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Move for MDS 5k - Chicago
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Move for MDS 5k - Chicago

Chicago, Illinois, United States View on map
May 02, 2026 (America/Chicago local time)
Running

About this race

YOU CAN MOVE MDS RESEARCH MILES AHEAD. SIMPLY JOIN OUR WALK.

Join Chicago’s Move for MDS community walk and move the fight against Myelodysplastic Syndromes forward.

Find out more about our 5K walk and this little-known disease at https://moveformds.org4 ways you can join the movement:

  1. Register
  2. Join or build a team
  3. Grow MDS awareness by telling others why you’re walking
  4. Use our fundraising tools

Park Information & Event Timeline

Burnham Park (1200-5700 S Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60615)

     8:00am: Registration Opens

     9:00am: Welcome Remarks

     9:20am: Warm Up Begins

     9:30am: 5k Starts

     11:00am: Race Winner Awards and Closing Remarks

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Running

5K

May 02, 2026 5K 12:00 AM
Closed

Typical race-day weather

Based on 9 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Chicago, plus the 3 days either side.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (race-week average) 12.9° / Maximum temperature (race-week average) 22.1°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 11.5° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 23.9°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (race-week average)
22.5
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (race-week average)
3.3mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (race-week average)
74.3%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on May 2, 2026 (CDT)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on May 2, 2026 (CDT)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
14h 05m

The sun rises at 5:44 AM and sets at 7:50 PM local time (CDT) in Chicago on May 2, 2026 — 14h 05m of daylight.

Course

No course map published yet.

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2026 results — Move for MDS 5k - Chicago

5K · 37 finishers

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Leading finishers of the 2026 Move for MDS 5k - Chicago
Place Name Time Pace
1 James Williams 32:24 10:27 /mi
2 Reed Williams 32:30 10:29 /mi
3 Chad Williams 32:52 10:36 /mi
4 Alicia Tuuk 38:19 12:22 /mi
5 Rachel Howard 55:20 17:51 /mi

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

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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, 151 Chicago events

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