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.

👻 Event Details

• Distances: The Lakefront Discovery Run features 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.
• Best Costume: There will be an award for ‘Best Costume’ as voted on by the event volunteers.

🍬 Course and Amenities

The run begins at Veteran's Park and provides a delightful tour of Milwaukee’s lakefront. Candy laden aid stations line the course to fuel your run and satisfy your sweet tooth, and MONSTER MILE Markers along the way.

• T-shirt: Each runner/volunteer receives an event t-shirt (Runners who register after Oct 23rd ARE NOT guaranteed a shirt).
• Post-race: Traditional post-race snacks, spooky music, and enough candy to make a dentist cringe!
• Weather: We ordered great weather, but just in case, we'll have a heated tent for the post-race shenanigans.
• Beer: Those in Costume get FREE BEER!! Also should be noted, those NOT IN Costume get free beer too.

📅 Race Registration

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)

• 15k: $50
• 5k: $40

📦 Packet Pick Up

• Thursday Oct 23: 4PM-7PM
• Friday Oct 24: 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

🤝 Volunteers

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

🗺️ Maps

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

📋 Policies

Please review the Badgerland Striders Race Policies and Guidelines.

📍 Race Location

The event will take place at 1010 N Lincoln Memorial Drive, Milwaukee, WI on 2025-10-25.