Healthy Kids Running Series - Park Ridge, IL

🎉 In case you missed it!

Registration is open for the Healthy Kids Running Series - Park Ridge, IL fall season!

📆 Race dates: 9/13, 9/20, 9/27, 10/4, 10/18 (Rain make-up 10/25)
⏰Race time: 11:00 a.m.
📍Race location: Maine South High School

Sign up today and join us for 5 fun weeks of running! 🏃‍♂️ 🏃‍♀️

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9 weeks until the start of the fall season! 🎉

✅ Sign up today and join us for the 5 week running series for ages 2 years old to 8th grade! 🏃‍♀️🏃🏻

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Ready, Set, Go! Registration is open for the Fall 2026 season! Healthy Kids Running Series - Park Ridge, IL is a 5 week running series for kids 2 years old up to 8th grade.

Kids will earn points for each race they complete based on how they finish. All participants received a medal on Week 5! 🏅

📆 Race dates: 9/13, 9/20, 9/27, 10/4, 10/18
Rain date: 10/25
📍Location: Maine South High School
⏰ Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Race divisions:
Pre-K 2/3 yrs old - 50 yard dash
Pre-K 4/5 yrs old - 75 yard dash
Kindergarten/1st grade - 1/4 mile
2nd/3rd grade - 1/2 mile
4th - 8th grade - 1 mile

Don’t miss the Early Bird Discount and sign up by 8/23/2026!

Sign up here: runsignup.com/hkrsparkridgeil

We can’t wait to see you at the starting line! 💙💚

Happy Father’s Day to all the dads and father figures who inspire confidence, healthy habits, and big smiles on and off the race course. 💙💚

📸 credit:

We finished our spring season with 193 total runners (96 boys and 97 girls) 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️, and so much to celebrate! 🎉

☀️From the sunshine, to the runners, the amazing moms and HKRS families, our incredible sponsors, the community support and hardworking volunteers! 🏆

THANK YOU for a great spring season! We couldn’t put these races on without the support of so many people!👏

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Park Ridge

📸 Check out all of the photos this season at https://laurenfrye.shootproof.com/gallery/HKRSSpring26/home

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A very special thank you to for donating more than 100 flowers for our Week 5 race this past Sunday to hand out to all the amazing moms on Mother’s Day! We truly appreciate your support and generosity. 💐

Be sure to follow them and check out all the amazing things they’re creating around town! ✨

Thank you for a GREAT spring season and for spending your Sunday mornings with us!

A special thank you to our sponsors that could celebrate with us today: for the post race snack 🍊, for the flowers 🌺 for the fun giveaways 💜, for the welcome sign 💙 for letting us use your speaker and for capturing all the fun moments from race day 📸!

The final race results have been posted for the 5 week running series! You can view them here: https://healthykidsrunningseries.org/results/

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Happy Mother’s Day to all the amazing moms! 🏃‍♂️💖 And Happy Race Day! It’s going to be a great day!

We will get started at 11:00 a.m. at Maine South High School! We can’t wait to see everyone for Week 5 to celebrate our last race of the Spring season! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

Parents, don’t forget to sign up for the Parent Mile that will take place after the last race. You must sign the parent waiver to participate. https://parentmile.paperform.co/

Feel free to bring chairs and blankets to enjoy the day! Following the Parent Mile, we will have our trophy ceremony where we will be awarding 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place trophies for each race division. 🏆

See you at the starting line! 💙💚

Rain ☔️ and wind 💨 didn’t stop these runners 🏃🏻from crossing the finish line and has the photos to prove it!

Check out all the photos from our Week 4 race day! https://laurenfrye.shootproof.com/gallery/HKRSSpring26/home

We’re looking forward to celebrating our spring season this Sunday, May 10th for our Week 5 race day! 💙💚

Parents, this is your time to shine — and let your runners cheer you on! At the end of the mile race this Sunday, May 10th, join us for the Parent Mile! 🏃‍♀️🏃

Stop by the check-in desk on race day to sign your waiver before you run. 💙💚