Run Your Bundts Off 5k Fun Run & Walk - Springfield

🎉 Run Your Bundts Off 2026

Benefiting Girls On the Run of Central Illinois & True North Running

📅 Date & Location

• Date: Saturday, August 8, 2026
• Location: Lincoln Park – Springfield, IL
• Distances: 5K or 2-Mile Walk
• Start Time: 8:00 AM (line up by 7:45 AM)

Map: Course Map

Contact: Sean Urban – Springfield-IL@NothingBundtCakes.com

🍰 What You Get

• Bundtinis: at the finish line
• Free race photos: by Madeline at Almalee Photography
• Custom Finisher medal: for participants
• Race T-shirt: By Impressions Designs

⏱ Chip-timed race (5K only)

💜 A fun, family-friendly event for all!

🏁 Start Line Info

The start/finish line is located in the Lincoln Park Maintenance parking lot (near the Nelson Center lot), which will be barricaded off.

Please park at the Nelson Center or other nearby lots. Look for directional signs and the large START/FINISH arch.

• 5K runners: Line up toward the front
• Walkers: Line up toward the back

Be at the start by 7:45 AM for announcements and a warm-up!

📦 Packet Pick-Up

• Date: Friday, August 7 | 4–6 PM
• Location: Nothing Bundt Cakes – 2476 Wabash Ave, Springfield, IL
• Race Day: Starting at 7:00 AM at the event site

Unclaimed packets will be donated. No shirt size exchanges at pick-up. Extras may be available after the race.

📝 Registration Info

Registration is open until we reach 500 total participants (runners and walkers combined).

Shirts guaranteed if registered by July 15

Finisher medals guaranteed for all registered participants

👕 Want a Shirt but Don't Want to Run?

Volunteer with us and get a free race shirt!

Questions? Email Springfield-IL@NothingBundtCakes.com

🏃‍♂️ The Route

• Distance: Three loops around the Lincoln Park main path (approx. 3.3 miles)
• Finish Strong: by turning into the chute on your final lap
• Start: Down the hill from the Start/Finish arch

🏆 Awards

• Top 3 Overall Male & Female: (5K only)
• Top 3 in each age and gender group:
• Overall winners: receive a Full-Size Bundt Cake and a Special Finisher Medal

🚗 Parking

Available at the Nelson Center and surrounding park lots.

📋 New This Year

• Additional porta potties: for runner convenience
• More vendors and activities: in our expanded Race Village

☔ Other Notes

• Rain or shine: event
• Route subject to change:
• Unclaimed packets: will be donated

❤️ Race Beneficiaries

All profits benefit:

• Girls on the Run of Central Illinois: (Contact: admin@gotrcentralillinois.org)
• True North Running: (Contact: Andy Smith – andrew@truenorthrunning.org)

For more information, visit the race page: Run Your Bundts Off 5k Fun Run & Walk - Springfield.