Run 4 the Goo! - 5K
- Date Sat 6th September 2025
- Location Virtual Event
- Price $26.25
- Races 1 race
- Distances 5km
Event summary
Get ready for an exciting day of fun and fitness at the Run 4 the Goo! 5K on Saturday, September 6, 2025, in the charming town of Arenzville, Cass. This spirited 5K run and walk is part of the beloved Burgoo Festival, which is celebrating its 186th year of community spirit and delicious food. Registration opens at 7:15 AM, with packet pickup available next to the pie stand in the Burgoo pavilion, ensuring you’re all set for a day filled with joy and camaraderie.
In addition to the race, the Burgoo Festival will feature a variety of vendors, carnival games, and fantastic free entertainment, including performances by local favorites and country music legends. For those who can't make it in person, a virtual 5K option is also available. Proceeds from this event will benefit local charities, with a significant portion going to the Prairieland United Way, supporting essential services in the community. Whether you’re running solo or with friends and family, join us for a day of fitness, fun, and giving back in Arenzville!
In addition to the race, the Burgoo Festival will feature a variety of vendors, carnival games, and fantastic free entertainment, including performances by local favorites and country music legends. For those who can't make it in person, a virtual 5K option is also available. Proceeds from this event will benefit local charities, with a significant portion going to the Prairieland United Way, supporting essential services in the community. Whether you’re running solo or with friends and family, join us for a day of fitness, fun, and giving back in Arenzville!
Organiser's Description
Registration and Packet Pickup
Register online now to secure your spot and guarantee your race shirt. Packet pick-up/registration will start at 7:15am with the table next to the pie stand in the Burgoo pavilion. We will also have a packet pickup on Friday at the burgoo as well. In person registration and Early Packet Pickup for Friday will be from 5pm to 6:30pm also by the pie stand under the burgoo pavilion. Online registration will be closed during this time.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Run 4 the Goo is a fun 5K run and walk hosted during the Arenzville, IL Burgoo, which is celebrating its 186th year of stirring that 'goo. Burgoo is a small town festival with big heart. To go along with this very pun heavy race, Burgoo will have vendors, carnival, games and great FREE entertainment lined up for both Friday and Saturday night. Friday we are having local favorite, Jobe and Woody! And on Saturday night we have our very own Elisabeth Werries opening for country music legends, Ricochet! Lastly, we will still be holding our virtual 5k for our Gooers Away From Goo crew.
The money raised from this event will stay in the area, with a large portion being donated to the Prairieland United Way (PLUW) that serves several agencies in Cass, Northern Greene, Scott, and Morgan counties. PLUW funds programs that help young to old and providing essential needs of food, shelter, and health. To learn more about this amazing group, please visit http://www.prairielandunitedway.org/. [http://www.prairielandunitedway.org/] The other portion stays in locally in Arenzville supporting many services such as last year's recipients: Green Pastures, Arenzville Library and Tutoring Center [https://www.facebook.com/Arenzville-Library-and-Tutoring-Center-198579313509232], Cass County Food Pantry, Arenzville American Legion, Ken Bradbury Foundation, and the Arenzville Volunteer Fire Department.
If you run with a group or would like to have the entire family join in the fun, contact us via email ([email protected]), and we will give you a special discount code for groups of 3 or more! You just can't beat that, it's just too GOO'd of a deal!
Register online now to secure your spot and guarantee your race shirt. Packet pick-up/registration will start at 7:15am with the table next to the pie stand in the Burgoo pavilion. We will also have a packet pickup on Friday at the burgoo as well. In person registration and Early Packet Pickup for Friday will be from 5pm to 6:30pm also by the pie stand under the burgoo pavilion. Online registration will be closed during this time.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Run 4 the Goo is a fun 5K run and walk hosted during the Arenzville, IL Burgoo, which is celebrating its 186th year of stirring that 'goo. Burgoo is a small town festival with big heart. To go along with this very pun heavy race, Burgoo will have vendors, carnival, games and great FREE entertainment lined up for both Friday and Saturday night. Friday we are having local favorite, Jobe and Woody! And on Saturday night we have our very own Elisabeth Werries opening for country music legends, Ricochet! Lastly, we will still be holding our virtual 5k for our Gooers Away From Goo crew.
The money raised from this event will stay in the area, with a large portion being donated to the Prairieland United Way (PLUW) that serves several agencies in Cass, Northern Greene, Scott, and Morgan counties. PLUW funds programs that help young to old and providing essential needs of food, shelter, and health. To learn more about this amazing group, please visit http://www.prairielandunitedway.org/. [http://www.prairielandunitedway.org/] The other portion stays in locally in Arenzville supporting many services such as last year's recipients: Green Pastures, Arenzville Library and Tutoring Center [https://www.facebook.com/Arenzville-Library-and-Tutoring-Center-198579313509232], Cass County Food Pantry, Arenzville American Legion, Ken Bradbury Foundation, and the Arenzville Volunteer Fire Department.
If you run with a group or would like to have the entire family join in the fun, contact us via email ([email protected]), and we will give you a special discount code for groups of 3 or more! You just can't beat that, it's just too GOO'd of a deal!
Races
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Run 4 the Goo! - 5K or Virtual Run
Incl. $1.25 Fee & a Totally Awesome T-Shirt!
$26.25
Overall Male and Female winners will win the coveted Run 4 the Goo Golden Spoon!
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