Baptist Health Paducah will host its annual Spokes for Stroke bicycle ride on Saturday, July 11, 2026, to increase our community stroke awareness and raise funds to invest in life-saving technologies and expanded our stroke care services. Our goal is to keep our community healthy, while giving participants the tools they need to spot a stroke when it is first happening and to help them learn ways to prevent a stroke from occurring.
This is a wonderful bike tour on four well-marked routes through beautiful McCracken, Marshall and Graves counties. Each route is SAG-supported with refreshments and toilet facilities at rest stops as follows: 65 miles with rolling hills (six rest stops), 35 miles (four rest stops), 20 miles with rolling hills (two rest stops) and 10 miles with a flatter terrain in McCracken County (with one stop). Our event begins and ends at Baptist Health Paducah’s Imaging Center, located near Broadway and Joe Clifton Drive, with registration beginning at 7 a.m. The ride will begin promptly at 8 a.m.
For your safety, HELMETS ARE REQUIRED!
The 2nd Annual Cross Country Sundown Showdown
July 17, 2026
REGISTRATION AND BIB PICKUP
Carterville Community Center, 120 N Greebriar Rd, Carterville
Friday, July 17, 2026 5:30 PM
Shirt Deadline July 5, 2026
Race start and finish behind the Carterville Community Center
Join us for the first Sundown Showdown. Race start and finish behind the Carterville Community Center. This event resembles a high school-style cross country meet, using standard scoring and a 5K course. This is a team event, with 3-5 runners per team. (3 scoring runners per team) If you don't have a team or enough people to make an entire team, we will help you on race day to put a team together. You can run the race solo, if you prefer. You can expect mostly grass with a little gravel and paved path in the mix.
Awards for the top 20 female and male runners as well as top team in each division (Male, Female, and Mixed).
Team scores are calculated by adding up the finishing positions of the top five runners on each team. Each runner earns points based on their finishing place (1 point for 1st, 2 points for 2nd, and so on). The total points for the team's top three runners are summed, and the team with the lowest total score wins.
Race Markings
Race will be marked with the following paint
Mile 1 - Red
Mile 2 - White
Mile 3 - Blue
There will be a lead vehicle to guide the runners through the course.
Saturday, August 1, 2026
The 13th Annual Moonlight Bike Ride - Saturday, August 1st, 2026
• 8:00 PM Festival
• 10:00 PM Ride
8:00 PM - Booths Open
• "Day-of" registration begins
• Live music begins
• Free ice cream
• Free watermelon
• Free crafts & activities
• Bike decoration and glow stick sales
10:00 PM - RIDE!!!
The 10-mile route may not be long enough to capture all the fun! Riding in the dark makes even an everyday route feel mysterious and new again. The heightened alertness created by the surrounding night sky makes riding feel more intense and can lead to an exciting adrenaline rush, even when pedaling at a leisurely pace. There's no chance of sunburn. The temperature usually cools after dark, which can improve energy and lead to surprisingly better performance. A well-illuminated bicycle at night is more eye-catching to a driver than a bicycle during the day.
Riders pedal at their own pace along marked city streets. People of all ages, sizes, and riding abilities on all kinds of bicycles love this ride! Kids with adults are welcome. Youth groups, poker clubs, date-night couples, neighborhood groups, sports teams, out-of-towners—anyone who wants their entertainment dollars to do double duty for a good cause will find that the Moonlight Bike Ride fosters a sense of unity, closeness, and adventure.
The ride starts and finishes at BikeWorld (809 Joe Clifton Dr). Bikes are required to have front and rear lights to legally be on the street after dark. Additional creative lighting of all kinds is encouraged. Helmets are required.
All proceeds from this memory-making ride benefit Paducah Cooperative Ministry (PCM). PCM assists those in need of housing and/or food. PCM provided groceries to an average of more than 400 food-insecure households and 404 low-income seniors each month in 2025. Additionally, PCM provides transitional housing for women, mothers, and their children in the ministry’s Fresh Start Village and works to assist anyone in a situation of homelessness.
