5K Races in Illinois

As of October 6, 2026, Crewable lists 88 upcoming 5K races in Illinois from October 2026 to December 2026. The next is Red Hill FFA Glow Run on October 8 in Sumner. Registration is open for 75.

Updated Oct 6, 2026Sources: UltraSignup, RunSignUp, UTMB, race organizers and race websites

With aid station data

1 aid

Sat, Oct 17in 11 days

JAIMIE COX MEMORIAL RUN

Roscoe, IL

Open until Oct 16from $20

Cantigny 5K Run/Walk 2026 - Benefiting The Midwest Shelter for Homeless Veterans

2 aid

Sat, Oct 17in 11 days

Cantigny 5K Run/Walk 2026 - Benefiting The Midwest Shelter for Homeless Veterans

Wheaton, IL

5K1 mi+1

Open until Oct 15from $5

1 aid

Sat, Oct 10in 4 days

Sauk Valley Apple Cider Run

Rock Falls, IL353 ft gain

Half Marathon5K

Open until Oct 10from $40

1 aid

Sat, Nov 14in 39 days

Feral Nonsense

Morton Grove, IL

9 mi6 mi+1

Closes Nov 1from $30

Race calendar

October 2026

77 races

Oct8Thu
Red Hill FFA Glow Run
Sumner, IL
5K
Open until Oct 8from $25
Oct9Fri
St. Mary's Oktoberfest 5k & 1 Mile Fun Run
Alton, IL
5K1 mi
Open until Oct 9from $30
Oct10Sat
13th Annual Harvest Hustle 5K
Niles, IL
5K
Open until Oct 8from $10
Oct10Sat
4th Annual DBC Keys 2 Stability Community 5K 2026
Flossmoor, IL
5K
Open until Oct 10from $35
Oct10Sat
Be a Hero 5K
Urbana, IL
5K
Open until Oct 10from $30
Oct10Sat
CAI - Illinois Family 5k
Oak Brook, IL
5K
Open until Oct 10from $70
Oct10Sat
Candy Corn 5K
Carmi, IL
5K
Open until Oct 8from $30
Oct10Sat
Care4 Breast Cancer Hybrid 5K
Woodstock, IL
5K
Open until Oct 18from $15
Oct10Sat
Catholic Illini Feast Week 5K
Champaign, IL
5K
Open until Oct 10from $15
Oct10Sat
Chili Chase 5K Run and Kids Pepper Dash
Belleville, IL
5K
Open until Oct 10from $10
Oct10Sat
Coffee Lovers Run 5K/10K/13.1 CHICAGO/EVANSTON
Chicago, IL
Half Marathon10K+2
Closed
Oct10Sat
Cookie Run 5K/10K/13.1 CHICAGO/EVANSTON
Chicago, IL
Half Marathon10K+2
Closed
Oct10Sat
El Trote De Las Calacas
Elgin, IL
5K
Open until Oct 10from $60
Oct10Sat
McKendree University Homecoming & Family Weekend "Rise and Shine" 5K Walk/Run & Kids' Dash
Lebanon, IL
5K
Closed
Oct10Sat
Miles for Mae
Effingham, IL
5K
Open until Oct 10from $10
Oct10Sat
Nik's 7K Home Run & 1.5 Mile Walk & Grammy's Auction at MercyHealth Sportscore Two (Indoor Sports Center)
Loves Park, IL
7K1.5 mi
Open until Oct 10from $25
Oct10Sat
OPERATION JAKE 5K RUN AND WALK
Herrin, IL
5K
Opens May 12, 2027
Oct10Sat
Race for Rescue 5k/10k- Supporting Coles County Animal Control
Mattoon, IL
5K
Closed
Oct10Sat
Run With Kenyans Pamoja 5K Shakeout Run – Chicago
Chicago, IL
5K
Open until Oct 10
Oct10Sat
Sarcoma Stomp: Run for Research 5K/10K
Carlyle, IL
10K5K+1
Open until Oct 10from $15
Oct10Sat
Sauk Valley Apple Cider Run
Rock Falls, IL353 ft gain
Half Marathon5K
Open until Oct 10from $40
Oct10Sat
Sesser Oktoberfest 5k
Sesser, IL
5K
Open until Oct 9from $25
Oct10Sat
The Zac Plantz Foundation's Don’t Run Alone 5K Walk & Run
New Lenox, IL
5K
Open until Oct 11from $40
Oct10Sat
Welcome Run 5K
Lansing, IL
5K
Open until Oct 11from $45
Oct11Sun
Strides Against Stigma- GCAP 5K Walk/Run
Urbana, IL
5K
Open until Oct 10from $25
Oct11Sun
Tamborazo Blast 5K
Aurora, IL
5K
Open until Oct 10from $60
Oct16Fri
Shake Your Trail Feather Trail Run
Charleston, IL
100K5K
Oct17Sat
4th Annual St. Francis of Assisi 5K
Harrisburg, IL
5K
Open until Oct 17from $35
Oct17Sat
Cantigny 5K Run/Walk 2026 - Benefiting The Midwest Shelter for Homeless Veterans
Wheaton, IL
5K1 mi+1
Open until Oct 15from $5
Oct17Sat
Chicago Fall Classic Half Marathon, 10K & 5K
Chicago, IL
Half Marathon10K+1
Open until Oct 18from $49.99
Oct17Sat
Cook Cancer 5K Run/Walk
Franklin Grove, IL
5K
Open until Oct 17from $33
Oct17Sat
FIREHOUSE 5K
Oconee, IL
5K1 mi
Open until Oct 17from $40
Oct17Sat
Going The Distance for the Salvation Army
