RUBE'S RUN
About this race
The 25th Annual Rube's Run 5k Run and Walk will be Saturday, July 25, 2026.
$20 if received by 6 p.m. July 18. $25 after July 18 and day of race. Shirts and tanks must be ordered by July 18 and will not be available for race-day registrants.
Online registration is open until 6 p.m. July 24. Race-day registration is $25 and shirts will not be available.
There will be trophies for 1st place male and female finishers in all age groups. Participants can enjoy hotdogs (cooked and served by a professional caterer) and drinks while the results are being tabulated.
The Kids Race will take place immediately following the 5k. The Kids Race is free, but T-shirts (one size, one style) are $5 and must be ordered by the July 19 deadline.
Shirts will not be available for race-day registrants!
If you want to participate but do not want to attend the event, you can enter our "Virtual Race." Register here or by mail, run 3.1 miles at a location of your choosing, and report your time to jtgallagher@zoominternet.net by noon on race-day. Virtual participants are not eligible for awards, but will be listed in the race results among "Virtual Finishers." If registered by the July 18 deadline, Virtual Race participants can pick up a complimentary T-shirt at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, July 24, at the Presbyterian Church of Prospect, or have their shirt mailed to them for an extra $8.
All proceeds help the Prospect Area Preservation Society. The 5k course passes the boyhood home of baseball hall-of-famer Rube Waddell.
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Running
25th Annual 5k Run and Walk
Important notes: This year's location is again at the Presbyterian Church of Prospect. The course will be the same as last year. It will start and end at the church. Our shirt count must be final by July 19, after which we will not be able to order any more shirts.
Virtual Race
Typical race-day weather
Based on 11 years of historical conditions on this event's race dates in Prospect.
Course
Route map and elevation profile
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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, 1 Prospect event
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