The Christie Clinic Illinois Race Weekend will be back April 24–26, 2025! We're excited to welcome all participants to our fun, vibrant course throughout Champaign-Urbana. During the weekend, you'll get to enjoy various activities including the Green Street Mile on Thursday, Health & Fitness Expo on Thursday & Friday, the 5K Run/Walk and the 4th Mile on Friday, and the Wheelchair Half Marathon, Full Marathon, 4-person Relay and Half Marathon, 10K, the Meijer 27th-Mile Celebrate Victory Bash, and the Youth Run on Saturday. Check out the full weekend schedule here.
Experience Champaign-Urbana is proud to be the Official Host of the weekend and will help you celebrate your success!
Meijer 27th-Mile Celebrate Victory Bash
Join us after your race on Saturday on Kirby Avenue, just outside Memorial Stadium, and enjoy some our area's favorite flavors! A list of food trucks, along with details on race vendors and entertainment, will be available in 2025.
Wooden Nickel Program
Every year, we distribute Wooden Nickels to runners at the Health & Fitness Expo. These nickels are good for discounts at many area businesses (promotion lasting from April 24–May 3). Whether you're looking for a treat before the race, something to eat after, or some good deals on shopping spots around town, we have something for you!
Updated on April 25, 2025
Big Grove Tavern (1 E Main St, Champaign) - One free pretzel or one select beverage with purchase (excludes alcohol)
Body N' Sole Sports (1317 N Dunlap Ave, Savoy) - 15% off on non-sale items or Garmin products
Bohemia (135 W Main St, Urbana) - 15% off entire purchase (excludes artist items)
CBPB Popcorn Shop (1506 S Neil St, Champaign) - 15% off purchase per person
Circles Boutique (114 N Neil St, Champaign) - 20% all new merchandise
Common Ground Food Co-Op (300 S Broadway Ave #166, Urbana) - $5 off your purchase of $30 or more
D.P. Dough (33B E Green St, Champaign) - Enjoy $2 off a Cheese Zone, Roni Zoni, or Twilight Zone (regularly $9.20 tax)
Esquire Lounge (106 N Walnut St, Champaign) - 50% off large appetizer valued at $9
Fern & Flora (512 E John St, Champaign) - 15% off any in-store purchase
Flavor Fusion (108 N Garrard St, Rantoul) - 15% off your order when you give a Wooden Nickel. Tag Flavor Fusion in a post-race selfie and enter to win a $25 gift card
Forage Kitchen (503 E Green St, Champaign) - 20% off any purchase of $15 or more
Good Judy's Bagel & Espresso Bar (2740 S Philo Rd Suite D, Urbana) - 15% off store wide (food, beverage, and merchandise)
Hamilton Walker's (201 N Neil St, Champaign) - Receive $20 off $40 purchase in food and/or beverage per each Wooden Nickel redeemed. Cannot redeemed with any additional offers and/or promotions
Heel to Toe (106 W Main St, Urbana) - 20% off stock merchandise
Industrial Donut (501 Commerce Dr, Savoy) - BOGO Donut with Wooden Nickel (Buy one, get one free)
Literary Book Bar (122 N Neil St, Champaign) - 10% off merchandise, food, books, and select drinks (excluding alcohol)
Mad Goat Coffee - 50% off any one drink with Wooden Nickel
Marketplace Shopping Center (2000 N Neil St, Champaign) - One free carousel ride redeemed with Wooden Nickel
Parlor Doughnuts (1757 W Kirby Ave, Champaign) - With any layered doughnut purchase get a free 12-oz cup of our Wheelhouse coffee, hot or cold brew
Planted (16 E Washington St, Champaign) - 15% off in-store purchase
Plant Mode (520 N Neil St Suite 110, Champaign) - 20% off purchase with Wooden Nickel (excludes art work)
Po'Boys (202 E University Ave #1728, Urbana) - 15% off entree or sandwich; one per ticket, dine-in or takeout
Staerkel Planetarium (2400 W Bradley Ave, Champaign) - Buy one, get one free: Attend one public show on Friday or Saturday evening. Purchase one ticket
(offer not valid on May 2nd Light Show-Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon) get the second of equal or lesser value free! One BOGO per Wooden Nickel
TCBY (1731 W Kirby Ave, Champaign) - First three ounces of frozen yogurt for free
Ten Thousand Villages (105 N Walnut St, Champaign) - 25% off one full priced item
The Main Scoop (133 W Main St, Urbana) - 10% off total purchase
The Space (1 E Main St Ste 107, Champaign) - 13.1% off entire ticket (excluding alcohol)
Wood N' Hog BBQ (101 W University Ave, Urbana) - 15% off purchases when customer uses a Wooden Nickel