Pathfinder Early Learning Center Turkey Trot and Waddle

This is the registration site for Kit's Club members to participate in Wheels on Campus! If you are not a Kit's Club member, please see the regular Spring Cycle registration site.

You will receive an official Spring Cycle bib at the Hutzell Athletic Center at the University of Saint Francis. Kit's Club members can come to Wheels on Campus and start their adventure anytime between 10 AM - 11 AM. A Spring Cycle shirt is not included with this registration, but you can pick up for your official Kit's Club shirt here if you haven't already done so at a prior event. You can purchase a Spring Cycle shirt for an additional fee of $10 through this registration.

This event allows participants of ALL ages to participate in a different way! Think scooters, wagons, roller-skates, rollerblades, balance bikes, Heelys, strollers and skateboards! As long as it involves wheels and exercise, you're in! No age minimum or limit!

THIS CHALLENGE RUNS FROM JUNE 1 - AUGUST 31

What are your 2026 Summer Goals?

100 Run/Walk Miles

250 BIKE Miles

OR

500 Bike Miles

Join us for our 2025 Summer Miles Challenge.

Log your Running or Biking Mileage.

Earn some cool swag AND meet your milage goals.

DISTANCE TRACKING

The miles that you get from normal steps taken during the day do not count.

Miles that you intentionally run or walk for exercise, do count!

Keep track in the following ways:

Download our milage log and keep track of your milage manually.

Download free Strava App & hit 'Record'

(Join our Challenge Club for more fun and accountability)

CHALLENGE RULES

Treadmill/indoor or outdoor walking and running, intended to cover a distance - COUNTS!

Stationary/indoor or outdoor cycling, intended to cover a distance - COUNTS!

Steps walking around your home/office - DON'T COUNT.

EXAMPLES

Walk to and from work every day - COUNTS!

Steps around work, to and from colleges office - DON'T COUNT.

Steps around the house / normal activity - DON'T COUNT

Walking miles with my dog- COUNTS!

It's all about intention to cover a distance

IMPORTANT DATES

JUNE 1 - CHALLENGE STARTS start tracking your miles on Strava or manually on your milage log.

JUNE 24 - T-shirts ready for pick up

AUGUST 1 - Begin mailing t-shirts and medals to participants selecting packet mailing during registration. In-person medal pick up begins.

AUGUST 31 - Challenge ends

SWAG

Everyone who registers earns a Summer Challenge T-shirt

Earn a medal for completing your miles

Access to our Strava group to connect and share with other challenge participants.

Celebrate what makes running fun — high-fives, endorphins, good friends. Come hang with us to celebrate Global Running Day, run a breezy 3.1 miles and make The Big Run an epic party!

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Global Running Day is annually celebrated the first week of June...and we can't wait to celebrate on Wednesday Evening June 4th!

Celebrate Global Running Day with us!

This Global Running Day Fleet Feet Fort Wayne will mark the occasion with an event to celebrate all of you – our amazing running and walking community. We invite you to join us for The Big Run 5K Presented by Fleet Feet and Brooks on Wednesday June 3rd, 2026 at 6:00pm at the Pufferbelly Trailhead near Parkview YMCA 10001 Dawsons Creek Blvd, Fort Wayne, IN 46825 to log some midweek miles. Set a goal, cross that finish line and celebrate Global Running Day with your friends, family and Fleet Feet Fort Wayne community.

Fleet Feet Fort Wayne will be hosting The Big Run 5K Presented by Fleet Feet and Brooks on Wednesday, June 3rd, 2026 at 6:00pm at the Pufferbelly Trailhead near Parkview YMCA 10001 Dawson's Creek Blvd, Fort Wayne, IN 46825 on Global Running Day. This event has a nominal fee of only $10 for Adults thanks to Fleet Feet and Brooks. Kids 10 and under are free.

Lots of Swag! All registered in-person runners/walkers will get a medal, technical t-shirt and some goodies from our sponsors. We're excited to work with our local and national sponsors for this event! Supplies are limited so register early.

Packet Pick Up & Day Of Registration:

Tuesday, June 2nd- 4 to 7:00pm at Fleet Feet Fort Wayne Southwest 5661 Coventry Lane, Fort Wayne, IN 46804

Wednesday, June 3rd - 10 to 1pm at Fleet Feet Fort Wayne North 1549 W. Dupont Road, Fort Wayne, IN 46825

Wednesday, June 3rd - 5 to 6 pm at Pufferbelly Trailhead at Parkview YMCA 10001 Dawsons Creek Blvd, Fort Wayne, IN 46825 - (we will have a hard stop at 6pm in order to get the race started on time, please plan accordingly)

Our Brooks Rep will be present with demo shoes to try on and run in. After the race stick around and play a round of Corn Hole. Enjoy some food, music and camaraderie with fellow runners and walkers. Also make sure to enter our social media contest.

