Yellow Brick Road 5K
About this race
This year, we’re making things easier by preassembling team packets. If your team has 4 or more members by 9:00am Wednesday, June 3rd, you’ll be able to pick up the entire team’s bibs and shirts at packet pickup in one convenient bundle. The Team Captain may pick them up or designate someone else on the team to do so. Please only send one team member to pick up for the entire team.
If your team does not meet the 5-member threshold, each team member can pick up their packet individually.
📣 Important: If your team qualifies for group pickup (4+ team members), individual team members will not be able to pick up their individual packets.
The packets will include:
Race shirts
Race bibs with labels (name, shirt size, bib number, gender, age and event).
Please let your team members know if you used your email to register them, they will not receive these race day instructions or other important information, so please forward this email to them.
The start and finish lines are downtown in front of Oz Plaza!
Join Us for the Yellow Brick Road 5K Run/Walk!
The Oconomowoc Area Chamber of Commerce, together with our Finish Line Sponsor, Silver Circle Sports Events, LLC, invites you to participate in this exciting summer event.
Inspired by the historic premiere of the Yellow Brick Road in 1939, this scenic run will start and finish at City Hall, overlooking the brand-new Oz Plaza.
Join us as we celebrate the 86th Anniversary of The Wizard of Oz! With exciting events planned throughout Oconomowoc, this is your chance to be part of the magic.
Register Today and Receive:
- Custom Yellow Brick Road 5K T-shirt
- Commemorative Finisher Medal featuring the 87th-anniversary logo (while supplies last)
- Professional Chip Timing by Silver Circle Sports Events, LLC
- RaceJoy athlete tracking
- Trophies for the top male and female overall winners
- Team Challenge Trophy for group participants
- Age Group Awards
- Don’t miss this memorable community celebration—sign up now for the 5K run or 2-mile walk!
Course map
Pick your distance
Running
5K Run
Kids Fun Run
Walking
Two Mile Walk
Typical race-day weather
Based on 10 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Oconomowoc, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 5:15 AM and sets at 8:30 PM local time (CDT) in Oconomowoc on June 6, 2026 — 15h 15m of daylight.
Course
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2026 results — Yellow Brick Road 5K
480 finishers across 2 distances · leading places in the 5K Run
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Finke | 16:21 | 5:17 /mi |
| 2 | Brandon Laughlin | 16:29 | 5:19 /mi |
| 3 | Greg McCabe | 16:57 | 5:28 /mi |
| 4 | Carlo Garcia | 17:49 | 5:45 /mi |
| 5 | Nathan Bertman | 17:49 | 5:45 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
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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, 23 Oconomowoc events
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