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Sims Vickers Memorial Let It Shine 5K
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Sims Vickers Memorial Let It Shine 5K

Columbus, Georgia, United States View on map
Oct 24, 2026 (America/New_York local time)
Running

About this race

RACE DAY SCHEDULE:
8:00 AM - On-Site Registration and Check-In Opens
8:30AM - Opening Ceremony
9:00AM - 5K START
10:00AM - General Awards Presentation

Our why: 

If there were ever a person who symbolized light, Sims Vickers was it. He was so kind, caring, outgoing, and fun. Sims’ life ended much too soon on March 27, 2022. After raising over $25,000 for local, caregiving non-profits the past two years, we’re ready to run the Let It Shine 5K again. This event is our attempt to continue spreading  light with a world that needs it.

This year, our attention has turned to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Piedmont Columbus Regional – Midtown. It is the only NICU in our region – a Level III, 46-bed NICU – helping babies with health complications to have a fighting chance to thrive. Almost everyone has been touched by or known a family that needed the care a NICU, our local NICU, provides. It is our hope to grow the breadth of care they offer.

In our quest to support the NICU, we are specifically supporting the NICU Fund and the NICU Bereavement Fund of the Piedmont Foundation. The NICU fund, itself, provides for the needs of the babies, their families, and the staff while they are in the hospital. The NICU Bereavement Fund assists with end of life care for families who experience such a difficult end to their NICU journey.

Your donation will shine a light for real patients and their families, helping them through an incredibly difficult time in their lives. Thank you for joining us in this important work!

Help spread the word: https://bit.ly/letitshine5K

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Running

Let it Shine 5K Run/walk

Oct 24, 2026 5K 8:00 AM
$25.00
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Typical race-day weather

Based on 4 years of historical conditions on this event's race dates in Columbus.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (race-day average) 15.4° / Maximum temperature (race-day average) 28.3°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-day average) 15.4° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-day average) 30.4°
Wind (km/h)
Average wind speed (race-day average)
11.5
Precip (mm)
Average precipitation (race-day average)
0.0mm
Humidity
Average relative humidity (race-day average)
64.8%

Course

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