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Bloom Alumni Cross Country Meet

Chicago Heights, Illinois, United States View on map
Aug 15, 2026 (America/Chicago local time)
Running

About this race

Calling all Cross Country and Track Alumni to the inaugural Alumni Cross Country Meet.

Meet at Old Bloom and head over to Wilson Woods to run the old 2 Mile Cross Country Course (or what remains of it!)

There is no longer any parking off Route 30, so you can park at the High School or Small Fry baseball field.

Here is how it will work.

HEAD STARTS

8:15 AM - Anyone from the class of 1980 or earlier will start

8:20 AM- Anyone from the class of 1981-1990 will start

8:25 AM- Anyone from the class of 1991-1999 will start

8:27 AM- Anyone from the class of 2000-2010 will start

8:29 AM- Anyone from the class of 2011-2019 will start

8:30 AM- Anyone from the class of 202 through current runners will start

Chip times will be taken.  Scoring will be based on your place regardless of when you started.  Times will be recorded, but will not count in the scoring.

Teams will be based on decades.  Classes of 1950-1980 will be a combined team.  1981-1990 is a team, 91-2000, 2001-2010, 2011-2020, 2021- 2026, and the current team.

5 people complete team scoring.

Friends of Bloom are welcome.

Bloom & Bloom Trail alumni are welcome.  All sports programs now compete under one umbrella now.

Questions: bob@ilpreptoptiming.com

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Running

Alumni Cross Country Meet

Aug 15, 2026 3.2K 8:00 AM
Free
Closed

Typical race-day weather

Based on 1 year of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Chicago Heights, plus the 3 days either side.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (race-week average) 21.3° / Maximum temperature (race-week average) 27.1°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 21.3° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 31.7°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (race-week average)
15.7
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (race-week average)
19.6mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (race-week average)
92.0%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on August 15, 2026 (CDT)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on August 15, 2026 (CDT)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
13h 50m

The sun rises at 5:59 AM and sets at 7:50 PM local time (CDT) in Chicago Heights on August 15, 2026 — 13h 50m of daylight.

Course

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  • 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, 2 Chicago Heights events

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