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location_on Pennsylvania
flag United States
calendar_today 22 Nov, 2025
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RegisterIn association with the Polar Plunge, we're holding a special 5k to benefit the Special Olympics. After you warm up, you might consider jumping in the lake. In November. In Erie. Brrrr.
COME CHILL.
Kick off Special Olympics Pennsylvania’s 2024-2025 Polar Plunge season in Erie Pennsylvania! This year, we’ll be celebrating 10 YEARS of plunging into Lake Erie! Throughout the plunge season, Special Olympics Pennsylvania will host eight plunges around the keystone state.
So, create your team and join thousands of plungers around the state in making a splash to support our athletes.
NEW THIS YEAR
Join us for the Frozen Footraces! Warm-up with a 5K or 10K race or 1 mile chill walk along the roads of Presque Isle at 10 AM before plunging into the frigid water at 12 PM!
Nov 22, 2025
Distance — 5K
Type — Road running
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Nov 22, 2025
Distance — 10K
Type — Road running
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Erie is a city of about 100,000 in Northwestern Pennsylvania. It is Pennsylvania's only lake port on the Great Lakes.
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