Father's Day 5K & 10K
About this race
Father's Day 5K & 10K
Imagination Glen East Soccer Fields, Iron Horse Heritage Trail, Chesterton, IN 46304
This is event #6 in the Race the Region Racing Series. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE RACE THE REGION SERIES
Overall & Age Group Awards
Awards will be presented for both the 5K and 10K runs. Both races qualify for Race the Region Series points – Top Overall Male & Top Overall Female, Top Masters Male & Top Masters Female, Top 3 Male and Female in the following age groups: 10 & under, 11-12, 13-14,15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75 and up
Race Course:
The course is relatively flat and will be on the paved bike trail.
Registration and packet pick up:
ALL PARTICIPANTS MUST REGISTER ONLINE. ONLINE REGISTRATION WILL REMAIN OPEN ON RACE MORNING UNTIL 7:30 AM.
Pre-Race Packet Pick Up will be available Friday, June 19th from 11 AM to 6 PM, and Saturday, June 20th from 11 AM to 5 PM at the Extra Mile Fitness Company, 3400 Calumet Ave. , Valparaiso, Indiana 46383.
Onsite packet pick up will be available on race morning beginning at 6:30 AM
10K Run starts at 7:30AM
5K Run/walk starts at 7:45AM
Participants must start with 5 minutes of the official start of each race. Participants failing to cross the starting line at the appropriate time may result in disqualification.
"BECAUSE YOUR TRAINING DESERVES A GREAT RACING EXPERIENCE” race features include:
- Custom Finishers Award
- Timing mats at the Starting Line and Chip Timing for Finish Results
- Live results via text and email messaging
- All turns will have directional signs
- No processing fee for online signup
Race Premium sizes are guaranteed to those registered by June 10th.
Overall and Age Group Awards may be claimed within 14 days following the event at The Extra Mile Fitness Co., 3400 Calumet, Valparaiso, IN 46383. After 14 days all unclaimed awards will be donated or recycled. Participants that do not pick up their race shirt on or before race day are not guaranteed a shirt.
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Running
5K Run
10K Run
Typical race-day weather
Based on 7 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Chesterton, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 5:14 AM and sets at 8:26 PM local time (CDT) in Chesterton on June 21, 2026 — 15h 11m of daylight.
Course
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2026 results — Father's Day 5K & 10K
295 finishers across 2 distances · leading places in the 5K Run
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrew Camp | 17:28 | 5:37 /mi |
| 2 | Reed Lawless | 18:00 | 5:48 /mi |
| 3 | Vincent Rinas | 18:13 | 5:52 /mi |
| 4 | Lucas Sullivan | 18:22 | 5:55 /mi |
| 5 | Chad Lawless | 18:43 | 6:01 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
All results by year
Other races near Chesterton
Different organizers, within 40 miles, in the next three months
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Festivus 5K Run
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🏃 Plan Your Next Race in Chesterton
Find upcoming events by distance:
- Chesterton 5K Races 7 races
- Chesterton Running Calendar 2026 9 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, 10 Chesterton events
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