Urbana, IL
5K
Open until Oct 17from $15
Oct17Sat
Greenville University Panther 5K
Greenville, IL
5K
Open until Oct 17from $10
Oct17Sat
Ham City Fall Fest 5k Run/Walk
Effingham, IL
5K
Open until Oct 16from $20
Oct17Sat
Harvard Dia de Los Muertos 5K
Harvard, IL
5K
Open until Oct 17from $30
Oct17Sat
JAIMIE COX MEMORIAL RUN
Roscoe, IL
5K
Open until Oct 16from $20
Oct17Sat
JMH 5K/10K
Jacksonville, IL
10K5K
Open until Oct 17from $32
Oct17Sat
Lawrenceville Halloween Hustle 5K
Sumner, IL
5K
Oct17Sat
Popeye's Fall Festival 5K
Chester, IL
5K1.5 mi
Open until Oct 17from $25
Oct17Sat
Rosehill Cemetery 'Crypt' 5K Run/Walk
Chicago, IL
5K
Open until Oct 17from $45
Oct17Sat
Run Stephenson County
Orangeville, IL
Half Marathon10K+1
Closed
Oct17Sat
The Burrito Bolt
Paris, IL
5K1 mi
Open until Oct 17from $25
Oct17Sat
Train Up 5K and Fun Run
Northfield, IL
5K1 mi
Open until Oct 17from $15
Oct17Sat
Tunnel to Towers 5K Run & Walk - Quincy, IL
Quincy, IL
5K
Open until Oct 17from $15
Oct18Sun
23rd Annual This Run's For Jack 2026
Glen Ellyn, IL
5K
Open until Oct 19from $30
Oct18Sun
Bolingbrook Howl-O-Ween 5K
Bolingbrook, IL
5K
Open until Oct 18from $40
Oct18Sun
Evansville River Run 5k and Walk
Evansville, IL
5K
Open until Oct 18from $25
Oct18Sun
Frank Lloyd Wright Races
Oak Park, IL
10K5K+2
Open until Oct 19from $29
Oct18Sun
HOW 5K
Chicago, IL
5K
Open until Oct 18from $25
Oct18Sun
Oktoberfest Rotary Run
Bloomington, IL
5K1 mi
Open until Oct 18from $10
Oct18Sun
Paws for a Cause 5k
Urbana, IL
5K
Oct18Sun
Richardson Farm Fall 5K & 10K with Family 1 Mile Adventure Run
Spring Grove, IL
10K5K+1
Open until Oct 18from $12.99
Oct23Fri
Haunted Highlander Assault Trail Run
Pingree Grove, IL
5K
Open until Oct 24from $56
Oct24Sat
Batavia United Way Bat Race 5K & 10K
Batavia, IL
10K5K
Open until Oct 24from $5
Oct24Sat
Halloween Hustle 5K & Kids Dash
Palatine, IL
5K
Open until Oct 25from $25
Oct24Sat
Howl-o-ween 5k - Schaumburg
Rolling Meadows, IL
5K
Open until Oct 24from $45
Oct24Sat
Illinois State University Homecoming Town and Gown 5K
Normal, IL
5K1 mi
Open until Oct 24from $20
Oct24Sat
Lake Bluff PTO Pumpkin Chase
Lake Bluff, IL
5K1 mi
Open until Oct 24from $23
Oct24Sat
Marshall Rotary presents: Jack-O-Jog 2026
Marshall, IL
5K1 mi
Open until Oct 24from $25
Oct24Sat
The Fall Color 5K
Lisle, IL
5K
Open until Oct 24from $45
Oct24Sat
Washington Park Trail Trek
Springfield, IL
5K
Closed
Oct25Sun
Day of the Dead Family 5K Run/Walk
Wheeling, IL
5K
Open until Oct 25from $45
Oct25Sun
Governors State University Jaguar 5K
University Park, IL
5K1 mi
Open until Oct 25from $35
Oct25Sun
Haunted Halloween Half Marathon & 5km
Chicago, IL
Half Marathon5K
Open until Oct 24from $64
Oct25Sun
Haunted Oak 5K
Homer Glen, IL
5K
Open until Oct 25from $10
Oct25Sun
Hot Cider Hustle - Wheaton 8 Mile Run & 5K Run/Walk
Wheaton, IL
8 mi5K
Open until Oct 25from $12.99
Oct25Sun
Howl-o-ween 5k - Dan Ryan Woods
Chicago, IL
5K
Open until Oct 25from $40
Oct25Sun
Polish Independence Run
Chicago, IL
10K5K
Open until Oct 25from $59
Oct25Sun
Spooky Sprint - Greater Chicago
Greater Chicago, IL
Half Marathon10K+2
Open until Oct 25from $17
Oct25Sun
Tri-State Warrior Run
Quincy, IL
Half Marathon10K+2
Open until Oct 23from $10
Oct30Fri
Race the Dead
Towanda, IL
Open until Oct 30from $10
Oct30Fri
The Copper Penny Spirits Halloween Eve 5k
Vandalia, IL
5K
Open until Oct 30from $45
Oct31Sat
5k for The Kids: Race Through the Decades
Oblong, IL
5K
Open until Nov 1from $25
Oct31Sat
Halloween Trick or Trot Run 5K/10K/13.1 CHICAGO/EVANSTON
Chicago, IL
Half Marathon10K+2
Open until Oct 31from $30
Oct31Sat
PB&J Fuel Run 5K/10K/13.1 CHICAGO/EVANSTON
Chicago, IL
Half Marathon10K+2
Open until Oct 31from $30
Oct31Sat
Rock Falls First Responder 5k
Rock Falls, IL
5K
Open until Oct 31from $10

