Corrigan Sports continues the Big Freakin’ Deal with a new updated logo. Welcome to our new mascot Freddie the Yeti! This Spring race challenge is for those who complete any race of any distance at the Baltimore 10-Miler (“B”), the Frederick Running Festival (“F”) and the Delaware Running Festival (“D”). Finishers of all 3 BFD events will receive an extra medal to show off the fact that you are a Big Freakin’ Deal.
WHAT IS IT?
The BFD is a Spring Race Challenge for those who want to prove that they are a Big Freakin’ Deal. Runners must complete any race distance at the Delaware Running Festival (April 18, 2026), Frederick Running Festival (May 2 & 3) and the Baltimore 10-Miler (June 6, 2026).
WHAT DO I GET?
Runners who complete all 3 races get an extra Big Freakin’ medal to add to their collection. The 2026 medal is BRAND NEW and will feature our new mascot Freddie the Yeti.
In addition, those who register for the BFD Challenge as a bundle save up to $5 per race. That’s $15 off when you sign up as a bundle. Other surprise offers will come throughout the Spring.
Also, BFD participants will gain access to our VIP area during each of the races. While each VIP experience is different at each of the races, we promise you some extra TLC featuring an upgraded experience for our BFDs.
HOW DO I REGISTER?
Select the bundle with your preferred race distances from any of the 3 race registration sites. The discount will be built into the cost. All questions including premium sizing will be asked during the one transaction, making it super easy to get signed up. REGISTER HERE.
➡️ IMPORTANT NOTE: Runners can complete the BFD Challenge by participating in the 3 required events live, virtually OR a mix of both!
LET EVERYONE KNOW YOU ARE A BIG FREAKIN' DEAL!
Following the Baltimore Ten Miler, you will receive your BFD medal for completing the 3 races. The medal is one you will definitely want to feature in your display case… Or around your neck for a few weeks following the race. It features our new mascot- Freddie the Yeti
Let’s dream a little… First, you run the Half in Delaware, you earn 1 medal. Then you run the Nut Job in Frederick and earn 3 more medals. Finally, you run the Baltimore 10-Miler and get your finisher medal plus your BFD medal, too. That is 6 glorious medals earned over three race weekends in 3 different months. That’s on top of the 4 awesome race premiums you will also earn! Not a bad haul!
And DON’T FORGET, if you sign up at the same time using the Bundle Option on the website, you will save up to $15 Off compared to registering for the races separately. (Note: If you decide later that you really are a BFD but have already registered for one or more of the required races without using the bundle option, no problem. Simply register for your required races separately and use THIS FORM to link your entries. The deadline to link your entries is May 1.)
2026 MEDAL COMING SOON
Below is a rendering only. Subject to change. Please provide feedback (positive or negative) at chris@corrigansports.com
⭐️THE COMBINATIONS ARE ENDLESS. PICK YOUR FAVORITE BUNDLE TO FIT YOUR SCHEDULE & BUDGET. ⭐️
OUR MOST AMBITIOUS RUNNERS CAN EARN 10 MEDALS AND SIX PREMIUMS FOR CLOSE TO $50 PER RACE.
Run the King Crab Challenge with the Baltimoron-a-thon & Nut Job plus add any distance from Delaware and you’re there!
April 6, 2025
CHOOSE ONE:
Full Marathon
Half-Marathon
10K
5K
May 3 and May 4, 2025
CHOOSE ONE:
Half-Marathon
Team Relay
Nut Job Challenge
Twilight 5K (Sat.)
June 7, 2025
CHOOSE ONE:
10-Miler
RUN LIVE OR VIRTUALLY OR MIX & MATCH & STILL EARN YOUR MEDAL!
THE BIG FREAKIN' ORIGIN STORY
Dr. Frederica Banner (Freddie to her friends), the younger cousin of Bruce Banner (aka the Incredible Hulk), always wanted to be like her cousin. But she was a runner and not a super hero. However, she thought she could use what she learned from her cousin Bruce to create a formula to help her run faster. After years of effort, Dr. Frederica stands proudly in front of a large beaker. It’s bubbling neon pink and labeled SPEED JUICE.
“After years of finishing in the middle of the pack in every distance race, today is the day it all changes,” she proclaimed. “I, Dr. Frederica Banner, have created this special potion to put me in position to be on the podium perpetually.”
Freddie chugs the entire beaker in one cartoonish gulp. Her cheeks inflate like balloons. Her face grows a beard that explodes into a full Santa-length white mane. Her lab coat rips off to reveal a t-shirt that reads I ❤️ THE BURN that’s now three sizes too small.
Freddie (panicking but delighted) states, “This is fine… totally fine… just a minor side effect—WHY ARE MY KNUCKLES SNOW‑WHITE AND HAIRY?”
The transformation continues. Her arms stretch like rubber hoses and fur sprouts out of every pore. She gains muscles on top of muscles. As any good scientist would, she tries to take notes but her giant claws keep typing “ROOOAR” on the keyboard.
Frederica, uppercuts the ceiling, blasting through the roof. Landing outside, she rides a lab stool like a sled back to her house.
There she looks in a mirror only to reveal she is not the speedster she had hoped. Instead Frederica has become a very cool and stylish Yeti. "What's the Deal? I am so Freakin' BIG," she exclaims. "This is not what I expected."
She still has her running shoes on so maybe it will turn out for the best. But that remains to be seen.
TO BE CONTINUED…
