Start Time: 9:00 am
Race Start Location (may be approximate): Tower Park, Peoria Heights, IL
Red Sneakers For Food Allergy Awareness Walk/Run allows us to educate, spread awareness, and come together as an allergy community. The event includes Teal Pumpkin activities and education to help create allergy awareness and make the event family-friendly.
The walk/run and teal pumpkin festival is our largest annual event that will continue to sustain allergy awareness, education, research, advocacy and support in our community. Outcomes of this event will be a larger allergy community, robust sustainable support group, and bridged allergy education gaps at the school and healthcare, underserved and community.
Add your house or business to the teal pumpkin map in October before or during our event to qualify for raffle prizes.
Wear your red sneakers and post pictures of yourself to our social media and on Race Roster to qualify for raffle prizes. Posts should be training, at our partners, at other races, at our race and throughout the Peoria area. After the race post pictures of your red sneakers and or teal pumpkins and Halloween activities at our event and at home. Each post qualifies for additional entries and qualify for prizes
Follow us on social media for discounts and updates. Utilize the referral option to earn money. Employers can utilize the gift option to offer employees reduced or free registrations. Donate to participant helps registered participants achieve their fundraising goal.
So put on your red sneakers come get your teal pumpkins and help us raise money for food allergy awareness.
- This event occurs rain or shine.
- No dogs.
- T-Shirt Included With Registration
- Our shirts are critical to helping us spread food allergy awareness.
YOUTH DISCOUNT
Kids 12 and Under Register for $10 Less. Price Automatically Discounted at Checkout
Virtual Options
Participate from anywhere or add biking & swimming to your in-person run to make it a duathlon or triathlon.
Virtual participants and duathlon or triathlon participants please post your event results on race roster and our social media prior to race announcement to qualify for prizes
Register Early to Start Fundraising Today!
If you have any questions or concerns with registration or donation please contact Race Roster at 1(855) 969 5515 or email peoria@redsneakers.org
Registration fees
5K Walk/Run (Timed)
9:00am START – Kids 12 and Under Register for $10 Less – Price Automatically Discounted at Checkout
Mar 25 – Sep 22
$30.00
Shirts NO LONGER Guaranteed Sep 23 – Oct 12
5K Run (Timed) and (Virtual) Bike (Duathlon Sprint)
9:00am RUN START – Kids 12 and Under Register for $10 Less – Price Automatically Discounted at Checkout. Enter your virtual results on race roster and our social media by race announcement time.
Mar 25 – Sep 22
$30.00
Shirts NO LONGER Guaranteed Sep 23 – Oct 12
5K Run (Timed) and (Virtual) Swim and Bike (Triathlon Sprint)
9:00am RUN START – Kids 12 and Under Register for $10 Less – Price Automatically Discounted at Checkout. Enter your virtual results on race roster and our social media by race announcement time.
Mar 25 – Sep 22
$30.00
Shirts NO LONGER Guaranteed Sep 23 – Oct 12
1 Mile Walk/Run (Untimed)
– 9:00am START – Kids 12 and Under Register for $10 Less – Price Automatically Discounted at Checkout. Enter you results on race roster and our social media by race announcement time.
Mar 25 – Sep 22
$30.00
Shirts NO LONGER Guaranteed Sep 23 – Oct 12
1 Mile Run (Untimed) and (Virtual) Bike (Duathlon Super Sprint)
9:00am RUN START – Kids 12 and Under Register for $10 Less – Price Automatically Discounted at Checkout. Enter your virtual results on race roster and our social media by race announcement time.
Mar 25 – Sep 22
$30.00
Shirt NO LONGER Guaranteed Sep 23 – Oct 12
1 Mile Run (Untimed) and (Virtual) Swim and Bike (Triathlon Super Sprint)
9:00am RUN START – Kids 12 and Under Register for $10 Less – Price Automatically Discounted at Checkout. Enter your virtual results on race roster and our social media by race announcement time.
Mar 25 – Sep 22
$30.00
Shirt NO LONGER Guaranteed Sep 23 – Oct 12
Teal Pumpkin Fall Festival (Non-Walker/Runner) T-Shirt
– 10:00am START
Mar 25 – Jun 30
$20.00
Shirt
Jul 1 – Sep 22
$20.00
Shirts NO LONGER guaranteed Sep 23 – Oct 12
Virtual (Walk/Run/Bike/Swim/Etc.)(Distance Challenge) T-Shirt (Shipping Included)
Run/Walk/Bike/Swim or choose your own activities anytime anywhere. Open to anyone in Peoria, IL or anywhere else in the world that wants to raise money for food allergy awareness. Setup your fundraising page and collect donations for every mile you complete or come up with your own goals. Shirts will be shipped as soon as possible depending upon demand. Shirts not guaranteed to be received prior to event date. Enter your virtual results on race roster and our social media by race announcement time. International entries may have additional shipping costs.
Mar 25 – Jun 30
$25.00
Shirt & shipping included
Jul 1 – Sep 22
$25.00
Shirts NO LONGER guaranteed Sep 23 – Oct 12
Morton Pumpkin Festival – Red Sneakers Peoria – Booth (T-Shirt)
September 13 – noon – 6:00pm – T-Shirt pickup at booth – email peoria@redsneakers.org for more details
Mar 25 – Aug 25
$20.00
Shirt NO LONGER Guaranteed
Aug 26 – Sep 14
Closed
Sep 15 – Oct 12
Morton Pumpkin Festival – Red Sneakers Peoria – Parade (T-Shirt)
September 14 – 8:00am Cue – Start 10:30am – end approx. noon – T-Shirt pickup at Cue – email peoria@redsneakers.org for more information
Mar 25 – Jun 30
$20.00
Jul 1 – Aug 25
$20.00
Shirt NO LONGER Guaranteed
Aug 26 – Sep 14
Closed
Sep 15 – Oct 12
Packet Pickup
Participants are strongly encouraged to pickup packets before race day.
Thursday, 10/10
4:00pm to 6:00pm – Tower Park
You may pick up packets for friends and family
Friday, 10/11
11:00am to 6:00pm – Running Central
You may pick up packets for friends and family
Saturday, 10/12 (RACE DAY)
8:00am to 9:00am – Tower Park
Race Day Schedule
- 8:00am – Race Day Packet Pickup OPENS – Tower Park
- 8:30am – Food Allergy Guest Speaker
- 8:50am – Zumba Warm-Up
- 9:00am – 5K & 1 Mile START
- 9:30am – Race Announcements
- 10:00am – Teal Pumpkin Festival (full activities)
- 11:00am – Fundraising Announcements
- 12:00pm – Event End
5K Course
The 5K course starts & finishes on North Grandview Drive, across the street from Tower Park
5K Awards
Overall Awards: Top Male & Top Female [Gun Time]
Youth Awards: Top Male & Top Female [Gun Time]
Teal Pumpkin Festival
Free & Family Allergy Friendly Event.
Made Possible by a FARE Community Outreach Award Grant. All are Welcome to Attend. Includes Activities, Giveaways and Refreshments.
Last year’s event included the following activities:
- T-Shirt Sales
- Practice Using Epinephrine on A Scarecrow
- Raffle
- Live Band
- Face Painting
- Flint The Fire Truck Inflatable Slide
- Non-Food Treats and Trinkets
- Allergy Friendly Treats and Samples
- Teal Pumpkin Painting
- Peoria Playhouse Children’s Booth
- Add Your Home to The Teal Pumpkin Map
- We plan to have all of that and more this year!
NEW THIS YEAR
- Pictures with area mascots