Balloons Over 66 5K
About this race
2026 Balloons Over 66 5K Registration
Enjoy a morning 5K run with your friends and family.
**Race begins at 8:00am**
Registration:
• Participants must register online in advance. No registration at pick-up or on race day will be available.
• Participants must be in good health and symptom free from any illness for at least 2 weeks prior to the event.
***Register before August 2nd to receive a shirt.***
Race bib and t-shirt pickup will be from **7:20am-7:45am at the Lincoln Park District (1400 Primm Road Lincoln, IL US 62656) August 29, 2026.
Course:
• Participants will cross timing equipment at the start line. Once you cross the timing equipment, your time will automatically start.
• It is your responsibility to know the course, and run it safely. You can find our race route on our website (lincolnparkdistrict.com) or on our Facebook page.
- This run will be a chip timed run by Kinetic Timing.
- There will be one water stop on Home Avenue.
- All finishers* will be eligible for a beverage (bottled water or beer at Spirited Republic) *must show race bib to receive a beverage. Must be age 21 and provide ID for alcoholic beverage
- Top Runners will be announced inside Spirited Republic at 9:00am.
**Participation medals will be available for the first 75 that cross the finish line**
KID RACES
Registration
• Participants must register online in advance. No registration at pick-up or on race day will be available.
• Participants must be in good health and symptom free from any illness for at least 2 weeks prior to the event.
*Only the 100m (ages 1-3 years of age) may have up to 1 parent run with them for the race
***Register before August 3rd to receive a shirt.***
T-shirt pickup will be from **7:20am-7:45am at the Lincoln Park District (1400 Primm Road Lincoln, IL US 62656) and
**9:20am-9:45am at Lincoln Community High School Track August 23, 2025.
Course:
Kid races will take place at the Lincoln Community High School Track. You will find flags with the distance your child will be running for you to line up 10 minutes prior to start time.
Each age group is asked to be at their start line and we will announce each age group separately for the start of their race.
**Participation medals will be available for the first 75 that cross the finish line**
5K map and race information can be found here
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Balloons Over 66 5K
Typical race-day weather
Based on 6 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Lincoln, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:22 AM and sets at 7:34 PM local time (CDT) in Lincoln on August 29, 2026 — 13h 11m of daylight.
Course
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2026 results — Balloons Over 66 5K
Balloons Over 66 5K · 117 finishers
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Wood | 18:30 | 5:57 /mi |
| 2 | Colby Leith | 19:18 | 6:13 /mi |
| 3 | Jacob Bevirt | 20:18 | 6:32 /mi |
| 4 | Conor Smith | 20:58 | 6:45 /mi |
| 5 | Jason Overman | 21:06 | 6:48 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
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🏃 Plan Your Next Race in Lincoln
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- Lincoln 5K Races 2 races
- Lincoln Running Calendar 2026 3 races
Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.
- Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
- Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
- Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
- Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 3 Lincoln events
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