Race the river
Fund the
future
The 10th annual Peer Power Big River Crossing Race brings runners, walkers, families, and civic partners to the Mississippi River for a race day that moves Memphis students forward.
10th
8:30
Choose your distance
Go straight to the race
you want.
Every registration supports Peer Power Foundation and the Success Coaches who tutor and mentor students across Memphis. Prices shown are the current Race Roster totals available at build time.
Half Marathon
A two-state course over Big River Crossing, through the Arkansas flood plain, and along Dacus Lake.
10K
Cross the Mississippi River with downtown Memphis views and a strong pre-St. Jude tuneup feel.
5K
Run from Martyrs Park through the new Tom Lee Park and back along the river.
1-Mile Fun
A family-friendly walk/run for people who want the race-day energy without the race-day mileage.
Run the race.
Raise a little more.
BRX does not require fundraising to register. But if you want your race day to go further, you can create a personal or team fundraising page and invite friends, family, coworkers, or your running group to support Peer Power Foundation.
Every extra gift helps Peer Power connect Memphis students with trained Success Coaches.
Fundraise after you register.
Set up a personal fundraising page and share it with the people who want to back your race day.
No minimum
Donate to a participant.
Find a BRX participant and make a gift directly to their fundraising page.
Donate to a team.
Support a team page and help a whole crew make their race day count for more.
The bridge that became
a movement.
Before Big River Crossing was a race course, it was a civic bet on connection. The Harahan Bridge carried Memphis across the river for more than a century. Charles D. McVean helped turn one of its old roadways into a public crossing, and founded Peer Power to open another kind of bridge: opportunity for students.
Every step across the river carries both visions forward.
In 2017, Peer Power helped bring the crossing to life with the first competitive running event on Big River Crossing and the first half marathon across the bridge. In 2026, the 10th annual race returns to that same idea: a bridge built for movement, powering a foundation built for student momentum.
1916
A rail and roadway crossing built around a simple premise: the river should connect people, not divide them.
2016
A former roadway became the longest public pedestrian and bicycle bridge across the Mississippi River.
2017
Peer Power’s race became the first competitive running event on Big River Crossing.
2026
A landmark Memphis race continues to move students forward through Peer Power Foundation.
A bridge race with
Memphis scale.
Starting at Channel 3 Drive, the half marathon reaches over the Mississippi River’s longest public pedestrian bridge, then rolls through the Big River Trail and Dacus Lake landscape before returning to the city. The 10K crosses the bridge. The 5K and 1-mile walk/run keep the celebration moving through Tom Lee Park.
MRTC Road Race Series
In partnership with Memphis Runners Track Club, BRX is featured in the MRTC Road Race Series, bringing an estimated 1,000 additional runners into the event and making 2026 the biggest BRX yet.
Benefiting Peer Power Foundation
Race day funds
student momentum.
Peer Power recruits and trains high-performing college students as Success Coaches, to provide youth with high-quality, life-enhancing tutoring and mentoring services that ensure personal, partner, and provider success.
10K+
students served across partner schools
2M+
hours of tutoring and mentoring since founding
3.2
average ACT point increase through ACT Prep University
122
Success Coaches across nine schools
Put your brand
on the crossing.
Sponsorship creates a public connection with a landmark Memphis event and the student success work it supports. Packages include race shirt and website visibility, race-day presence, social recognition, team registrations, and customizable benefits.
Why sponsors show up
- Reach runners, families, volunteers, and civic partners at a riverfront event.
- Bring your team to race day with sponsor registration benefits.
- Support tutoring, mentoring, college readiness, and workforce development in Memphis schools.
- Customize your package around visibility, hospitality, product placement, or mission alignment.
TITLE SPONSOR
2025 BRX SPONSORS
Sponsor levels built
for visibility.
Use the packet for the full benefit matrix. The page keeps the choice simple: pick a starting level, then customize with the Peer Power team.
Presenting Sponsor
$25,000 each race
Highest-visibility race sponsorship with shirt, website, collateral, public relations, social, team registrations, booth, product placement, and awards-stage opportunities.
Advancing Sponsor
Provides 400 tutoring hours for local public high school students with broad visibility and race-day recognition.
Contributing Sponsor
Covers training materials and support resources for 150 Peer Power Success Coaches.
Race Partner
Helps provide college and career readiness resources for Peer Power students, with shirt, website, social, and team registration benefits.
Start/Finish-Line Sponsor
Provides Learning Camp access for 25 students and puts your brand in a high-energy start/finish-line moment.
Quick answers before
you commit.
When is BRX?
Saturday, November 14, 2026. Half Marathon and 10K start at 8:30 AM. The 5K and 1-mile family walk/run start at 8:45 AM.
Where does it start?
Martyrs Park at Channel 3 Drive in Memphis as the event location and start area.
Can sponsors customize?
Yes! We will work with you.
Who benefits?
Proceeds support Peer Power Foundation’s peer-to-peer tutoring and mentoring model for Memphis students.
Meet us
at the river.
Run it, walk it, sponsor it, or bring your whole team. BRX is a Memphis race day with a student-success engine under the hood.
