WE ❤️ Teachers 5k - worldwide
Does your school
have what it takes?
Register your team. Challenge your rivals. Win a national title.
Your school. Your teachers. Your crown.
Every school that participates gets on the national leaderboard. The school with the most participants on October 10th wins the National School Spirit Award — and the bragging rights that come with it. Any school. Any city. Any size. The playing field is effort, not enrollment.
Four steps to the national title.
Any school anywhere in the country can enter. In-person teams join a city race. Virtual teams run from home. Everyone competes on the same national leaderboard.
01
Register your school team
Complete the team registration below. You need a team captain (teacher, parent, or school rep) and a minimum of 4 committed participants. There is no cost to register as a school team.
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Rally your community
Share the challenge with teachers, parents, students, and alumni. Every person who registers under your school team name counts toward your total — whether they run in a city or virtually from anywhere in the country.
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Run on October 10th
Your team runs. In-person teams join their nearest city race. Virtual teams run their 5K anywhere and submit their time at moveanation.org/live. Every finisher adds to your school's count on the live national leaderboard.
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Win the Spirit Award
The school with the most participants wins the National School Spirit Award, announced at the finish line and across all Move A Nation platforms. The winner becomes the school to beat in 2027.
Simple rules.
Serious competition.
1
Any school can enter — anywhere in the country
You don't have to be near one of the 10 host cities. Virtual school teams compete on the same national leaderboard as in-person teams. A school in Boise competes head-to-head with a school in Atlanta.
2
Minimum 4 participants to register as a school team
Teachers, parents, students (18+), school staff, and alumni all count. Everyone who registers under your school name counts toward your total — there is no maximum. The more you recruit, the higher you climb.
3
Everyone must complete the 5K on October 10th
In-person participants run their city race. Virtual participants run their 5K anywhere and submit their time at moveanation.org/live by midnight ET on October 10th. Submissions after midnight do not count toward the competition total.
4
Registration for individual participants is separate from team registration
Your school team captain registers the school here. Each individual participant then registers for their race (in-person or virtual) at moveanation.org and selects your school team name during checkout. Both steps are required to count.
5
Team registration closes September 20th
Individual participants can continue to join your team through October 1st (packet shipping deadline). After that, digital-only registrations are accepted until 11:59pm ET on October 9th. Register your school now to maximize your recruitment window.
Join the challenge!
Virtual participants receive the same physical race experience as in-person runners — shipped to your home. Register Here
Finisher T-Shirt
The Official 2026 We Love
Teachers Worldwide shirt. Same
design as every in-person city
Finisher Medal
The 2026 commemorative medal.
You earn it the same way -
cross your finish line.
Digital Race Bib
Official bib
with your number.