Survive the Night Relays

🌟 Race Capacity Notice

NOTICE - Our Triathlon has met capacity. As of 7/4/2025 - we cannot accept any new triathlon teams. Our marathon and ultra team relays are still OPEN.

🎉 Celebrating 10 Years

The Bluegrass Runners are proud to return for the tenth year of the Survive the Night Relays!

Join us for these events on July 18th-19th, 2025 at Kroger Field in Lexington, KY and help us raise funds for cancer patient support care.

💧 Cupless Race

THIS YEAR'S RACE WILL BE CUPLESS, SO BE PREPARED TO BRING YOUR OWN CUP/OTHER WATER CONTAINER FOR HYDRATION.

🏃‍♂️ Race Options

• Three options: For 2025, you have THREE options for our races - all intended to take you through the night as a TEAM.
• Team Effort: It takes a team for a patient to fight cancer, and it takes a team to help raise money for that fight.
• Great Atmosphere: There will be friends, family, food, loud music, and an overall great time as teams race under the stars.
• Don't Miss Out: You don't want to miss this!

🌈 Cancer Survivor's Walk

OR - join in our first cancer survivor's walk on the evening of Friday, July 18th.

🏊 Triathlon Relay

Continuing Jonathan Feddock's Ironcology vision from 2015, take a leap and give it a "tri": Swim. Bike. Run.

• Team Size: Put together a team of up to ten swimmers, cyclists, and runners and tackle it together.
• Flexible Roles: You decide which athlete does which sport and how to divide up the legs.
• Start Time: Teams will start the triathlon relay beginning at 7:00 p.m. July 18th.
• Finish Goal: The goal is for most teams to finish by 8:00 a.m. on Saturday morning.

Please see the FAQ page and Race Cue Sheets for more details!

🏃‍♀️ Marathon Relay

Or get involved with the MARATHON RELAY!

• Distance: Cover the distance of a full marathon, 26.2 miles!
• Team Fun: Grab up to ten of your friends and family to join the fun.
• Cheer Zone: You can camp out and cheer your team members on!
• Start Time: Start time will be 8 PM for the marathon relay!

Please see the FAQ page and Race Cue Sheets for more details.

🏅 Ultra Event

And third, we have the Ultra Event! Introduced in 2021, we now offer the opportunity to run solo or with a team for six hours or all night long, for as many miles as you want, on a course that includes a grassy trail-like section. Runners/walkers complete as many loops of the course as they want over a 12-hour period.

💵 Discounts for Members

• Member Discounts: Members of the Bluegrass Runners get an automatic $5 or $10 discount off of the registration fee for the Marathon Relays.
• Join Opportunity: You will have the opportunity to join BGR and get the discount as part of the race registration process.
• Additional Benefits: BGR members receive discounts on the Thoroughbred Classic 5K and additional race discounts.
• More Info: For more information on the Club, visit our website HERE.

👕 Registration Deadline

Make sure to register by June 20th, 2025 in order to get shirts in your chosen size for all the members of your team. Create team uniforms! Wear costumes! Set up a tent city! We want to see spirit, and most of all FUN as you cheer on your team members and SURVIVE THE NIGHT!

🚫 No Refund Policy

Because we donate all proceeds to charity, no refunds, no exceptions.

👥 Team Captain Requirements

PLEASE NOTE - The Team Captain will have to pay the entire team registration cost upon creation of the team. Team members then join the team without any additional payments and select their shirt size. Click here to view the Team Captain Requirements.