Survive the Night Relays

🌌 Survive the Night Relays Overview

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.

🥤 Cup-less Race Announcement

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.
• Great Time: Friends, family, food, loud music, and an overall great time as teams race under the stars in the fight against cancer!
• Cancer Survivor's Walk: Join in our first cancer survivor's walk on the evening of Friday, July 18th.
• Team Relay: Put together a team and tackle it together for the triathlon relay beginning at 7:00 p.m. July 18th.

🚴 Marathon Relay

• Full Marathon: Grab up to ten friends and family to cover the distance of a full marathon, 26.2 miles!
• Cheering: Camp out and cheer your team members on during the run.
• Unique Course: Experience a unique course suitable for casual runners and walkers.
• Start Time: The marathon relay will start at 8 PM!

🏃‍♀️ 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.

💰 Membership Discounts

• Discount: Members of the Bluegrass Runners get an automatic $5 or $10 discount off of the registration fee for the Marathon Relays.
• Join Us: Non-members have the opportunity to join BGR and receive discounts.
• Additional Benefits: Members receive discounts on the Thoroughbred Classic 5K and other benefits!
• More Information: For more information on the Club, visit our website HERE.

🛑 Registration Reminder

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!

📞 Important Information

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

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.

🔗 More Information

For more details, visit our race page: Survive the Night Relays.