Name: Jack O’Lantern World 5K
Start: 20241017
End: 20241017
Location: Lake Zurich

LAKE ZURICH, IL | OCT. 17, 2024

20% OFF UNTIL 10/10

EVENT DAY QUICK LINKS

PACKET PICK UP INFO / FIND MY BIB NUMBER / EVENT SCHEDULE

PARKING / RESULTS / FAQ’S

One-of-a-Kind 5K

Jack O’Lantern World Lake Zurich is one of the largest jack o’lantern installations on planet earth. This year for the first time ever we will have a 5k run/walk starting and finishing among the nearly 5000 hand carved pumpkins. Run the course lined with 15’ tall jack o’lantern mile markers and get free entry to Jack O’Lantern World’s famous trail walk at the finish line. Don’t forget about the pumpkin spiced donuts and Halloween Candy.

Awesome Photo Ops

Cross the finish line and be surrounded by artisan made Jack O’lantern sculptures and detailed Jack O’lanterns that took as many as 20 hours to carve.

Jack O'Lantern World Butterfly

Awesome Photo Ops

Cross the finish line and be surrounded by artisan made Jack O’lantern sculptures and detailed Jack O’lanterns that took as many as 20 hours to carve.

Jack O'Lantern World Detail

Get the Gear

Registration includes event shirt, finisher pumpkin donut, candy and chip timing.

EVENT SCHEDULE

Packet pick up

Option 1: Get your packet mailed right to your door for $14.99 (limited-time availability).
Option 2: Pick up your packet on 10/16 from 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. at
Road Runner
20291 N Rand Rd.
Kildeer, IL 60074
Picking up someone else’s packet, don’t forget you must bring their signed waiver.
Option 3: Pick up your packet on race day (not recommended).
If you do not pick up your participant gear there will be a fee to have it mailed to you: Post-race event gear registration. See FAQ’s for more details.

CHARITY PARTNER

GiGi’s Playhouse
GiGi’s Playhouse mission is to change the way the world views Down syndrome and to send a global message of acceptance for all. We change lives through the consistent delivery of free educational, therapeutic-based, and career development programs for individuals with Down syndrome, their families, and the community, through a replicable playhouse model.

Directions & Parking

COURSE MAPS & LIVE PARTICIPANT TRACKING

Course Map:

Headlamp or flashlight strongly recommended. Course is dark and may contain variable terrain.
Live Participant Tracking
Click here to download the live participant tracking app, RaceJoy.
Experience race day like never before! Track your race progress while on course. Your family and friends can track your progress and directly send you motivational support while you’re racing.

Results, Record Times, Photos & Awards

Results and photos will be posted here after the event.
2024 RESULTS & PHOTOS
2024 Results Coming Soon!
2024 Photos Coming Soon!
AWARDS
A winner medal will be awarded to the top 3 participants, male and female, in each age group and overall for both the 8 mile & 5K.
Age Categories: 10 & Under, 11- 14, 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70+
If you do not pick up your medal there will be a $5 fee to have it mailed to you: Post race medal request registration.
EVENT RECORD TIMES
Be the first to set the record

Volunteer info

Join in the excitement as a volunteer. All volunteers receive a free event shirt for volunteering. Volunteers will help at water stations, participant check-in, course marshaling and many other places.
Sign up here.
If you can’t find your volunteer confirmation e-mail, which is sent 2 weeks prior to the event, please contact us at 224-757-5425 or the e-mail address below.
For more information email: info@allcommunityevents.com.

CONTACT US & FAQs

YOU CAN MANAGE YOUR REGISTRATION THROUGH YOUR RUNSIGNUP.COM PROFILE
You can transfer to RUN A DIFFERENT DISTANCE within the same race up to 3 days before the run. If you are transferring to a more expensive race you’ll have to pay the difference of the registration fees. This can be managed on your Run Sign Up profile.
You can DEFER/TRANSFER YOUR REGISTRATION to next year’s race or any other All Community Events race for $15 up to 3 days before the run. This can be managed on your Run Sign Up profile.
You can transfer to the VIRTUAL CATEGORY within the same race up to 12 days before the live race day.
You can CHANGE YOUR SHIRT SIZE and any other add-ons up to 3 days before the race day. This can be managed on your Run Sign Up profile.
You can transfer your registration/bib # to another participant for $6 up to 3 days before the run. This can be managed on your Run Sign Up profile.
Need help managing your registration? Click here for tutorials.
VIRTUAL RUN FAQs
Your gear will typically arrive 1 – 4 days before the race day. It will be sent to the address you entered during registration.
To submit your virtual run results, click on this year’s results link in the “RESULTS, RECORD TIMES, AWARDS & PHOTOS” accordion above. Then, click the virtual run tab and enter your result.
All WATER STATIONS include water.
There will be a GEAR CHECK on the event site. Participants must use a clear bag provided.
If you ordered your RACE PACKET TO BE MAILED TO YOU or signed up for the virtual run, your gear will typically arrive 1 – 4 days before the race day. It will be sent to the address you entered during registration. If your package does not arrive before the race day, please come to packet pick up or the race site where you will be re-assigned your bib and gear.
Participant gear must be picked up at pre-event pickup or event day. After event day, gear may not be available for post-race requests. If you do not pick up your participant gear, there will be a fee to have it mailed to you. Post-race shirt request link.
Headphones/iPod/mp3 devices are allowed, though are strongly not recommended. It is the participant’s responsibility to make sure that they do not impair their ability to hear and detect present or potential hazards and dangers.
Runners and walkers can participate in this race. See the schedule above for the time limit.
If at any time you require assistance throughout the run please notify a volunteer or course monitor.
All participants are required to sign an online waiver.
No Dogs. Strollers are allowed for walkers & joggers only and the parent/guardian must sign a waiver on behalf of their child(ren) in the stroller.
This run will be chip-timed. Participants wear a timing chip integrated with their bib number that starts their time when they cross the start line and stops it when they cross the finish line.
The run will start with rain, snow or shine. The run could be delayed due to lightning or other dangerous conditions. The above schedule is weather-dependent.
CONTACT US
Email: info@allcommunityevents.com
Phone: 224-757-5425
Office hours: M – F from 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. CST
*We may not be in the office on Mondays or Fridays due to being on-site for events.