We will choose a single participant for a special prize for their race day post. All you have to do is :

1.) Take a picture or video of you on race day and tag @fleetfeetfortwayne.

2.) Follow us on Facebook and Instagram

3.) Comment below or tag your walking or running buddy with the hashtag #runtogether

( A random winner will be picked the same day and posted later on social media.)

Kids Run:

We will have a free and family friendly kids run starting at 6:00 pm! We'll do a shorter version of our run (~1/2 mile) and all kids 10 & under will be given a medal! We'll have a quick check-in before the run around 5:40 near the start/finish line. Family members are encouraged to run with their kids! Thank you!

Help Us Give Back:

Fleet Feet Fort Wayne will donate $2.00 of each registration to Girls on the Run of Northeast Indiana. Why? Because everyone benefits when we support our kids. At Girls on the Run of Northeast Indiana they aim to inspire ALL girls of ALL abilities and backgrounds to build confidence, develop a positive mental attitude (find joy), and make intentional decisions, while fostering care and compassion for themselves and for others. Their incredible volunteer coaches are trained on how to use fun physical activities and have dynamic discussions to build social, emotional and physical skills in every girl while encouraging healthy habits for life. With our gift, we are helping a girl unleash her limitless potential. We are giving her a place where she feels accepted and understood, a place where she can connect with her peers, gain confidence, and discover her true power and potential. A place where she belongs.

She is counting on us to give her Girls on the Run. And we encourage you to consider donating as well!

Another way you can help is to become a SoleMate! SoleMates raise critical funds for Girls on the Run while completing a physical challenge. You don't need to be a star athlete to join—you only need to be a champion for the girls in their communities. Click here to learn more!

Please consider an optional donation to Girls on the Run, so they can help more girls cross more finish lines. Thank you.

Stay connected:

● Find community at your local Fleet Feet Fleet Feet Fort Wayne

● Sign up for our newsletters and join the Fleet Feet Rewards Program and Strava Club Rewards

● Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and subscribe to our YouTube channel https://www.facebook.com/FleetFeetFTW

Join Fort4Fitness and the Fort Wayne Zoo for Run Wild on Friday, June 5th AND/OR Saturday, June 6, 2026! The route will have multiple terrains: concrete, wooden bridges, grass and gravel. Be prepared for it all as you travel through Africa, Australia, through Stingray Bay and past the Peacock Cafe. Participants will receive a commemorative race shirt, timing bib, free entry to the Fort Wayne Zoo on Saturday following the 5K and a finisher medal.

Participants should enter through the entrance on Sherman Blvd on race day. The new Goshen Road entrance will be closed.

The Zoo paths are narrow in some areas, so there will be a participant cap. There will be NO Day of Registration. Please see Packet Pick-Up details here: Participants | Fort4Fitness

Spectators will also be allowed into certain areas inside the front gates during the race (main plaza to the Africa tunnel area), but not beyond the barriers set up. 5K participants can use their race bib to gain free reentry into the Zoo on Saturday, June 6th, 2026, following the completion of the 5K on Saturday morning at 9 AM.

Due to the all-terrain nature of this course, runners under the age of 10 should be accompanied by an adult also running in the event.

Proceeds go to the Fort Wayne Zoo. For the safety of our animals, dogs and other pets are not permitted. Service animals must check in at Zoo guest services prior to the race.

A family friendly Fort Wayne Running Club Points Race and Breakfast Picnic is returning for you! Everyone is welcome. Come join us Saturday morning June 6th for a morning run/walk commemorating FWRC member J.P. Jones at Foster Park. Run/walk in memory of J.P. and other fabulous runners/walkers who were in your life. All finishers will get honey !!

Register today! Price increase after May 22nd! Online registration closes Thursday June 4th. Day of registration and pre-registered packet pick up/check in will be at Foster Park Pavilion #1 7:00 am - 8:00 am.

The 10km and 3.3 km begin at 8 am.

Bring a gift so we can give gifts to others!! Yes, please bring a gift wrapped t-shirt (s) which will be donated to individuals at local organizations like Wellspring Interfaith Social and Adult Life Day Academy. Mark t-shirt size on each one. Bring as many wrapped t-shirts (new or very close to new) as you would like. It's a great way to let go of new t-shirts you really don't want.

All finishers will receive honey from JP's family and a breakfast picnic supported by Chad Ware. Breakfast will include food choices like fruit, assorted baked goods, cereal, trail mix, granola, milk, and nuts.

This is a FWRC 2026 Points Race. The course will be on the paved walk/run path at Foster Park and out and back on the paved path south of the park.

$8 for Club Members and $12 for Non-club members thru Friday May 22, 2026. Member discount is applied automatically if you have a configured runsignup.com member account.

$15 for all registrants after Friday 5/22/26.

Checks payable to Fort Wayne Running Club