Race For a Ride
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Race For a Ride

Chicago, Illinois, United States
Aug 09, 2026
Running

About this race

🏃‍♀️ Race 4 A Ride: 5K Benefitting Archer Smith! 

Join us for a fun-filled family 5K to help provide a wheelchair-accessible van for Archer and his family! Come walk, run, or roll with us as our community comes together to celebrate an incredible kid whose strength, smile, and spirit inspire everyone around him. Your participation and support will help give his family the gift of freedom, safety, and accessibility through a new wheelchair van.

📅 Date: Sunday August 9th, 2026

📍 Location: Lincoln Park (1730 N. Stockton Dr. Chicago, IL 60614) - Grove 2 - Just North of Benjamin Franklin Monument 

⏰ Time: Check-in 8:00 AM | Race 9:00 AM

🎟️ Registration: Sign up on runsignup.com!

💙 How You Can Help:

- Register to walk, run, or cheer!
- Bring your family, strollers, pets, and wheelchairs welcome!
- If you DO NOT plan to participate, donations are being accepted here. Participants, please share the link to this site to collect further donations.

Together, we can help Archer and his family keep moving forward—one stride at a time.

Join fellow runners on August 9, 2026 for the Race For a Ride. It's a fantastic 5K featuring a flat and fast course in Chicago.

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Running

5k Run

Aug 09, 2026 5K 9:00 AM
$50.00
Open

Weather Overview

These values represent the 5-year monthly averages for August in Chicago.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (monthly average) 19.6° / Maximum temperature (monthly average) 26.8°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like (with wind chill; monthly average) 19.6° / Maximum feels like (with wind chill; monthly average) 26.8°
Wind (km/h)
Average wind speed (monthly average)
22.9
Precipitation (mm)
Average precipitation (monthly average)
8.4mm

About Chicago

Race For a Ride takes place in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The local timezone is America/Chicago.

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