Put on your best holiday cheer and come out to Miller Park for the Ugliest Sweater Run with Bloomington Parks and Recreation and Fleet Feet Bloomington. There will be a 3 mile or 1.5 mile non-competitive run or walk with prizes awarded for special categories.
Bib pick-up will be available during regular store hours at Fleet Feet Bloomington from 10am - 7pm on Friday, December 11 or from 12:00 - 12:45 pm at Miller Park Pavilion before the race on Saturday.
Deadline to pre-order a 2026 shirt is November 30. We will have very limited extras available for purchase on race day for $20 cash. You can purchase a discounted 2025 shirt during registration.
Dec 12, 2026
Distance — Race Only
Type — Running
13:00
$10.00
Dec 12, 2026
Distance — Race with Long Sleeve Shirt
Type — Running
13:00
$30.00
These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for December in Bloomington.
Learn more about the host city, Bloomington.
Bloomington is a city in McLean County, Illinois, United States, and its county seat. The 2020 census showed the city had a population of 78,680, making it the 13th-most populous city in Illinois and the fifth-most populous outside the Chicago metropolitan area. It is adjacent to the town of Normal, and is the more populous of the two principal municipalities of the Bloomington–Normal metropolitan area, which has a population of roughly 170,000.
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