Run / Course
Timeline
Wave starts
Wave starts
- Day of Packet Pick-up: 7:30am to 8:30am
- 5k Run Start:
- Wave 1- 9:00am (Approx 9:30 per pace or faster)
- Wave 2- 9:03am (Slower than approx 9:31 per mile mile pace)
- Wave 3- 9:06am (Walkers)
Wave starts
Wave starts
Wave starts
We will have three separate waves for the race this year. We will not assign waves ahead of time, so the waves will be self-seeded. We ask that anyone planning on running 29:00 or faster, line up in Wave 1. Anyone planning on running 29:01 or slower, please line up in Wave 2. Anyone planning on walking, please line up in Wave 3.
Participants planning on starting with Wave 2 or 3 will line up behind the Wave 2/3 signs. After Wave 1 starts, Wave 2 will be walked to the start line and runners in Wave 2 will start at 9:05. Wave 3 will be walked to the start at 9:08.
Remember, the race is chip timed, so your official time will not start until you cross the start line.
A certified 5K course complete with aid stations along the route.
Click here for interactive COURSE MAP- 2024
Course has changed due to construction on Northwestern’s campus.
USATF Course Certification Number is IL24040NM
Updated course will still start at Sheridan and Clark, run north on Sheridan, then go around Long Field, head south on Orrington, and turn around going back the way you came, finishing on the lakefront path.
RULES
- You must be in good health and physically prepared to take on the challenges of a 5k.
- You may be required to show a photo ID or confirmation email to pick up your race number and chip.
- Race numbers are required in order to participate.
- Coaches, dogs, in-line skates, skateboards, and bikes will not be allowed on the course.
- Strollers are allowed, but anyone pushing a stroller must start in the back.
- Under no circumstance are you allowed to give your registered race number to another individual. If discovered, you will be banned from any future Evanston Flying Turkey 5k Events.
- NO BANDITS.
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