2026 Vineyard City Gold Rush 5K & Kids 1K

With relation to the upcoming St. Patrick's Day holiday in March, we invite you to join us for Vineyard City's 2025 Gold Rush race series on Saturday, March 21st, 2026! Having been formerly acknowledged as one of the fastest growing cities in the nation, Vineyard City has already begun to make a name for itself! We are excited to offer a 5K & Kids 1K as part of our 2026 Race Series. The 5K race course will be chip-timed. The 5K route includes a beautiful trail view of Utah Lake and the opportunity to receive a real Golden Dollar coin if you can beat the race Leprechaun! 

DISCOUNTS:

For groups of 3-8 persons living within the same household that want to register for any of the 2026 Gold Rush races, the cost for the entire household is just $55! This does not include race shirts. If race shirts are wanted in addition to the household rate, the cost is an additional $12 per shirt. To receive the household discount code, please select the discount when signing up.

For groups of 5+ persons not all living in the same household that want to register together for the 2026 Gold Rush 5K, the cost for each person is $20! This does not include a race shirt. If race shirts are wanted in addition to the group rate, the cost is an additional $12 per shirt. To receive the group discount code, please select the discount when signing up.

If you would like to participate in all three Vineyard City 5K Races in 2026 (Gold Rush, Vineyard Days, Splash Dash and Blizzard), we offer a $80 price. If you would like to participate in all three Vineyard City 1K Races in 2026, we offer a $28 price. To get this discounted pricing, please email Zach at zachb@vineyardutah.gov to receive a coupon code.

AWARDS:

Top Overall Female and Male Finisher for 5K race will receive a $50 gift card to Runner's Corner! They will show up in the race results as 1st Place in their Age Division. 

Top Overall Female and Male Finisher of Kids 1K races will receive a $25 gift card!

All 5K & 1K race finishers will receive a participation medal.

Top 3 Female and Male finishers in each age division of the 5K race will receive a Winners Medal

Each race registrant who registers before 12:00pm (NOON) on March 17th, 2026, will be entered into the race raffle (includes gift cards to local Vineyard businesses)!

AGE DIVISIONS PER GENDER FOR THE 5K RACE: 

• Under 14
• 14-18
• 19-24
• 25-29
• 30-34
• 35-39
• 40-49
• 50-59
• 60+

AGE DIVISIONS  FOR THE 1K RACE:

• under 12

OTHER:

Strollers are allowed in each race. However, child(ren) in a stroller are not allowed to win the top overall male/female award, nor an age division medal. If a parent/guardian is interested in running alongside their child(ren) in the Kids 1K race, only the child(ren) need to register for the race.

*Persons who register after February 28th, 2026 will not have the opportunity to purchase a race shirt, due to excess time needed for shirts to be printed*

CANCELLATION POLICY:

Up until 3 weeks before race day, event transfers allowed or 100% race registration refund (minus the transaction fees). Within 3 weeks of race day, there are no refunds or race transfers allowed.