Bring your herd and run with the bulls at the 2026 Running with the Bulls Fun Run and 5K Race at the Heart O’ Texas Fair & Rodeo! Enjoy an easy one-mile fun run or try your time in the 5K.
The races will be held on Saturday, October 10th starting at 8:00 a.m. on the Northeast side of the Extraco Coliseum. Runners will race (or trot) throughout the fairgrounds and end by running with live bulls on the dirt of the Extraco Events Center Coliseum.
Packet Pickup will be: 4:30pm - 6:30pm Friday, October 9th
Packet Pickup Address: First National Bank of Central Texas (1835 N. Valley Mills Drive Waco, TX 76710)
Participation Includes:
* $20 Admission Ticket to any day of your choice for the Heart O’ Texas Fair & Rodeo.
Admission does include concert for select days.
* Finisher Medal (guaranteed until September 1st)
* Race T-shirt (guaranteed until September 1st)
* Race Bib
* Refreshments
* Bragging Rights – not many people can say they’ve ran with bulls.
Oct 10, 2026
Distance — 1.6K
Type — Running
08:00
$25.00
Oct 10, 2026
Distance — 5K
Type — Running
08:30
$40.00
Learn more about the host city, Waco.
Waco is a city in and the county seat of McLennan County, Texas, United States. It is situated along the Brazos River and I-35, halfway between Dallas and Austin. The city had a U.S. census estimated 2025 population of 147,788, making it the 24th-most populous city in the state. The Waco metropolitan area consists of McLennan, Falls, and Bosque counties, which had a 2020 population of 295,782. Bosque County was added to the Waco metropolitan area in 2023. The 2025 U.S. census population estimate for the Waco metropolitan area was 308,807 residents.
Read more launchOfficial finishing times from previous editions of Running With The Bulls.
| Place | Name | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | Justin Roman | 23:03.7 | |
| 🥈 | Bryan Fonville | 23:12.6 | |
| 🥉 | Doug Hennig | 24:46.8 | |
| 4 | E. Locke | 24:57.6 | |
| 5 | Jeffrey Outlaw | 26:34.1 | |
| 6 | James Dunahoe | 27:15.6 | |
| 7 | John Elliott | 27:30.3 | |
| 8 | Kit Myers | 30:46.5 | |
| 9 | Dennis Alston | 30:46.7 | |
| 10 | Ellen Johnson | 31:08.5 | |
| 11 | Sarah Harrison | 31:12.3 | |
| 12 | Robert Brown | 34:06.5 | |
| 13 | Brian Alleman | 34:56.7 | |
| 14 | Steven Schwarz | 36:17.7 | |
| 15 | Christopher DeCluitt | 37:15.9 | |
| 16 | Petra Ashleman | 40:08 | |
| 17 | Marian Cook | 40:21.1 | |
| 18 | Lee Johnson | 41:17.3 | |
| 19 | MICHELLE HARRELL | 41:18.5 | |
| 20 | BLAKE HARRELL | 42:48.4 | |
| 21 | Renee Poston | 54:39.4 | |
| 22 | Christy Carr-Alleman | 54:39.9 |
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