The Boston Red Sox have locked in a date for next year's Run to Home Base: Saturday, July 17, 2027. The 18th annual edition of the race will once again bring runners and walkers to Fenway Park to raise money for veterans, service members and military families, and there's a small incentive for anyone who signs up early.
Red Sox chairman Tom Werner announced the date during WCVB's Veterans Day telethon Wednesday. Eligible registrants can save $5 off the registration fee by using the code WCVB when they sign up online, but only if they register by November 15, 2026 — giving procrastinators just days to lock in the discount.
The event, which benefits the Home Base program, offers both in-person and virtual options. According to the event's official site, participants can take part in a 9K run or a 5K run/walk through Boston, with in-person runners finishing at Fenway Park and virtual participants able to join from anywhere in the world.
A Course Built Around a Fenway Finish
Runners who choose the in-person route will wind through Boston before crossing what organizers describe as “home base” at the historic ballpark, per runtohomebase.org. The race exists to support veterans of all eras, active service members, military families, and families of the fallen, the event's site states.
Fundraising is central to the event's structure. The official details page notes that all participants are required to meet an individual fundraising commitment in order to take part on event day, with a fundraising incentives deadline set for Friday, July 9, 2027 — about a week before runners hit the course.
Momentum From Recent Years
This year's event has built on a strong recent track record. The 17th annual Run to Home Base drew nearly 3,400 runners and walkers in person and virtually on July 25, 2026, and those participants helped raise more than $4 million for Home Base's mission, according to homebase.org. The previous year's race, held July 26, 2025, brought out 3,000 participants and raised more than $3.6 million as of that event's own report.
Those fundraising totals feed into a broader giving effort tied to the race. A Red Sox Foundation page states the foundation has committed more than $48 million to the Home Base program to date, with the majority of that sum raised through the annual Run to Home Base, though that specific figure comes from a search-result snippet on mlb.com rather than independently confirmed reporting.
For now, the headline news for Boston-area runners is simple: the date is set, the course returns to Fenway, and the clock is ticking on that early registration discount before the November 15 deadline passes.
