The Cupcake Classic 3K
About this race
Come Run For VIPS and earn a race shirt and delicious BabyCakes cupcake!
The 9th Annual Cupcake Classic 3K will be held on Friday, August 14, 2026 at 7:30pm at Wellington Park in South Lexington. Our race will support the good work of VIPS a nonprofit dedicated to providing early vision interventions and parental support to children with blindness or low vision.
RACE FEATURES:
- Commemorative super soft Race T-Shirts
- BabyCakes cupcakes and ice cream (Thanks Forcht Bank!)
- Paved course in beautiful Wellington Park
- Overall and Age Group Awards (5 Year Age Divisions, Top 3 M/F)
- Free Race Photos (Thanks Ruby Cline Eaton)
- DJ
- Social Teams to enhance your race experience. Largest Team wins a prize!
- 3K Run/Walk, Kids' Dash (1/4 Mile), & Virtual Runner/Walker option
- Referral Rewards (Invite your friends and family and get a refund on your registration)
PACKET PICKUP: Our packet pickup will be held on race night (Friday, August 14th) from 6:00-7:30pm at the Wellington Park pavilion. There will be no advanced day packet pickup for the race.
3K ROUTE MAP
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Running
3K Run/Walk
A chip-timed 3K (1.86 miles) run/walk on paved trail surfaces. Awards presented for Top 3 M/F Overall and Top 3 M/F in 5 year age divisions. Walkers, strollers, and dogs on fixed-length leashes welcomed. Commemorative race T-shirt and cupcake for all participants.
Little Cupcake Kids' Dash (1/4 Mile)
An untimed 1/4 mile Kids' Dash for children 10 and under. Participating children will receive a commemorative race T-shirt, finisher's medal, and cupcake. There are no awards presented for this event.
Virtual Runner/Walker
If you can't join us in person, consider signing up as a virtual runner/walker. For a $30 donation, we'll mail your commemorative race shirt, and you can run/walk your Cupcake Classic 3K on your schedule in your own hometown. Run/walk from anywhere in the United States to support this great cause.
Race Volunteer
We need 6-8 volunteers to work a race day shift from 5:45pm-9:00pm to help make our race great. If you aren't running/walking, consider helping us out.
Typical race-day weather
Based on 12 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Lexington, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:52 AM and sets at 8:32 PM local time (EDT) in Lexington on August 14, 2026 — 13h 40m 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, 64 Lexington events
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