Woozapalooza 5k & 10k Community Run

Event Overview

Join Mile in My Shoes for our next All Team Race, the Woozapalooza 5K & 10K Community Run at Normandale Lake Bandshell Park! This event will be a chance for us to get together and celebrate one another across teams.

Participation Details

• Cost: This event is free to participate.
• Donation: If you're able, please consider making a donation to support Mile in My Shoes.
• Community Welcome: Anyone from the community is free to join.
• Timing: Please note this event will not be chip timed.

Sponsorship Opportunities

Sponsors help us make the transformative power of running accessible to individuals traditionally excluded in running spaces. Sponsorship funds support race costs and fuels operation of our program throughout the year.

• View: Check our Woozapalooza Sponsorship Opportunities.
• Ready to sponsor? Please complete a sponsor inquiry.

Event Timeline

• Team Meet-Up: 7-7:15am
• Program: 7:40am
• Warm-up: 7:50am
• 5k/10k Start: 8:00am

More about Mile in My Shoes

Based in homeless shelters, addiction recovery programs and re-entry centers for people exiting incarceration, Mile in My Shoes views running as a tool for both personal and collective transformation. By centering people and spaces historically excluded by the running community, our teams use movement as a catalyst for social justice. By bringing together people from diverse backgrounds, our Resident Members and Run Mentors not only find common ground, but learn from and reach out to one another for support. As we transform ourselves, we transform one another, and we transform our communities.

Our Mission

We run together to transform ourselves, one another, and our community.

Getting to Normandale Lake Bandshell

Address: 5901 W. 84th St., Bloomington, MN 55438.

• From Minneapolis/St. Paul (East): Take I-494 West to the Normandale Blvd exit. Head south on Normandale Blvd, then turn right onto W. 84th St.
• From the West Metro: Take I-494 East to the Normandale Blvd exit. Head south on Normandale Blvd, then turn right onto W. 84th St.
• From the North Metro: Take Hwy 100 South (or I-35W South to I-494 West), exit at Normandale Blvd, then turn right onto W. 84th St.
• From the South Metro: Take I-35W North to I-494 West, exit at Normandale Blvd, then turn right onto W. 84th St.

Parking Information

There is very limited parking in the lot closest to the bandshell (84th street) and it will likely fill up early. We recommend parking in the following lots instead:

• Chalet Road Parking Lot: 8416 Chalet Rd, Bloomington, MN 55437. This lot is about a half mile and ~10 minute walk to the bandshell.
• Free parking garage: 8400 Normandale Lake Blvd, Bloomington, MN 55438. There are entrances to the ramp off 83rd street and Normandale Lake Blvd.

Race Information Link

For more details, visit the race page at: Woozapalooza 5K & 10K Community Run.