Run Wild 5K – Fort Wayne, IN 2026
Date
June 5, 2026
Location
Fort Wayne, IN
Venue
Fort Wayne Zoo
Start Time
6:30 PM
Entry Fee
$40.00 – $55.00
Events
Run Wild 5K - Friday PM, Run Wild 5K - Saturday AM
Includes
T-Shirt
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Join Fort4Fitness and the Fort Wayne Zoo for Run Wild on Friday, June 5th AND/OR Saturday, June 6, 2026! The route will have multiple terrains: concrete, wooden bridges, grass and gravel. Be prepared for it all as you travel through Africa, Australia, through Stingray Bay and past the Peacock Cafe. Participants will receive a commemorative race shirt, timing bib, free entry to the Fort Wayne Zoo on Saturday following the 5K and a finisher medal. Participants should enter through the entrance on Sherman Blvd on race day. The new Goshen Road entrance will be closed. The Zoo paths are narrow in some areas, so there will be a participant cap. There will be NO Day of Registration. Please see Packet Pick-Up details here: Participants | Fort4Fitness Spectators will also be allowed into certain areas inside the front gates during the race (main plaza to the Africa tunnel area), but not beyond the barriers set up. 5K participants can use their race bib to gain free reentry into the Zoo on Satur
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