Wheelchair Half Marathon
The Christie Clinic Illinois Race Weekend has a wheelchair racing division for the half marathon.
Register
Registration is open!
Date and time
Saturday, April 26, 2025
7:31am
Entry fees
Your entry fee entitles all in-person entrants to FREE race photos.
Visit the registration page to see fee details based on chosen race and registration date.
Goodies & Shirts
Half Marathon entrants will receive a gender-specific short-sleeve shirt and a drawstring backpack. Finishers get a great medal, a commemorative heatsheet, food and drink after the race, and one beverage at the 27th-Mile Celebrate Victory Bash on Saturday April 26. (Entrants must display their race bib to receive the beverage).
The half marathon shirt is a Leslie Jordan-brand gender specific, semi-fitted short-sleeve tee, with a crew neck. The Recycled Ledger Fabric is technical and moisture-wicking, with small-grid texture made from 100% post-consumer recycled plastic. The women’s half shirt color is heather orchid, and the men’s half shirt color is hazy sky blue. Both half marathon shirts feature the 2025 shirt design on the front.
Awards
Awards will be presented to the first-place male and female wheelchair half marathon finishers.
Packet pickup
You will need to pickup your packet prior to your race. Please see the packet pickup page for more details on when and how to do this.
The course
The race starts near the State Farm Center on First Street, runs through the University of Illinois campus, heads into east Urbana, including a tour through Meadowbrook Park, comes back onto campus, and then finishes at the 50 yard line of historic Memorial Stadium.
The course is USATF-certified. IL20002DT (valid until 12/31/2029). Our 2025 USATF sanction number is 157251.
The rules
Racing wheelchairs shall be defined as a customized performance chair. USATF rules will be enforced. For additional rules visit the USATF website.
Further, the race will abide by the rules and policies of the recognized governing bodies of the sports of wheelchair racing, which do not allow the use of mechanical gears found on handbikes. For additional information contact: Wheelchair Sports USA and the International Paralympic Committee.
For more information about the wheelchair half marathon, please contact Adam Bleakney by sending an email to bleakney@illinois.edu.