Illinois Homecoming Run

Welcome to the Tenth Annual Illinois Homecoming Run! Join us on September 27th at 10:00 am, rain or shine, to run, jog, walk, or roll three miles from the east end of Anniversary Plaza to the Alice Campbell Alumni Center. After finishing, we invite you to celebrate at the Alice Campbell Alumni Center with food, drinks, the Marching Illini, and other special guests to kick off Homecoming week! Students, staff, faculty, alumni, community members, Illini fans, and families are all welcomed! 

We also have a Virtual Homecoming Run for those who can't make it to Champaign-Urbana for the in-person race! This will be open for the entire duration of Homecoming Week, September 27th through October 3rd. It should be noted that shirts are not available for the virtual event. 

Registration for the in-person race will be open from July 8th at 12pm CDT to 9:30 am on September 27th. To be guaranteed a race t-shirt for the in-person race, please register before 11:59 pm on September 2nd.

For further information, please go to the "Event Info" tab.

And a big thank you to the Student Alumni Ambassadors, Second Wind Running Club, and the University of Illinois Alumni Association for making this race happen! I-L-L!

You are only guaranteed to receive a race shirt if you registered by September 2nd at 11:59 pm for the in-person run. All registered participants will receive a race bib. Bibs will be picked up on race day and shirts will be available both before and on race day. A friend or family member can also pick up your items for you if you cannot. Further details are below.

Shirts: Shirts will not be shipped. Shirts will be available to pick up at the Alice Campbell Alumni Center on September 25th from 3:00-5:00pm, then on September 26th from 10:00am-12:00pm. If these dates and times do not work for you, you can pick up your shirt on race day. Details for same-day pickup are below under ‘Race bibs’. We encourage you to pick up your shirt before race day to reduce congestion at check-in. The Alice Campbell Alumni Center is located at 601 S Lincoln Ave, Urbana, IL 61801. There is a parking lot located south of the building. We ask that you enter through the doors off Lincoln Ave (east end of the building). Volunteers will direct you to the shirt pick-up location. You will receive the size shirt you requested when you registered and there will be extremely limited options to change shirt sizes.

Race bibs: You will receive your race bib at check-in on race day. Check-in will begin at 8:30am and end at 9:45am. It will be on anniversary plaza which overlooks the quad and is in front of the patio attached to the south side of the Illini Union. Our bib provider, Second Wind Running Club, will have a table to check in at. There, you will give them your name, and they will confirm your information then you will be assigned a race bib and number. Results will be posted on the registration website under ‘Results’. There will be a separate table to pick up your race shirt if you could not pick it up before. Please give the volunteers your name and you will receive the size shirt you requested when you registered. 

Free parking near the route is available at the Krannert Center for Performing Arts (500 S. Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801) and at the Alice Campbell Alumni Center (601 S. Lincoln Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801). The Krannert Center is located relatively close to both the start and finish lines. The Alice Campbell Alumni Center is located at the finish line. Please arrive accordingly to get a spot in either of these lots.

Please click here for information about garage parking at Krannert Center for Performing Arts. Other free parking options that aren't necessarily close to the route can be found here.

Here is this year's Homecoming Run route! This is the same route as the 2025 race, starting on Anniversary Plaza and finishing at the Alice Campbell Alumni Center. To clarify, Anniversary Plaza is on the south side of the Illini Union and overlooks the Quad.