November 2026

10 races

Nov1Sun
Cupcake 5K
Champaign, IL
5K
Open until Nov 1from $25
Nov1Sun
Rattlesnake Master Run for the Prairie
Urbana, IL
10K5K
Open until Nov 1from $30
Nov7Sat
Eckert's Belleville Farm Wine Run Turkey Trot 5k
Belleville, IL
5K
Open until Nov 8from $40
Nov7Sat
St. Francis Xavier Falcon 5K Run/Walk
La Grange Park, IL
5K
Open until Nov 7from $20
Nov7Sat
Veteran's Day 5K
Danville, IL
5K
Open until Nov 7from $25
Nov8Sun
Jingle Bell Run Illinois
JingleBell, IL
5K1 mi
Closes Dec 12
Nov8Sun
The Redder for Edder Run
Normal, IL
3 mi
Open until Nov 8from $25
Nov14Sat
Feral Nonsense
Morton Grove, IL
9 mi6 mi+1
Closes Nov 1from $30
Nov14Sat
Storm the Castle 5K Walk/Run
Peoria, IL
5K
Open until Nov 9from $20
Nov14Sat
Veterans Day Freedom Run 5K/10K/13.1 CHICAGO/EVANSTON
Chicago, IL
Half Marathon10K+2
Open until Nov 14from $30

December 2026

1 race

Dec5Sat
Yeti Winter Trail Series
Dixon, IL
5K

Quick answers

What is the next 5K race in Illinois?

Red Hill FFA Glow Run, on Thursday, October 8, 2026, in Sumner. Distances: 5K.

How many 5K races in Illinois have open registration?

75 of the 88 list registration as open as of October 6, 2026, including Red Hill FFA Glow Run, St. Mary's Oktoberfest 5k & 1 Mile Fun Run and 13th Annual Harvest Hustle 5K.

What is the busiest month for 5K races in Illinois?

October 2026, with 77 of the 88. November 2026 follows with 10.

Cities in Illinois

Chicago58

Neighboring states

Indiana72 Iowa32 Kentucky48 Missouri55 Wisconsin52

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