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ORRRC Wingman 10k

📍 Dayton, OH
Date
Saturday, July 25, 2026
Distance
Various
Region
Dayton
Est. Participants
Not specified
WHEN:  Saturday, 25 July 2026  (Arrive No Later Than 8am for 8:30am Start!) Please arrive at the race site no later than 8am to ensure you make the race start at 8:30 am.Due to our staggered start based on age/gender, we cannot accept late registrations. WHERE:  EJ Nutter Park in Beavercreek: 865 Factory Road, Beavercreek, OH 45434 (map) COURSE:  Flat, Paved Course Along the Creekside Trail (course map) Why The WingMan 10k?On 21 July 2008, our nation lost six of its military heroes in a B-52 crash off the coast of Guam.  One of those heroes was my best friend, Joshua Shepherd, who I called my “WingMan” and who commissioned with me just a few years earlier.  At his funeral, several of his friends committed to completing the Air Force Marathon the next year in his honor, and from then forward, every year I have tried to honor his memory by both doing something positive and by running a race on the anniversary week of his passing.  In 2014 I combined those ideas and became the race direct
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