2025 Bookish 5K & Cookie Fun Run (The Year of the Cupcake) 2025 | Sat 16 Aug | Findarace

THE WATERLOO LIBRARY & HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRESENTS THE 2025 BOOKISH 5K & THE COOKIE FUN RUN (THE YEAR OF THE CUPCAKE)!

IF YOU GIVE A HUMAN A COOKIE, THEY WILL PROBABLY EAT IT. WHEN THEY EAT IT, THEY WILL PROBABLY FEEL GUILTY. BUT IF THEY DO THIS FUN-RUN THEY CAN HAVE THEIR COOKIES AND EAT IT TOO!

THIS FAMILY FRIENDLY RACE, ORIGINALLY INSPIRED BY LAURA NUMEROFF'S "IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A COOKIE", WILL TICKLE YOUR TASTE BUDS AND BENEFIT THE WATERLOO LIBRARY & HISTORICAL SOCIETY. THIS YEAR WE WILL BE EATING CUPCAKES!

NEW! THIS YEAR WE ARE INTRODUCING A 5K TO OUR EVENT, BUT DON'T WORRY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO EAT THEM ALONG YOUR RUN. WE'LL HAVE SOME READY FOR WHEN YOU ARE DONE!

IF YOU ARE PARTICIPATING IN OUR ORIGINAL 1 MILE EVENT THERE WILL BE 4 CUPCAKES IN TOTAL SO BRING YOUR APPETITE AND RUNNING SHOES TO RACE 1 MILE AROUND THE LIBRARY AREA OF WATERLOO.

PARTICIPANTS WILL RECEIVE A BOOK OR CUPCAKE THEMED MEDAL AND REGISTRATIONS UNDER 5 WILL RECEIVE THEIR OWN COPY OF THIS YEARS BOOK.

Entry fees:

5K walk/run:$35

Cookie Run: $15

CHILDREN UNDER 5: FREE

*IN THE EVENT OF A CANCELLATION, THERE WILL BE NO REFUNDS; YOUR ENTRY FEE WILL BE USED AS A DONATION TO THE WATERLOO LIBRARY & HISTORICAL SOCIETY.