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2026 Bookish 5K & Cookie Fun Run (If You Give A Pig A Party)

Name: 2026 Bookish 5K & Cookie Fun Run (If You Give A Pig A Party)
Start: 2026-08-15
End: 2026-08-15
Location: Waterloo, New York

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calendar_today 15 Aug, 2026

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About the Event

The Waterloo Library & Historical Society presents the 2026 Bookish 5k & the Cookie Fun Run (If You Give A Pig A Party)!

Join us for our 3rd Annual Bookish 5K: Stories in Stride event with a different theme for this year. 2026’s 5k theme is TBD. The first 100 Bookish 5K participants will receive a book-themed medal and T-shirt.

“If you give a pig a party”, they will probably party. When they party, they will probably feel guilty. But if they do this fun-run they can have their cake and eat it too!

This family friendly race, originally inspired by Laura Numeroff's "If You Give A Mouse A Cookie", will tickle your taste buds AND benefit the Waterloo Library & Historical Society. This year we will be eating CAKE, but don't worry, you don't have to eat them along your run. We'll have some ready for when you are done!

If you are participating in our original 1 mile fun run, there will be 2 pieces of cake in total. So bring your appetite and running shoes to race 1 mile around the Library area of Waterloo.

Participants will receive a Cake themed medal and registrations under 5 will receive their own copy of this year’s book.

Entry fees:
5K walk/run:$35
Cookie Run: $15
Children under 5: Free

*In the event of a cancellation, there will be no refunds; your entry fee will be used as a donation to the Waterloo Library & Historical Society.

Races Offered

Bookish 5K

Aug 15, 2026

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Distance — 3.1 Miles

terrain

Type — Road running

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08:00

Bookish 5k Virtual

Aug 15, 2026

straighten

Distance — 3.1 Miles

terrain

Type — Road running

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09:30

Cookie Fun Run/Walk

Aug 15, 2026

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Distance — 1 Miles

terrain

Type — Road running

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09:30

Weather Overview

These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for August in Waterloo.

Temp (°C)

Feels Like (°C)

thermostat 17.5° / 26.4°

wb_sunny 17.7° / 26.8°

Wind (km/h)

Humidity (%)

air 9.5 /

water_drop 75.7%

Temp (°C)

Feels Like (°C)

Wind (km/h)

Humidity (%)

thermostat 17.5° / 26.4°

wb_sunny 17.7° / 26.8°

air 9.5 km/h

water_drop 75.7%

About Waterloo

Waterloo is a historic town in the Walloon province of Walloon Brabant in Belgium. The town is known mainly for the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 where Napoleon Bonaparte went down to his final defeat, leading to his second exile on Saint Helena. However, it has also become one of Belgium's most economically affluent and dynamic towns, thanks to its proximity to Brussels and the presence of international firms.