Race for Kids
About this race
Race Day Timeline
7:30 A.M.: Registration Opens
8:30 A.M.: 5K Run Participants begin their course
8:45 A.M.: 1 Mile Walk Participants begin their course.
9:30 A.M.: Awards Ceremony. For those who choose to not stay for the award ceremony, all results will be shown at this link following the final participant completing the race.
10:00 A.M.: Zoo opens for guests
Ready to participate? Here’s how:
- Join us in-person for the 5K or 1-Mile Walk on June 20th. Participation includes a T-shirt and free entry to the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo for the day. Does your whole family want to participate? Select the 1-Mile Walk and choose multi-person pricing for a discount on registration for the whole family.
- Participate from home, or your favorite trail, by registering for the virtual 5K or 1-Mile. Complete your distance wherever you’d like between June 14-20 and enter your time online. You will receive your Race for Kids T-shirt in the mail prior to the event week.
Fundraise
Fundraise on behalf of the Clubs! Whether you are participating in-person, virtually, or not able to attend at all, you are able to make a big difference for our kids. Set up a personal fundraising page and share it with family and friends. To get started, click on the donate dropdown at the top of the page and select "Become a Fundraiser". To get started on your page, click here.
All proceeds help to provide safe, fun places for kids, ages 6-18, to go after school throughout Northeast Ohio.
Pick your distance
Running
5K Run
Virtual 1 Mile Walk
Virtual 5K Run
Walking
1 Mile Walk
Interested in walking as a family? Select this event and you will be able to register up to 4 people. Family/Group Pricing available.
Typical race-day weather
Based on 10 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Cleveland, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 5:52 AM and sets at 9:03 PM local time (EDT) in Cleveland on June 20, 2026 — 15h 11m of daylight.
Course
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2026 results — Race for Kids
5K Run · 98 finishers
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riley Jones | 16:50 | 5:26 /mi |
| 2 | Thom Breugem | 17:05 | 5:31 /mi |
| 3 | Mark Porostosky | 17:14 | 5:34 /mi |
| 4 | Frank Chahulski | 18:59 | 6:07 /mi |
| 5 | M. Smith | 24:07 | 7:47 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
All results by year
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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, 124 Cleveland events
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