Lakefront Discovery Run

🏃‍♂️ Race Overview

THE END IS NEAR!!! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!! Well, the Running Season end is near anyway, not so sure about the apocalypse just yet. Lets celebrate an awesome 2024 running season with your favorite season ending event.

🎉 Fun and Distances

• Distances: The Lakefront Discovery Run features fun, with a 15k, a 5k, and a FREE Kids run.
• Participation: Each distance can be run, walked, skipped, or hopped.
• Awards: There are age group awards as well as for overall winners.
• Costume Contest: More importantly, there will be an award for ‘Best Costume’ as voted on by the event volunteers.

🎭 Costume Fun

• Free Beer: Those in Costume get FREE BEER!!
• Regular Participants: Those NOT IN Costume get free beer too (but no ALL CAPS announcement for them, damnit).

🏞️ Course Details

• Starting Point: The run begins at Veteran's Park.
• Course Highlights: Provides a delightful tour of Milwaukee’s lakefront.
• Nutrition Stations: Candy laden aid stations line the course.
• Event T-shirt: Each runner/volunteer receives an event t-shirt (Runners who register after Oct 23rd ARE NOT guaranteed a shirt).

🗺️ Race Maps

• 15K Map: https://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/6296352979
• 5K Map: https://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/6296086501

📜 Race Policies

Please review the Badgerland Striders Race Policies and Guidelines.

💲 Registration Details

• Pre Race Registration: 15k: $45 (BLS members receive a $5 discount).
• 5k: $35 (BLS members receive a $5 discount).
• Race Day Registration: available at Veteran's Park (race shirt not guaranteed).
• Costs: 15k: $50 and 5k: $40.

📅 Packet Pick Up

• Thursday Oct 23: from 4PM-7PM, TBD.
• Friday Oct 24: from 4PM-7PM, TBD.

⏰ Race Day Schedule

• 8:00AM-8:55AM: Registration and Packet Pick Up/Check-in.
• 8:45AM: Kids Costume Run.
• 8:58AM: National Anthem.
• 9:00AM: 15k start.
• 9:15AM: 5k start.

🏆 Awards

Awards for 15k and 5k: Overall male and female in each event and age group awards for 1st, 2nd, 3rd in each age group M/F: 14 and under: 15-19: 20-24: 25-29: 30-34: 35-39: 40-44: 45-49: 50-54: 55-59: 60-64: 65-69: 70-74: 75-79: 80 and over.

Best Costume: Female/Male/Group.

🙌 Volunteers

Volunteers: We love volunteers! All volunteers receive a race shirt, lots of appreciation, and many thank you's!

🔗 Event Information

Date: 2025-10-25

Location: 1010 N Lincoln Memorial Drive, Milwaukee, WI

Registration Link: Register Here.