Plainfield American Legion 5K Charity Run
About this race
This year we are raising funds for a fallen Marine Veteran's Widow and newborn child of Cpl Cole Bircher. Portion of each registration will go to the family. We also have 2 events to raise additional funds for the family. We will have a "Bike Coral" Motorcycles lining the start/ finish line, 100% of those funds will go to the family, and we will have a mechanical bull riding competition 5 bucks to ride, 10 to compete for best time. Lastly 100% of funds raised via Donations will go to the family.
We will have a kids Dash ( 50 meter dash), 5K Run, Walk and Ruck.
This is an out and back course starting at and ending at the Plainfield American Legion.
Route Race will begin on River Rd at the West entrance of Plainfield American Legion. From there head south, turn (L) East on W Easy Street, North ( L) on Leawood Dr, East (R) on Brittany St, North (L) on Renwick Park Dr, East onto Fort Beggs Bike Trail to turn around point just past W Fraser Rd and back at start/ finish.
After party will be at Plainfield American Legion. We will have food trucks, 2 full service bars, raffle baskets, live band, vendors to name a few. Your registration will include, 1 free draft beer, 1 cocktail or 1 free fountain drinks.
Packet Pick up will be at Plainfield American Legion. ( pick up dates/times to be announced via Facebook and Email)
Professional Chip Timing by J3 Timing, Awards will be overall and age category recognition pins and 1st 200 participants will receive a finisher medals
Parking, Carpooling is suggested, Parking will be available at Plainfield Park Districts grounds located at 24550 West Renwick Road
Plainfield, and at Mather Woods 25032 West Renwick Rd, Plainfield.
Pick your distance
Running
5K Run/Walk
5K will start at 10 am after Kid dash. This will be an Out and Back Course
5K RUCK
5K Ruck will start at 10 am after Kid dash. This will be an Out and Back Course
Typical race-day weather
Based on 2 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Plainfield, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 5:17 AM and sets at 8:27 PM local time (CDT) in Plainfield on June 13, 2026 — 15h 10m of daylight.
Course
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2026 results — Plainfield American Legion 5K Charity Run
121 finishers across 2 distances · leading places in the 5K Run/Walk
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Javier Martinez | 20:49 | 6:43 /mi |
| 2 | Griffin Edman | 20:58 | 6:46 /mi |
| 3 | Lucas Ruitenberg | 22:05 | 7:07 /mi |
| 4 | Carl Armstrong | 23:00 | 7:25 /mi |
| 5 | Linus Gratz | 23:01 | 7:26 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
All results by year
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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, 5 Plainfield events
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