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Sunday, July 4th, 2027
757 East Pells, Paxton IL
5K
67–84°F · some rain risk
See last 10 years
On this date: rain 2 of the last 10 years
2026
71–83°F
rain
2025
69–90°F
dry
2024
69–79°F
rain
2023
65–85°F
dry
2022
67–90°F
dry
2021
66–84°F
dry
2020
68–88°F
dry
2019
70–86°F
dry
2018
75–90°F
dry
2017
67–86°F
dry
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About this race
It's time for Paxton's annual 5K run! Now with electronic signup AND timing! Our race will benefit the Coins for Kids Masonic charity. So come out and run, bring some change for the bucket, and let's have a great race day!
We have some exciting changes this year. Including our all electronic signup and timing, we are going to be able to filter out race results by gender and age group, so everyone can see where they stack up!
Registration will be $35 for early bird registration before May 1st and $40 after May 1st up until race day, July 4th. Race day registration starts at 7:00 AM at Pells Park in Paxton, with the race starting at 8:00. The cutoff to get a t-shirt will be registration by June 19th. The course will remain the same as last year.
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