Flight to the Finish
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Flight to the Finish

Zion, Illinois, United States View on map
May 09, 2026 – Aug 16, 2026 (America/Chicago local time)
Running

About this race

Join us for this fun race and wonderful day benefiting St. Richard Catholic School hosted by the St. Richard Men's Club.

           Shirt sizes requested are guaranteed if you register by April 30th.            Food, live music, and family fun to follow the race!            Awards for overall winners, age group winners, and 1 mile participants.            Your race bib is you food ticket.

Note: There will be no race day registrations.

FOR FAMILY REGISTRATION, PLEASE SELECT THE FAMILY REGISTRATION OPTION WHEN REGISTERING.

                                                      Finisher medals will be given!
 

Pick your distance

Running

Flight to the Finish 5K and Kids 100M Dash!

7:00AM - 8:15AM - Registration Begins 9:30AM - 9:45AM - Kids FREE 100M Dash for kids under 10 years of age & awards 8:30AM - 9:30AM - Flight to the Finish 5K Run 9:30AM - 9:45AM - Awards Program

May 09, 2026 5K 8:30 AM
$40.00
Closed

5K Run

Family Registration will be $100 for immediate family members. Choose the Family Registration option.

May 09, 2026 5K 9:00 AM
$40.00
Closed

1-Mile Fun Run

Family Registration will be $100 for immediate family members. Please choose the Family Registration option.

May 09, 2026 1.6K 10:00 AM
$20.00
Closed

Walking

5K Walk

If you register for the 5K Walk you are only allowed to walk; if you run any of the route you will be changed to a runner. Family Registration will be $100 for immediate family members. Please choose the Family Registration option.

May 09, 2026 5K 9:00 AM
$40.00
Closed

Typical race-day weather

Based on 5 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Zion, plus the 3 days either side.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (race-week average) 15.6° / Maximum temperature (race-week average) 24.4°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 15.0° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 26.5°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (race-week average)
18.3
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (race-week average)
2.9mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (race-week average)
72.0%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on May 9, 2026 (CDT)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on May 9, 2026 (CDT)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
14h 24m

The sun rises at 5:35 AM and sets at 7:59 PM local time (CDT) in Zion on May 9, 2026 — 14h 24m of daylight.

Course

No course map published yet.

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2026 results — Flight to the Finish

241 finishers across 4 distances · leading places in the Flight to the Finish 5K and Kids 100M Dash!

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Leading finishers of the 2026 Flight to the Finish
Place Name Time Pace
1 Ryan Hallgren 17:21 5:35 /mi
2 Carlos Perez-Cisneros 17:36 5:40 /mi
3 Jarek Uchiek 18:12 5:51 /mi
4 Mason Morris 18:19 5:53 /mi
5 Lucas Jablonski 18:35 5:59 /mi

Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.

All results by year

2026 edition View Results
2025 edition View Results
2024 edition View Results

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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, 5 Zion events

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