2024 - Charlottesville Track Club New Year's Day 5K - Thursday, Jan 10 a.m start
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2025 New Year's Day 5K at Free Union
DIRECTIONS: 5404 Wesley Chapel Rd, Free Union VA From Barracks Road Shopping Center take Barracks Rd. west for approx. 1 mi. to the intersection at Georgetown Rd. Continue straight on Barracks Rd (which becomes Garth Rd./Rt. 601) approx. 4.2 mi. to Hunt Country Store. Turn Right and continue on Rt. 601 approx. 4.2 mi to Free Union, VA. As you come out of Free Union continue on Rt. 601 bearing to the left for approx. 75 yards. Turn left on Millington Rd. for approx. 0.3 mi. and turn right on Wesley Chapel Rd. Stay on Wesley Chapel for 2.4 miles where you will bear to the right (staying on Wesley Chapel) for 0.1 mi. to the parking area on the left. As you come down Wesley Chapel you will pass the starting line on the right and Wesley Chapel on the left. Please do not park anywhere on the side of the road nor in the chapel parking lot. Volunteers will assist you with parking. Please plan your return route in advance. There may be limited cell service and GPS access at the race.
New Year's Day 5K Virtual Run
DONATIONS AND PROCEEDS TO BENEFIT: Stepping Stone (https://www.steppingstonecville.org/). Stepping Stone ensures a healthy, safe start to life for children from under-resourced families in Charlottesville and Albemarle County by providing the items they need from their earliest days to age three.
Race-day weather
Conditions on January 1, 2024 — historical Open-Meteo data.
The sun rises at 7:30 AM and sets at 5:04 PM local time (EST) in Free Union on January 1, 2024 — 9h 34m of daylight.
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2024 results — Charlottesville Track Club New Year's Day 5K - Thursday, Jan 10 a.m start
2025 New Year's Day 5K at Free Union · 248 finishers
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jason Tiezzi | 15:58 | 5:08 /mi |
| 2 | Mike Albert | 16:56 | 5:27 /mi |
| 3 | Hewson Duffy | 17:01 | 5:29 /mi |
| 4 | Corey Crouch | 17:22 | 5:35 /mi |
| 5 | Ashley Palmer | 18:15 | 5:52 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
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Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.
- Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
- Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
- Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
- Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 1 Free Union event
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