Races

WE ARE CELEBRATING OUR 20TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR! NEW!  Come out and join us for a fun and meaningful race day helping others in need, where 100 percent of our proceeds go to charity. Same flat, fast and super spectator friendly course: 1/4 mile ocean swim-12 mile bike ride on closed streets through Avalon-5k beach run! The absolute BEST GEAR, The Xterra mesh athlete bag is back,  a custom swim cap, comfy  three color printed tee shirts, DeFeet 4 colored custom socks, Hollywood Bicycle Center custom event water bottle, a large event cotton, 3 color printed finisher towel. Super cool unique apparel awards that go Top 5 Overall, Masters, Grand Masters, 3 deep in each age group.   Tim Kerr Charities, Inc is a registered 501 (c) 3 non profit organization. We are grateful to our sponsors, volunteers, and you the participants for making the event such a success! Looking forward to seeing you all this summer in Avalon. Race proceeds and donations go to Children's Hospital of Philadelph

Early Bird Registration opens on March 1, 2025 at 9:00am                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        We are celebrating 20 years of being the largest youth triathlon in the Mid Atlantic Region. An extremely safe course where the focus is on fun, fitness, finishing a unique challenge, and racing for charity. Participants will be chip timed with 5 splits, receive an athlete's bag, race bib, swim cap, Tultex comfy shirt, and finisher's medal. Awards to top 5 in each Age Group: 7-8, 9

This is RACE #1in the TKC Open Water Summer Swim Series: TRIPLE CROWN! Cedar Island is race #2 and the September Point to Point is race #3. in the series. Triple Crown Swimmers who register for all three swims will get a TC Award. All three swim times are combined for everyone and the top 5 male and female overall with the low net score will get an additional overall prize. This is a perfect training swim for participants who are registered for Cedar Island 5K Swim on August 25th!  It is a point to point 1.2 mile bay training swim with the current on the back half of the Cedar Island 5K Swim course. This is an event to familiarize you with the end of the course surroundings and key site locations on it, the current, and open water swimming in a group. The Cedar Island 5K Swim can be a little overwhelming with 300 swimmers. This practice swim with a smaller group of 150 swimmers will give you the confidence for a safe and successful race for both events.  Athletes receive a swim cap, ch

New to open water ocean swimming? THE MURRAY HALF mile option has just been added to the line up! 1/2 of the Murray Mile, easy peasy!  REGISTRATION CLOSES JULY 18th AT 5:30PM. Have you ever watched the county lifeguards at their ocean swim competitions over the years and dreamed of having the chance to swim the same race course? Now is your chance!! The first ever lifeguard ocean course will now be open to the public to race in Avalon, and for that matter, all of South Jersey! Just like the lifeguards, you will swim the flags straight out into the ocean and back. Yup, you heard that right. The start and finish will be the same place, approximately  35th Street and the beach. Saturday night at 6:30pm. I bet you can just feel the excitement already for a running beach start. It was an easy decision to name this new, epic event to honor our Avalon Beach Patrol captain of 65 years, Captain Murray Wolf. A new tradition continues, hopefully for many many years. Proceeds will be going to the

The give away this year is a pair of amazing and super comfortable  FEETURES SOCKS! Socks are limited to the first 300 registered runners. Youth runners will again get a FLEECE CREW! Limited sizes and quantities. First registered get first pick. IF fleece crews run out, youth will get a pair of features socks or you can choose them if you want instead of fleece crew. Come join us for a fun family day of running to support those in need in our community. We have a distance that is right for everyone. Participants get to chose a 5K run or 2 mile walk on the beach.  5K Awards go to TOP 3 male and female overall and age group winners in 10 year groups. ONLINE REGISTRATION ONLY. PICK UP IS RACE DAY 6:15-7:45AM inside Community Hall: 3001 Avalon Avenue Avalon, NJ 08202. run It is an out and back course. All the runs start and finish at 30th Street and the Beach.  The 2 Mile Walk turn around is @ 49th Street. 5K turn around is at 60th Street. The event is chipped timed by DQ Events. You w

We are thrilled with the enthusiasm and incredible support for our must do open water charity swim in the Avalon back bays! We are celebrating 17 years of swimming around Cedar Island this year. The World Open Water Swimming Association named the Cedar Island 5K Swim as One of America's Top Open Water Swims. This is a list of the most unique, most popular, most historic, most beautiful, most interesting, and most challenging open water swims across the 50 states of the United States of America. Following criteria is used to determine the list of open water swims.  1. History 2. Uniqueness 3. Popularity 4. Difficulty 5. Attention to Safety 6. Global geographic distribution The course is designed to be going with the tide for the beginning and the end of the event! All proceeds from the race will be going to the SNEAKERS FOR SOLDIERS. Athletes receive an XTERRA mesh backpack, choice of a unisex or female style  tee shirt, custom event Defeet socks, event swim cap, chip timing, and a

Celebrating 37 years of running and making a difference in our community. We are looking forward to welcoming all of you to the end of summer must do event, the 37th Annual Tim Kerr 7 Mile Island Run and TK5K Run/Walk.  All shirts have been ordered and are in stock now. We highly encourage you to sign up online to guarantee you get the shirt size and style that you would like to have from the race. We do run out of some shirt sizes on race weekend. WE HAVE EARLY PICK UP AND LATE REGISTRATION in person Saturday, September 5th inside Community Hall from 4-6pm WE HAVE RACE DAY PICK UP AND LATE REGISTRATION on September 6th   7-8:15AM in Community Hall IN PERSON PAPER SIGN UPS ONLY RACE DAY. ONLINE REGISTRATION CLOSES SEPTMEBER 5TH  at 11:59PM. GRAB AND GO AWARDS! 9:45AM Tim Kerr 7 Mile Island: Top 3 male and female overall, masters, grand masters and age groups in 5 year increments. 9:30 am TK5K Run: Top 3 male and female overall, masters, grand masters, and age group awards in 5 year inc

SWIM START IS 10:00AM. A point to point 1.2 Mile Bay Swim that is a TIME TRIAL START format based on your estimated swim time.. FASTEST swimmers will enter the water first and they will self seed accordingly to your estimated finish time and where you feel most comfortable. The swim course is on the back half of the Cedar Island 5K Swim. This is a great event to familiarize yourself with open water swimming with a group in a protected bay, the surroundings and key site locations on it. Our goal is to provide an opportunity that will give you the confidence for safe and successful swimming events. it feels like an epic training group swim with your friends! Swim buoys are allowed during the event. It is typically wetsuit legal.  The September SWIM START is at the 23rd Street Public Dock on Ocean Drive. From the AYC you exit the club and go to the end of 7th Street and Ocean Drive. Turn right and head south down Ocean Drive until you get to the 23rd Street on the right.  We are entering

Race Photos CLICK HERE to see 2025 race photos! Swag Winter Beanies guaranteed to all who sign up by 10/31 Awards Top 3 Men & Women overall (** Overall Winners are determined by GUN TIME, not chip time**)Top 3 in each age group AGE GROUPS Male & Female: Under 10, 11-15, 16-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70-79, 80+ In honor of Festive Friday in Avalon, there will be a prize for the most festively dressed individual and group! Race Day Registration & Bib Pickup  8:00AM-9:30AM30th & Avalon Avenue, Avalon, NJ 08202$40Please use the online registration link!  It will remain open until the race starts.