 5k

While we are sad that we will not be able to offer the Cops and Robbers 5K this year we are very excited about the future. We hope to have some BIG news to share in the next few weeks. Thanks for sticking with us and we look forward to an amazing event in 2025!

Race day pictures are up!

https://danielnerzigphoto.com/people #/copsrobbers/

Thanks to everyone who came out. We hope you had an amazing time!

People — Daniel Nerzig Families, Seniors, or just for fun. Whatever the look you’re going for I can work with you to make it happen!

IT'S RACE DAY!

Timed Events would like me to remind everyone to please place your bib on the front of your body. They use video cameras as a back up timing system and they can not get an accurate time for you if they don't know what number is on your bib.

If you are looking for your results you can find them at the following websites.

Results will be posted at the following website:

http://www.timed-events.com/cops-and-robbers-5k-2023.html

Live results will be posted at the following links:

https://www.arrowliveresults.com/CopsandRobbersRobbersTeam2023

https://www.arrowliveresults.com/CopsandRobbersCopsTeam2023

Cops and Robbers 5K 2023 Cops and Robbers 5K Run / Walk Saturday, May 20th, 2023 Results Below  

We can't wait to see everyone at packet pick up today! It's beautiful outside right now and the grass at the start/finish line was cut earlier in the week.

Packet pick up is tomorrow from 10 am to 6 pm in the Pavilion. We can't wait to see everyone!

The online registration has closed so the timing company can prepare the timing bibs. If you still want to register you can do so in person Friday from 10 to 6 at the Conklin Pavilion or on race day from 9 to 945. Registration cost is still $25 but we can only take cash.

The last day for online registration is May 17th. Make sure you get registered before then.

Also for our virtual participants, you can enter your time on the registration site anytime between now and July 4th. Thanks for being part of our event even f you can't be there in person. Once we get the shirts in we will mail them out to you!

Sunday story time, grab your coffee and lets spend some time together again.

Today we are going to talk about Flags4Fallen. They are once again going to have a presence at the Cops and Robbers 5K and are an amazing organization.

Flags4Fallen is a team that recruits runners and walkers of any distance and in any event to carry American Flags in honor of a life done too soon. These flags are then given to the surviving family. They are sometimes mailed to the family and sometimes, they are given to a family member in person at the completion of the event. They were established in Fort Wayne in 2012 and since then have honored countless individuals from all across the country.

I stumbled across their page in October of 2017 and thought that they had a great mission and I wanted to be a part of what they were doing. My then 10 year old son and I were registered for a 5k race at Purdue and I reached out to them to see if we could carry a flag in a future event. They quickly found 2 families for us to run in honor of at the event just a few weeks away.

My son ran with a flag in honor of a 20 year old Army Reservist from Lafayette named Luke Frist. Luke died while serving his country in Iraq in 2004 when the truck he was driving ran over a mine. I ran with a flag in honor of David Spears who died in 1966 serving his country in Vietnam when a mortar round exploded near his tent.

The mother of Luke Frist was able to make it to the race and met us at the finish line. My son presented her with the flag he ran with and we took it to a pair of military recruiters who had a table set up near by and had them officially fold it to be given to her.

It was an incredible honor to run with a flag for this organization and it was amazing to include my young son. This year another of my kids asked to run with a flag at the Cops and Robbers 5k and they found a local young man for him to run in honor of. I am grateful for the work they do and am proud to have them be a part of the Cops and Robbers 5k. Attached are some of the pictures from the Purdue 5k from 2017.

We can’t wait to see everyone on the 20th for another amazing event.

We will be using the same course again this year as we have the last two years. There will be signs on the course as well as volunteers in mint green shirts to help you along the way. We can't wait to see you for a fun day in the park!

Friday is the last day to register before we send in the shirt order. Make sure you don't miss out! Let your friends know so they don't miss out.