Registration Information:
• Register on this site with a credit/debit card. To pay with cash or check, pick up a paper registration at BikeWorld or PCM (402 Legion Drive, Paducah).
• To receive a t-shirt, you must register before July 15th, 2026.
• T-shirt price: $10
For more information, Contact:
270-442-0751 - BikeWorld, Bikes & Fitness
270-442-6795 - Paducah Cooperative Ministry
The Last Boyscout is a Last Man Standing Race that utilizes the Boyscout Trail at Ferne Clyffe State Park. The format of this type of race is simple and designed to reward the tough, not necessarily the fast. All participants will receive a shirt and memorabilia to remember their efforts! Registration is capped at 75 runners. Leaving us some room to add runners later who are truly going for the win!!!
In the 7 years we have had the event, we have reached 100 miles just one time. The course is tough. All you have to do is keep going. Just as return runners dig deep to best last years number, new runners set out to test their toughness. Each year is about resilience and continuing to push against a course that doesn't want you to succeed. While most runners meet or surpassed their goals, a few runners are not ready for the hills on the course. The 600 feet of climbing per loop will creep up on you.
Inspired by the original last person standing race, Big Backyard Ultra, this race follows the same rules. You can find those rules in the rules page.
At 6:40am the race will start. Runners will have 1 hour to complete a 4.167 mile loop. At 7:40am, runners must have finished the previous loop and be in the starting corral to start the next loop or they are eliminated. This will continue until only one runner finishes a loop. That person will be, The Last Boyscout.
THE COURSE: Runners will start the race on the Day Loop. This loop will consist of some single track trail, some jeep road trail, and finishes with a little over a mile on the road. The course is 100% runnable, with a few mildly technical spots and two good hills. With the Boyscout Trail being the steepest hill. If you are not accustomed to trails you will consider this trail to be very technical. The Day Loop has around 600 feet of elevation per loop. The Night Loop will start at 6:40pm and is an out and back course with a north turnaround and a south turnaround. Runners will be required to wear a head lamp and reflective vest during the night. The start/finish area is near the middle of this course. Runners will leave the start/finish area and go North up to the top of the Boyscout Trail, turn around and come back down. Run back towards the start area but stay on the road and run to the south turnaround. After the south turnaround runners will head back to the start/finish area. The
night route is 75% paved road. Both courses have the potential for two creek crossing depending on the amount of rainfall. The start/finish area will be the only aid station on the course. It is a covered pavilion right next to the starting corral. The race will provide water, ice, food, and hot food later in the race in this area. Runners should be prepared to be self sufficient and not rely on the aid station. There are pit toilets in the start/finish area and the first 1/4 mile of each loop. Also porta toilets will be available.
THE VENUE: The Last Boyscout is located at the beautiful Ferne Clyffe State Park in the heart of Southern Illinois!! The Start/Finish area is located at the Hillside pavilion. The Park has electric campgrounds as well as primitive campgrounds. The park is located in between Interstate 57 and Interstate 24. Easy to travel to from surrounding states. For more information about the park click this link: Ferne Clyffe State Park. For more information about camping within the park click this link: Camping Info
River to River Runners Club: This race is a River to River Runners Club event. Dedicated to providing quality running events across the Southern Illinois region. Like the River to River Relay, Broken Boulder 10 Mile Trail Race, Fly With The Eagles half marathon, and many other races. For more information about the River to River Runners, click this link: River to River Runners ***Club members will receive $10 off the entry fee!!
3rd ANNUAL
HOPE FEST 5K WALK/RUN
& KID’S FUN RUN
Registration Table Opens 9:00 A.M.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12th, 2026 (RAIN OR SHINE)
Beginning on the Grounds of Community of Faith Church, Marion, IL
Registration Begins @9:00 A.M., Pre-Event Gathering & Briefing @ 9:55 A.M., Event Starts @10:00 A.M.
