Cocoa Classic 5k
About this race
Cocoa Classic 5K — St. Louis
Sunday, November 8, 2026 · 11:00 a.m.
Washington University in St. Louis, Danforth Campus
The Cocoa Classic is a 5K with a purpose: raising money for mental health work reaching teens and young adults before a crisis, not after.
The race was founded by Collin Maher as a high school sophomore in Atlanta, after he noticed kids at a local food bank wearing worn-out shoes. What started as an Eagle Scout project put new shoes on more than 1,600 children. Collin died by suicide in May 2026, weeks after finishing his freshman year at WashU. He was 19.
This race is the St. Louis Cocoa Classic — run on the campus he loved, on Olympic ground, for the young people who need someone to notice.
The course runs through the Danforth Campus: 169 acres of Collegiate Gothic architecture and an accredited arboretum, at the best week of the year for it. The 1904 Olympic Games were held here — the first anywhere in the Western Hemisphere.
Registration
$35 — Through October 8
$40 — October 9 through November 7
$45 — Race day
Every finisher receives a Cocoa Classic shirt, and there's hot cocoa at the line. Cocoa Classic medals for overall, masters, and age group winners.
Chip-timed by Big River Race Management.
Walkers and strollers welcome. Come to race it, or come to walk it with your family.
If you or someone you know is struggling, call or text 988.
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Running
Cocoa Classic 5k
Typical race-day weather
Based on 9 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Saint Louis, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:35 AM and sets at 4:53 PM local time (CST) in Saint Louis on November 8, 2026 — 10h 18m of daylight.
Course
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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, 110 Saint Louis events
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