Mystic Country, Connecticut

Lace up your sneakers and get ready to run or walk for the good of our feathered friends. Mystic Aquarium will hold it's 4th annual Penguin Run, Walk (of Waddle) - a 5k run and two-mile walk at 9 a.m. on Saturday, October 16 - to benefit our much-loved African penguins. Dogs and strollers are welcome in the two-mile walk.

The event consists of a 5k run on a trail, field and road course, two-mile walk and ¼-mile kids’ race. The top individual fundraiser will be awarded an original piece of art created by the penguins, and the top fundraising team (consisting of up to 10 runners and/or walkers) will receive a Penguin Encounter program. The money raised will help support African penguin research and conservation efforts in Mystic and across the world.

To show our gratitude, all participants receive free admission to Mystic Aquarium on race day. The first 150 individuals to register online will receive free tee shirts, and all aquarium members who register online by October 6 will receive tees.