# Event Details

- **Event Name**: 5K Challenge at Purdue
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 18 Apr, 2026 at 07:30 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: 👟 Calling all runners, walkers, strollers and supporters:

Join us on April 18, 2026, to take your next giant leap at the 5K Challenge!

runsignup.com/Race/IN/WestLafayette/5kchallenge

The 18th annual 5K Challenge is a race experience on Purdue’s West Lafayette campus that brings together the Boilermaker community and beyond to support cancer research.

Since its start in 2008, the Challenge has had a powerful impact — raising more than $1 million to advance lifesaving science at the Purdue Institute for Cancer Research (PICR). The event brings real hope to survivors and their loved ones, proving that small steps lead to big change in the fight against cancer.

See you on April 18!

For those able to join us on the ground in West Lafayette, the event begins at 7:30 p.m., with the race itself kicking off at 8:00 p.m.

🏃‍♀️ New virtual option for 2026:

Can’t join us in West Lafayette? No problem. Register as a virtual participant and complete the 5K on your own — from wherever you are — during race week. Every registration supports cancer research at Purdue.

Saturday, April 18, 2026
Event Kickoff: 7:30 p.m.

Race Start: 8:00 p.m.

Interested in becoming a sponsor
Thanks to our generous sponsors, 100% of the money raised directly supports lifesaving cancer research at Purdue.

To learn more about how you or your company can be involved with the 2026 5K Challenge, visit our sponsorship registration page or contact Brandt Patz at BAPatz@purdueforlife.org.

Whether through an in-kind donation or sponsorship, there are many ways you can be part of the Purdue Institute for Cancer Research’s race for the cure.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/west-lafayette/5k-challenge-at-purdue/200029887421920
- **Event Categories**: contests, sports, nonprofit
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 16

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://runsignup.com/Race/IN/WestLafayette/5kchallenge?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=west+lafayette-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: West Lafayette
- **state**: IN
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Ross–Ade Stadium
- **lat**: 40.434417130133
- **long**: -86.918416768312
- **full address**: Ross–Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Purdue Institute for Cancer Research (https://allevents.in/org/purdue-institute-for-cancer-research/12856660)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 18 Apr, 2026 at 07:30 pm (-04:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Ross–Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Purdue Institute for Cancer Research
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** contests, sports, nonprofit
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about 5K Challenge at Purdue ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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