Dragon Con Hustle: Rebel 5k

Dragon Con Charity Events is pleased to announce the 5th Annual Dragon Con Hustle event...the Rebel 5k!

Everyone who registers for Dragon Con Hustle: Rebel 5k will get this awesome 3" SPINNING medal featuring the Dragon on one side and the Dragon Con logo on the other!  It comes on a beautiful dye-sublimated ribbon featuring the Dragon Con logo and the logo of the charity beneficiary for this event: NAMI Georgia! (another awesome "alliance"!) You'll also get a custom digital bib for you to download and print out or use on social media.  You can use any bib name and bib number you want. You can be "Jenny"/"867-5309" if you want...or have "42" or "9 3/4"...Make it fun!   NOTE:  Bibs are created via a manual process and may take up to 48 hours to appear in our bib archive.

If you are attending Dragon Con, you'll be able to pick up your medal at the Charity Events booth on the Marquis level of the Marriott, Thursday from 2pm-6pm, Friday Saturday and Sunday from 10am-6pm, and Monday 10am-2pm.  If you are unable to make it to Dragon Con this year, or just forget to pick yours up, we will mail your medal to you in mid-September.  Note for Non-US participants:  You will be charged $9 to help cover some of the international shipping, but if you pick up your medal in person, contact us here for a complete refund of your international shipping.

The charity beneficiary this year is the National Alliance on Mental Illness Georgia! NAMI Georgia trains teachers and group facilitators, who then offer classes and support groups through our local affiliates. We work with legislators and leaders across the state to press for change that improves the lives of everyone affected by mental illness.  Across the state of Georgia, hundreds of trained volunteer leaders and 18+ local affiliates work together to provide peer-led education programs, support groups, presentations, and training to a variety of communities and groups. NAMI programs are provided at no cost to participants.

This event is "virtual" meaning that you can complete the distance any way at any location you want...including logging miles/getting steps AT Dragon Con!  You can walk, hike, run, skip, roll or dance your 5k in your neighborhood, on your treadmill, around your backyard, or anywhere you want!  You can even break up the distance and complete it over several days to make it more manageable! 

This event is on the "honor system", so we don't need "proof" of completion.  As long as you're registered, you'll get your medal.  BUT...we want you to post your sweaty selfie, or sweaty "usie", on social media afterwards, make sure to tag us with #DragonConHustle @DC_Charity and @namigeorgia so we can see it and give you a virtual high-five!

Your registration fee is a tax-deductible donation to NAMI Georgia.  Your confirmation email will serve as your receipt, so hold on to it for tax purposes.  

Finally, we would like to thank our friends at Fanthropy for once again facilitating this event.  If you have any questions or problems, they are eager to help, so don't hesitate to contact them here.  If you love geeky-themed virtual events and are looking for an amazing fitness/fandom/philanthropy community (everything from D&D and Downton Abbey to Doctor Who and Outlander), check out their amazing online community here and their "back catalog" of geeky medals!

Join fellow runners on July 19, 2026 for the Dragon Con Hustle: Rebel 5k. It's a fantastic 5K featuring a flat and fast course in Atlanta.