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Date:
Sat, Apr 11, 2026 at 8:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Location:
Saint Paul, Minnesota
55108
United States
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The University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine is excited for another year of the Hoof N Woof 5k! The race will start at 8:30am on Saturday, April 11th, 2026, right outside the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine building on Fitch Avenue on the St. Paul campus. Runners and walkers of all ages and abilities are encouraged to participate, and leashed pets are more than welcome! We hope you'll hang around after to visit booths from our wonderful sponsors and local pet businesses. Be sure to stay for our award ceremony that will take place for the runners and their furry companions as well. Parking is available in the Gortner Avenue Parking Garage.

Registration for the race is $30. Packet pick-up will start at 7:15am on race day, Saturday, April 11th. Registration closes at 11:59pm on Friday, April 3th.

The first 250 participants who register for the race will be guaranteed a goodie bag. Any individual who registers before March 20th at 11:59 pm will be guaranteed a free T-shirt.

ALL PROCEEDS support Healing Hearts Rescue, a non-profit organization dedicated to saving the lives of animals in need. Their mission statement: Healing Hearts Rescue is a volunteer-based non-profit dog rescue dedicated to changing the lives of animals who humans have failed by finding them safe and loving homes. Through the power of rescue, lives will be saved, hearts will be healed, and you might find yourself asking, “Who rescued whom?”

Please plan to stop by and learn even more about Healing Hearts Rescue at their booth on race day! For more information about this organization click here

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