Rock and Run for Mental Health
About this race
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Rock and Run for Mental Health is a live music, 5k race, 1-mile fun run/walk, food truck, and wellness vendor event for mental health! Held on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026, 9 a.m. to noon at Rochester Community Park, 90 Wildrose Ln. in Rochester, Illinois.
Proceeds provide free counseling sessions to uninsured individuals and those in need.
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See the photo highlights from previous years here.
Please note: Runsignup charges a small processing fee. Shirts and medals must be picked up at packet pickup times. Shipping not available. Registrations after 8/16/26 will not receive a hoodie and medals are while supplies last at the finish line.
Pick your distance
Running
5K
Registrations after 8/15/27 will not receive a shirt due to product ordering timelines. Item must be picked up at packet pickup before the race.
1 Mile Fun Run/Walk
Registrations after 8/15/27 will not receive a shirt due to product ordering timelines. Item must be picked up at packet pickup before the race.
Virtual 5k for Volunteers
Registrations after 8/15/27 will not receive a shirt due to product ordering timelines. Item must be picked up at packet pickup before the race. Medals available at packet pickup only on 9/11/27 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Miles T-Shirts or on 9/12/27 at 8:15 a.m. at the run.
Typical race-day weather
Based on 7 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Springfield, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:36 AM and sets at 7:12 PM local time (CDT) in Springfield on September 12, 2027 — 12h 35m of daylight.
Course
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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, 30 Springfield events
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