Health & Fitness Expo at the ARC
- Health & Fitness Expo with vendor booths, packet pickup, and youth run registration and goody bags. - Scheduled Friday (Apr 24) from 4–8 p.m. as part of Illinois Race Weekend activities. - Held at the Activities & Recreation Center (ARC), 201 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign; details at fs.illinois.edu.
Illinois Race Weekend’s Health & Fitness Expo opens Thursday, April 23, at the Activities and Recreation Center in Champaign, serving as the main pickup point before the weekend races. (fs.illinois.edu) The expo runs from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Activities and Recreation Center, 201 E. Peabody Drive, and the same site is handling Youth Run registration plus number and goody bag pickup. (fs.illinois.edu) Race packets for other entrants are also being distributed at the expo, and the Illinois Marathon site says runners can collect their race number, goody bag, and race shirt there during expo hours. (illinoismarathon.com) The expo is one of the first public events in the 2026 Christie Clinic Illinois Race Weekend, which runs April 23 through April 25 across Champaign, Urbana, and Savoy. Thursday night also includes the Michael Hogue Team Mile at 7:30 p.m. (raceroster.com) Friday’s schedule continues with another expo session from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., followed by the 5K at 7:30 p.m. Saturday brings the wheelchair half marathon, marathon, half marathon, 10K, and Youth Run. (illinoismarathon.com; raceroster.com) For runners, the expo is where logistics get settled before the starting line: packet pickup, bib assignment, and last-minute registration for the Youth Run. The Illinois Marathon site says non-youth entrants were to receive a race number and QR code by email on Tuesday, April 21. (illinoismarathon.com) For campus and neighborhood residents, the expo marks the start of a busier three-day stretch around the University of Illinois, with road closures, parking restrictions, and heavier pedestrian traffic tied to race events. (fs.illinois.edu; dailyillini.com) University Facilities & Services has posted event maps, parking restrictions, and route impact times online, while campus transit information points visitors to Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District service around the university. (fs.illinois.edu; fs.illinois.edu) The first stop for many participants is still the Activities and Recreation Center on Thursday afternoon, where the weekend shifts from registration screens and email confirmations to race bibs in hand. (fs.illinois.edu; illinoismarathon.com)
