Brain Bolt 5K

Indianapolis, IN—Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine (GCBS) is proud to announce our Eighth Annual Brain Bolt 5K Run/Walk/Wheel. This year’s in-person race will once again benefit the treatment and care of traumatic brain and spine injuries.

The Brain Bolt 5K will be held on Saturday, October 7, 2023 at the Carmel Gazebo at Civic Square in Carmel. It will be a family-friendly 5K that will take on a festival atmosphere featuring musical entertainment, food trucks and activities for kids on the gazebo’s grass lawn. This year we will provide both a 5K course and survivor course (~1 mile). Everyone who would like to participate will have a way to do so! Regional trauma specialists will educate attendees on preventing head and spine injuries, and GCBS’ MEGA Brain—an inflatable, interactive, walk-through exhibit—will also be on display.

​Early-bird registration is available from June 1, 2023 through August 21, 2023. Each registration comes with a t-shirt, bib, medal, and race bag with goodies.

​We anticipate a large number of race participants—many of whom are survivors of brain and spinal cord injuries, or their families.

​Each year, more than 2.87 million emergency room visits, hospitalizations and deaths occur nationally due to traumatic brain injury. Nationally, more than 300,000 people live with spinal cord impairment and 5.3 million with permanent brain injury-related disability. The immediate, life-saving efforts of the neurotrauma teams at local Level 1 Trauma Centers provide these patients the best hope for surviving and coping with their injuries. All proceeds of the Brain Bolt 5K will support the efforts of the Neurosurgery Foundation at Goodman Campbell: helping fund pilot research projects in traumatic brain injury, a follow-up clinic for patients for after-injury care, and supporting GCBS’ neurotrauma databases.