St. Jude Walk
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St. Jude Walk

Bloomington, Illinois, United States View on map
Sep 19, 2026 (America/Chicago local time)
Running

About this race

Join us at IWU Tucci Stadium (located directly behind the Shirk Center) as we celebrate the mission and the kids of St. Jude!

As the community event for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, the St. Jude Walk is where we unite supporters across the country to provide hope and healing for families during their toughest times. Regardless of your pace or path, when you join the St. Jude Walk, you're taking steps to cure childhood cancer.

The St. Jude Walk is an inspiring, family-friendly event that unites people across the nation behind the lifesaving mission of St. Jude: Finding cures. Saving children.®

We will be offering a 1 Mile Walk, 5K, 10K, and Half Marathon
*Half Marathon Participants* please note there is a 3 1/2 hour course time limit

Previous Race Routes can be found HERE. 2026 race routes are not expected to change significantly, if at all.

All donations and registration fees will directly benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Registration Costs:

1 Mile Walk - FREE

5K - $25

10K - $40

Half Marathon - $65


Registration coming soon!

Registration will be available at stjude.org/walknormal.

2025 race results can be found HERE

Pick your distance

Walking

1 Mile Walk - FREE

Sep 19, 2026 1.6K 8:00 AM
Closed

Running

5K - $25

Sep 19, 2026 5K 7:45 AM
Closed

10K - $40

Sep 19, 2026 10K 7:30 AM
Closed

Half Marathon - $65

Sep 19, 2026 Half-Marathon 7:30 AM
Closed

Typical race-day weather

Based on 10 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Bloomington, plus the 3 days either side.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (race-week average) 15.6° / Maximum temperature (race-week average) 25.4°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 15.4° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 26.8°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (race-week average)
18.2
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (race-week average)
2.6mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (race-week average)
67.5%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on September 19, 2026 (CDT)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on September 19, 2026 (CDT)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
12h 17m

The sun rises at 6:40 AM and sets at 6:58 PM local time (CDT) in Bloomington on September 19, 2026 — 12h 17m of daylight.

Course

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  • Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
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