10Jul
Kids Fun Run
Running
- Distance
- 1K
- Start time
- 07:40
- Entry fee
- $15.00
McHenry Lakefront 5K & Kids Fun Run
McHenry,
Illinois,
United States
249 days left
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Date
10 Jul, 2027
Races
2 distances
Entry fee
$15.00 – $25.00
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Website
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McHenry Lakefront 5K & Kids Fun Run
About the event
Walk or run the annual McHenry Lakefront 5K! The Kids Fun Run includes a 50m (ages 3-4), 75m (ages 5-6) & 100m (ages 7-8) race, so bring out the kids!
Course is chip-timed and USATF certified course. Fee includes t-shirt (while supplies last).
Awards for top overall male & female finisher, along with 1st-3rd place age group male & female finishers. Check-in from 7:00 am - 7:45 am.
Bib/Shirt Pickup - Available Friday from 12 pm - 6 pm at the McHenry Recreation Center, 3636 Municipal Drive, McHenry, or day of the race.
5K Course (all ages) - The course leaves Petersen Park Beach and weaves along the Prairie Trail and through the Lakeland Park neighborhood. Nice, shaded, flat race course!
5K Awards: Award for top overall Male and Female and Medals for Top 3 Male/Female in each category: 9 & under, 10-14, 15-19, 20-24, etc to 70 & over
Kids Fun Run Awards: Medals for Top 3 for 50m, 75m, and 100m. All participants receive a runner medal.
Races offered
10Jul
McHenry Lakefront 5K
Running
- Distance
- 5K
- Start time
- 08:00
- Entry fee
- $25.00
Weather history
3-year monthly averages for July in McHenry.
Temperature17.6° / 27.7°
Feels like17.9° / 28.4°
Sunshine hours11h 30m
Rainfall3.5 mm
Snowfall—
Wind9.5 km/h (Light breeze)
Humidity73.9%
Max UV indexVery High (8.0)
Sweat lossHigh
Course conditionsHard and dry surface
Sunrise05:31
Sunset20:26
About McHenry
Learn more about the host city, McHenry.
McHenry is a city in McHenry County, Illinois, United States. It is located about 46 miles northwest of Chicago. Per the 2020 census, the population was 27,135. McHenry was at one time the county seat of McHenry County, which once included adjoining Lake County to the east. McHenry took its name from the county, which was named for Major William McHenry, a prominent US Army officer in the Black Hawk War.
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