Hitchhikers Spirits Run 5k/10k

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Hitchhikers Spirits Run 5k/10k runsignup.com
Date 23 May, 2027
Races 2 distances
Entry fee $30.00 – $35.00
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Hitchhikers Spirits Run 5k/10k

About the event

🏳️‍🌈 DON'T PANIC — AND BRING YOUR TOWEL! 🏳️‍🌈

Hitchhiker's Spirits Run — 5K & 10K

📅 Sunday, May 23, 2027
📍 Iron Works Historic Site Joliet, IL
🕙 Start time: 9:00 am

Come run with us in Joliet for a 5K or a 10K celebrating National Towel Day!

Towel Day is celebrated every year on May 25 as a tribute to author Douglas Adams and his beloved series, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. In the Guide, a towel is described as "about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have" — and on Towel Day, fans everywhere carry a towel with them, openly and proudly, in Adams' honor.

So bring your towel. Wave it, wear it, carry it the whole way — the more towels, the better. Costumes inspired by the books, the films, and the galaxy are warmly welcome, and "Don't Panic" is very much the spirit of the day.

Choose your distance: a 5K or a 10K. 

Included:

Shirt

Medal

Towel

Swag Bag

Spirits Run is Illinois' statewide 5K adventure series — themed, family-friendly, untimed runs rooted in local folklore and history, hosted at pubs, distilleries, and historic venues, on our way to a 5K in all 102 Illinois counties. Come for the run, stay for the fun, and carry your towel with pride.

Don't panic. Just run. And bring a towel.

Races offered

23May

Hitchhikers Spirits Run 10K

Running

Distance
10K
Start time
09:00
Entry fee
$35.00
23May

Hitchhikers Spirits Run 5k

Running

Distance
5K
Start time
09:00
Entry fee
$30.00

Weather history

3-year monthly averages for May in Joliet.

Temperature10.5° / 22.3°
Feels like7.4° / 19.7°
Sunshine hours11h 4m
Rainfall3.5 mm
Snowfall—
Wind13.2 km/h (Gentle breeze)
Humidity64.4%
Max UV indexHigh (6.0)
Sweat lossModerate
Course conditionsFirm and slightly soft
Sunrise04:32
Sunset19:05

About Joliet

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Joliet is a city in Will and Kendall counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. Located 40 miles (64 km) southwest of Chicago, it is the county seat of Will County. Originally settled in 1852 as a steel mill town on the Des Plaines River, Joliet later became known for being the first major city outside of Chicago on U.S. Route 66. It is home to Old Joliet Prison, a historic decommissioned correctional facility that was the largest in the state at the time of its construction. The prison has been featured prominently in several films and television shows, including the 1980 film The Blues Brothers. As of the 2020 census, the population was 150,362, making it the third-most populous city in Illinois.

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