All proceeds benefit the Herrin House of Hope & Hands of Hope Foundation’s Operations in Herrin, including our Meal program, Thrift Store, Food Distribution Ctr., Children’s Summer Feeding Program, AmeriCorps Job Training Program, GED Program in Partnership with J.A. Logan and our future Phase 2 plans to launch the new Hope Food Distribution Ctr, Hope Community Wellness GAP Clinic & Hope Emergency Shelter.
TIME SCHEDULE:
9:00-9:55 A.M. – REGISTRATION OPENS
9:55 A.M. – PRE-WALK/RUN GATHERING & BRIEFING
10:00 A.M. – 5K RUN START
10:01 A.M. – 5K WALK START
10:40 A.M. – ½ Mile KID’S FUN RUN BRIEFING
10:45 A.M. – ½ Mile KID’S FUN RUN START
PACKETS AVAILABLE ON SITE:
9:00 A.M. TILL 9:55 A.M. ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12th, 2026 at Race Site
REGISTRATION: (Fee includes Hope Fest 5K T-Shirt* & Free Hope Fest Race Day Wristband for Admission for you to enjoy Hope Fest after the Race)
$25 – 5K Pre-Paid on Runsignup.com (*Guaranteed 5K T-Shirt) or Can Pay On-site Day of the Race (*As Supplies are Available)
$15 – KID’S FUN RUN – REGISTRATION OPEN TILL 9:55 A.M. DAY OF THE RACE
**Pre-registered Hope Fest 5K by Noon on Wednesday, September 3 on our Runsignup.com or by mail to receive the Guaranteed 5K T-Shirt. On-site Day of the Race Registration will receive the 5K Shirt as supplies are available.
LOCATION:
On the Grounds of COMMUNITY OF FAITH CHURCH, 5208 Meadowland Pkwy, Marion, IL 62959 (Near the Airport 300 Yds on the SE corner off Rt #13 & #148)
RACE STARTS AND FINISHES IN THE SAME GENERAL AREA.
COURSE:
VERY FLAT, FAST, ALL ASPHALT or CONCRETE COURSE.
AWARDS:
9 & UNDER, 10-14, 15-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60 & OVER
THE TOP 3 WALKERS WILL RECEIVE AWARDS (MALE / FEMALE)
KID’S ½ MILE FUN RUN (AGES 10 & UNDER): SPECIAL AWARDS TO THE TOP THREE KID'S FUN RUN FINISHERS
EACH KID'S FUN RUN FINISHER RECEIVES A FINISHER’S AWARD.
The 13th For Kids' Sake International Superhero 5K is back! This year's Superhero 5K will be a hybrid race - you can join us at the starting line on Saturday, September 20, at 9am at Turley Park (1010 N. Glenview Dr, Carbondale, IL) or run/walk anywhere in the universe!
Superheroes save lives, which is exactly what you do when you participate in this race. All proceeds support, educate, and empower children, orphans, students, and families with the basic necessities of food, clothing, shelter, healthcare and education in Bangladesh, The Gambia, and Southern Illinois. Be a true Superhero, and fundraise for the kids here: https://runsignup.com/Race/Donate/48922/BecomeFundraiser
Save the Kids! Raise $350+ to provide basic needs & education for kids and you'll receive an FKSI Carhartt backpack!
Pre-Register by Thursday, Sept. 4th to guarantee your t-shirt; Adults $25, Kids $15 (17 & under)
Race packet pick-up: Friday, Sept 19, 5-6pm at Turley Park in Carbondale, IL OR shipping available
Day of Registration opens at 8:00am; t-shirts available while supplies last
Win Prizes for Most Money Raised, Fastest Times, Best Superhero Costumes, and more
Win Race Awards for 1st and 2nd place in each 5-year age category (in-person only); 1-9, 10-14, 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-99
Run/Walk the certified Superhero 5K course in-person on Sept. 20 with chip timing by To The Finish OR run/walk your 5K anywhere in the galaxy and log results on the race website
Life;Story is Centerstone’s national walk/run for suicide prevention, bringing communities together across Illinois, Tennessee, and Florida for a day of hope, healing, and connection.
