Wesley UMC Bun Run 5K and One Mile Fun Walk
- Date Sat 2nd May 2026
- Time 8:30AM CDT
- Location El Reno, Oklahoma
- Price $33.63 - $38.96
- Races 2 races
- Distances 5km, 1 Mile
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Event summary
Get ready for a day of fun and fitness at the 13th annual Wesley UMC Bun Run 5K and One Mile Fun Walk on Saturday, May 2, 2026, in El Reno, Canadian! This exciting event not only offers participants a chance to enjoy a scenic 5K run or a leisurely one-mile walk, but it also supports vital mission work both locally and abroad. Proceeds from the Bun Run will benefit various initiatives, including the Hands Together ministry in Northern Mexico and local projects that provide essential resources to the community, such as classroom supplies and food pantry boxes.
But that's not all! The Bun Run is perfectly timed with the El Reno Burger Day Festival, just a block away, ensuring a full day of entertainment. Join in the festivities with live music, games, rides, an antique car show, and mouthwatering food, including the legendary world's largest fried onion hamburger. With race start times at 8:30 AM for the Fun Walk and 9:00 AM for the 5K, participants can also look forward to exciting awards, including USATF age group awards, finisher medals, and a chance to win the Fancy Pants Award for the best-decorated running shorts. After the race
But that's not all! The Bun Run is perfectly timed with the El Reno Burger Day Festival, just a block away, ensuring a full day of entertainment. Join in the festivities with live music, games, rides, an antique car show, and mouthwatering food, including the legendary world's largest fried onion hamburger. With race start times at 8:30 AM for the Fun Walk and 9:00 AM for the 5K, participants can also look forward to exciting awards, including USATF age group awards, finisher medals, and a chance to win the Fancy Pants Award for the best-decorated running shorts. After the race
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BENEFITS
By participating in the 13th annual Bun Run, you will help support Wesley UMC's foreign and local mission work. Our foreign teams work with and support the Hands Together ministry that builds schools, medical clinics, homes, and community centers for the impoverished people of Northern Mexico. Our local missions are ALLOT which is a store that El Reno teachers can get classroom supplies at no cost; blessing boxes-15 food pantry boxes located throughout El Reno to help the hungry; Dolly Imagination Library Affiliate; we operate a local bookmobile that provides free books to kids at the schools and city events; and have local mission teams to help people in the community with yard cleanup and house repairs.
FUN
This run is in conjunction with the El Reno Burger Day Festival!! This festival is held downtown El Reno just one block west of the Bun Run. Enjoy multiple stages of entertainment/music, games, rides, antique car show, merchants, and food. Witness the cooking of the world's largest fried onion hamburger, weighing in at over 750#'s.
DATE & START TIME
Saturday May 2, 2025
8:30am One Mile Fun Run
9:00am 5K
AWARDS
Standard USATF Age Group Awards
Overall Male and Female Award
Finisher Medal for all 5K participants
Free event shirt to all participants
FANCY PANTS AWARD
Come run with decorated buns AND WIN a 1st, 2nd, or 3rd PLACE PRIZE!!! Glitter, glue, tassel, or tutu. Decorate the back of your running shorts in our 5K or fun run and if you have the best decorated buns, you can win a Fancy Pants prize! (All buns must be covered with clothing--no exposed buns please!)
Post-event refreshment including HOMEMADE COOKIES!!! Made by our great bakers in the Wesley United Methodist Women's Group.
By participating in the 13th annual Bun Run, you will help support Wesley UMC's foreign and local mission work. Our foreign teams work with and support the Hands Together ministry that builds schools, medical clinics, homes, and community centers for the impoverished people of Northern Mexico. Our local missions are ALLOT which is a store that El Reno teachers can get classroom supplies at no cost; blessing boxes-15 food pantry boxes located throughout El Reno to help the hungry; Dolly Imagination Library Affiliate; we operate a local bookmobile that provides free books to kids at the schools and city events; and have local mission teams to help people in the community with yard cleanup and house repairs.
FUN
This run is in conjunction with the El Reno Burger Day Festival!! This festival is held downtown El Reno just one block west of the Bun Run. Enjoy multiple stages of entertainment/music, games, rides, antique car show, merchants, and food. Witness the cooking of the world's largest fried onion hamburger, weighing in at over 750#'s.
DATE & START TIME
Saturday May 2, 2025
8:30am One Mile Fun Run
9:00am 5K
AWARDS
Standard USATF Age Group Awards
Overall Male and Female Award
Finisher Medal for all 5K participants
Free event shirt to all participants
FANCY PANTS AWARD
Come run with decorated buns AND WIN a 1st, 2nd, or 3rd PLACE PRIZE!!! Glitter, glue, tassel, or tutu. Decorate the back of your running shorts in our 5K or fun run and if you have the best decorated buns, you can win a Fancy Pants prize! (All buns must be covered with clothing--no exposed buns please!)
Post-event refreshment including HOMEMADE COOKIES!!! Made by our great bakers in the Wesley United Methodist Women's Group.
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