Kick off Ham City Fall Fest with our family-friendly Fall Fest 5K and 1 Mile Fun Run/Walk! Run through the heart of downtown Effingham, past local restaurants, shops, and businesses, and enjoy a fun, energetic start to the day.
Parents are welcome to register for and join the 1 Mile Fun Run/Walk with their kids. Children 4 and under can run for FREE! If you’re already signed up for the 5K, you can also run the Fun Run/Walk with your child at no extra cost.
First overall male and female winners of the 5k will each win a pair or Brooks running shoes from Boots & Soles!
After the race stick around or come back for Fall Fest’s food trucks, beer tent, and live music starting at noon!
Sign up by October 3rd to grab your official Ham City Fall Fest T-shirt!
Oct 17, 2026
Distance — 1.6K
Type — Running
09:00
$20.00
Oct 17, 2026
Distance — 5K
Type — Running
09:15
$35.00
These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for October in Effingham.
Learn more about the host city, Effingham.
Effingham is a city in Effingham County, Illinois, United States, and its county seat. It is in South Central Illinois. Its population was 12,252 at the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Effingham micropolitan statistical area.
Read more launchOfficial finishing times from previous editions of Ham City Fall Fest 5k Run/Walk.
| Place | Name | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | Justin Rehfeldt | 16:12.29 | |
| 🥈 | Ty Miller | 18:00.94 | |
| 🥉 | Isaiah Plank | 18:16.3 | |
| 4 | Abby Johnson | 18:57.29 | |
| 5 | Andrew Donaldson | 19:08.13 | |
| 6 | Landon Arney | 19:20.99 | |
| 7 | Luke Johnson | 19:24.54 | |
| 8 | Jason Dunaway | 19:37.8 | |
| 9 | E. Gordon | 20:33.64 | |
| 10 | Connor Cullivan | 20:53.68 | |
| 11 | Lisa Sasso | 20:58.23 | |
| 12 | Ryan Higginbotham | 21:24.4 | |
| 13 | D. Wyckoff | 21:31.56 | |
| 14 | Jaz Sain | 21:34.69 | |
| 15 | Josh O'Brien | 21:40.11 | |
| 16 | E. Mette | 22:02.15 | |
| 17 | Andrew Beeman | 22:25.71 | |
| 18 | Megan Arney | 22:25.6 | |
| 19 | Grace Schuler | 22:25.29 | |
| 20 | Tanner Clark | 22:52.29 | |
| 21 | Austin Probst | 22:58.7 | |
| 22 | Bryce Pruemer | 23:01.15 | |
| 23 | Ryan Reynolds | 23:12 | |
| 24 | M. Ervin | 23:32.91 | |
| 25 | Nick Coleman | 24:05.74 | |
| 26 | Alex Allen | 24:11.65 | |
| 27 | Anne Brummer | 24:25.15 | |
| 28 | L. Daume | 24:38.09 | |
| 29 | Brian Lange | 24:45.74 | |
| 30 | Janelle Cain | 24:52.55 | |
| 31 | Luis Wolters | 24:55.61 | |
| 32 | P. Massey | 25:08.99 | |
| 33 | K. Kellams | 25:08.44 | |
| 34 | L.J. Welsh | 25:16.77 | |
| 35 | Trevor Lee | 25:17.42 | |
| 36 | Robert Harder | 25:20.43 | |
| 37 | trenton pearce | 25:32.6 | |
| 38 | Wendy Kellams | 25:51.11 | |
| 39 | John Kalmer | 25:50.47 | |
| 40 | Paige Brown | 26:14.97 | |
| 41 | Sydney Tipton | 26:29.72 | |
| 42 | Megan McClellan | 27:06.76 | |
| 43 | Lori Long | 27:36.09 | |
| 44 | Caelyn Buehnerkemper | 28:16.02 | |
| 45 | Isabelle Hakman | 29:04.63 | |
| 46 | Ben Meinhart | 29:35.66 | |
| 47 | Tyson Tolliver | 30:28.14 | |
| 48 | Martha Whitacre | 31:59.64 | |
| 49 | Cohen Collins | 32:02.16 | |
| 50 | Hallie Potter | 32:16.59 |
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