Sponsored by
The Crazy Cucumber


🥒Grab your Team, Dress Green and Get your Brine on! 🏃‍♂️🥒

Get ready for the most dill-lightful, new race in Canton!
…. Register Here through Race Penguin….

Tier 1 Pricing 30$ until May 15*



🥒 The Iron Pickle 5K
Saturday, June 21, 2025 | Race Start: 9:00 AM | Monument Park, Canton

Join us for what's sure to become Canton's most dill-lightful summer tradition—the first-ever Iron Pickle 5K! Starting and finishing at Monument Park, participants will enjoy a scenic course winding through charming city streets and along the picturesque West Branch Trail beside Nimishillen Creek.

Whether you run, walk, or skip, you're invited to embrace this pickle-themed challenge and help support our community.

Don’t forget to bring two non-perishable items for our food drive supporting the Stark Hunger Task Force—your donation earns you a special thank-you gift!

Celebrate your accomplishment afterward at Centennial Plaza with awards, pickle-themed food trucks, shopping, music, and all things pickles!

🌟 Race Highlights:

  • Unique "Iron Pickle Challenge" (carry provided Pickles- either inflated or real- through the course and across the finish!)

  • Best Dressed Pickle Costume or Outfit Contest

  • Awesome swag: race shirt, bib, and finisher medal

  • Top overall finishers and age-group awards (male & female)

  • Virtual participation option available

Come run with us and turn your pickle passion into action for a good cause! Some of the proceeds and all donations will go to Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank🥒✨

REGISTER HERE
✅ Do You Have What It Takes? 🏆

Want to level up your Pickle Run experience?
Take on The Iron Pickle 5k Challenge!

🥒 How it works:

  • Sign up for the Iron Pickle Challenge

  • We’ll provide you with either:

    • A large inflatable pickle to carry while you run/walk. -or-

    • A pack of pickles to haul across the finish line.

    🥇 Bragging rights included!
    Think you can handle The Iron Pickle?     💚 Grab your spot now— $30 Tier 1 Pricing ends May 15

Why Join The Iron Pickle 5k
presented by Canton Pickle Fest??

It’s a fun way to join in the fight against hunger and support your community.
Pickle lovers and race runners alike are going to love this one.


✅ Pickle-Themed Fun
Dress in your best
Pickle gear, head-to-toe green or
Go all out in a
Pickle costume for a chance to
Win Best Dressed!

✅ Scenic Course
A beautiful, mostly flat route along the creek,
Starting and Finishing in Monument Park, Canton, Ohio.

✅ Awesome SWAG
Every participant gets
A Race Tee Shirt
Timing Bib
& Finisher Medal




✅ Live Timing & Awards
Top finishers in each category will be recognized and awarded at 11am on the stage of Centennial Plaza. Otherwise, awards will be mailed to you.

✅ Give Back to the Community
Bring 2 non-perishable food items when you pick up your race packet &
receive a special thank-you sticker!
All food donations will go to the Stark Hunger Task Force, because
Canton Pickle Fest believes everyone should have food in their cupboards. ❤️

~Top 6 Items to Donate-Click Here~



✅ Finish Line Celebration
Cross the finish line, replenish your fluids, & take a breath…
Then head right over to
Centennial Plaza for Canton Pickle Fest!

Enjoy over 10 amazing pickle companies from across Ohio, Michigan and NY.
Food Trucks with specialty Pickle Fest items,
shopping with local artists, chefs, bakers, and makers
DJ’d entertainment, Free Kid’s Art Space, a Scavenger Hunt,
Tons of chances to win Swag and Prizes
-More briny goodness than you can imagine!

This event is perfect for
Serious runners, casual joggers, and walkers of course, are welcome.
Anyone who just wants to have fun before the festival begins!

🥒So, grab your running shoes, pick your best green gear
& join us for
🏃‍♀️The Iron Pickle 5K Presented by Canton Pickle Fest🏃‍♀️

June 21, 2025 - Monument Park, Canton, Ohio 44720

Early Packet Pick Up- Stark Library, Downtown Branch- Wednesday, June 18, from 4-6pm

Packet Pick-Up & Registration- 7:30AM -8:55 AM
🥒
Race Start Time- 9:00 AM
🥒
Canton Pickle Fest
Open to Public

10:00 AM-4:00 PM

Iron Pickle Awards Ceremony- 11:00 AM Centennial Plaza Stage
Early Bird Pricing!!

  • $25 until March 31 at midnight!

  • $30 (starting April 1)

  • $35 (starting May 16)

  • $40 (starting June 21 – race day)