Participants of all ages and abilities are welcome—from seasoned runners to families with strollers, toddlers in the kids’ races, and pups on leashes. Whether you join us in person or virtually, you’ll be part of a meaningful experience that uplifts those impacted by suicide and celebrates the courage it takes to keep going.
The semicolon in Life;Story symbolizes a pause—not an ending—and reflects the belief that every person’s story has more ahead. This event carries that spirit forward with a supportive, energizing atmosphere filled with community vendors, mental health resources, free giveaways, and crowd-favorite perks like an event T‑shirt, finisher medal, and our curated Spotify playlist.
Proceeds from Life;Story help Centerstone provide mental health and addiction services for individuals with limited or no resources. By participating, you’re helping save lives, strengthening your community, and reminding others that their story matters—and that it’s far from over.
A $5 discount is available to 1st Responders using promo code, 1STRESPONDER5, and to Military/Veterans using promo code MILITARY5.
Join us for our 1st Annual 5K Run or Walk, Operation: Jake.
What is Down the Leash Service Dogs?
A 501(C)3 Veteran ran Non-Profit Organization that provides an environment for our nations heroes to not only train their Service Dogs, but also provides a safe environment with a family like atmosphere. Down the Leash Service Dogs teaches basic and advanced dog handling skills where the Veteran works alongside their service partner, building a bond as they go.
When is the Race?
Saturday October 10th 2026, we are excited to once again be hosting the race at the Herrin Park District Park in Herrin, Illinois, who has welcomed us back with open arms.
The Race will begin with packet pickup at 9am, followed by an Opening Ceremony with a Presention of Colors at 10:30am. The race will begin immediately following the completion of the opening ceremony.
Stay Tuned for an announcement on other fun things we have planned for the day of the race!
THE 45TH ANNUAL ART AND KEVIN REVEAL
MEMORIAL TURKEY RUN
NOVEMBER 21, 2026
REGISTRATION AND PACKET PICKUP
Herrin Civic Center, 101 South 16th Street Herrin, IL
Saturday, Nov 21, 2026 7:30 AM
ENTRY FEE $30.00
RACES START AND FINISH IN FRONT OF CIVIC CENTER
9:00 AM 15K RUN-THREE LAPS OF 5K COURSE
9:00 AM 15K Relay (3 Person Team)
9:30 AM 5K RUN & WALK
10:15 AM YOUTH FUN RUN OPEN TO ALL RUNNERS
12 AND UNDER $15.00 ENTRY FEE
AWARD CEREMONY AT 10:30 AM (12 and Under, 13-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70 and Over)
NO T-SHIRTS GUARANTEED AFTER 11-10-2024
Please note we are proud to be a cupless event! Cups will NOT be available at aid stations; instead, we will have volunteers with water pitchers to easily fill your bottles.
Join us for the 21th running of our half marathon at Southern Illinois Airport in Murphysboro.
All finishers receive a custom Finishers Medal!
Top 3 overall male and female receive special awards. Age group awards for both male and female are 19 and under, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, and 70 and over. **Placings will be based off gun time.
Registration should be submitted by January 28th to receive a Hooded Sweatshirt!!! Hoodies not picked up by the end of the race will not be held.
*See EVENT INFO for more information on the Fly with the Eagles Virtual Half Marathon
World's Best Marathon & Half Series!
No Time Limits
Great Food
Award-Winning Medals
Loony Community!
We RUN this country, TOGETHER!
Event details and schedule
Please check our website for details.
Here's a link to the 2027 Riverboat Series page.