Live Brave 5K and 1 Mile

🎉 Registration Information

Registration opens on May 1st!

🏃 Live Brave 5K and 1 Mile Run Events

• Benefiting: Youth Eating Disorder Prevention and Recovery Programs
• Anniversary: 2025 is our 5 Year Anniversary!
• Location: Beautiful Woodbury, MN
• Age Inclusivity: All ages and abilities welcome!

🌟 Race Experience

Experience the energy, excitement and competition of the Live Brave 5K and 1 Mile races. Walk or run for a great cause and enjoy finish line food, refreshments, sponsor demonstrations, entertainment from DJ Ray Mills, and awards & prizes. Kids 12 & under run free in the mile! Sign up your whole family for a morning of movement and fun!

📅 Race Details

• Date: Saturday, August 9th, 2024
• Location: Colby Lake Park, 9715 Valley Creek Road, Woodbury, MN 55125
• Timing: USATF Certified Courses. Gun and Chip Timing used.
• Start Times:
  • 5K: 8:30 am (Arrive by 7:45 am)
  • 1 Mile: 10:00 am (Arrive by 9:15 am)

🏅 Competitive Wave

10:00 am Start
Males: 5:30 min/mile or faster (predicted finish time)
Females: 7:30 min/mile or faster (predicted finish time)

💪 Elite Athlete Opportunity

Elite Athlete Comp Entry Application: Elite Open, Masters and Grandmasters can apply for a comp entry into Live Brave 1 Mile by filling out this application. Live Brave will take 10 male and 10 female athletes. Deadline for submissions is August 3rd.

👦 Community & Kid's Wave

• Start Time: 10:15 am (Walk or run, Kid's race)
• Kids Participation: Kids 12 & under run free in the 1 mile event.

🏆 The Brave Challenge

Participants run both the 5K and the 1 Mile. Report to start line with the 5K participants for the 8:30 am start.

🤝 Run as a Team

Up the fun factor! Create your team today and run Live Brave together! Teams are easy to create during the registration process or by visiting the “Teams” page of our website. Church, school, hobby, friends, family, work, sports - anything goes! Have a blast and your team could possibly win.

• Team Registration: The first team member to register can create the team during the registration process.
• Team Prizes: Your 5K team could win a $200 Visa Gift Card! The biggest team and the fastest team (top 5 times counted) in the Live Brave 5K will win.

📏 Race Rules and Guidelines

The course is open to the public, so please be kind to pedestrians. Strollers are allowed, but please keep your pets at home. Your bib must be visible at all times.

🎈 Post-Race Celebration

The post race celebration will start as soon as the first runner crosses the finish line. Runners will cross the finish line to music, food, and your cheers! The awards ceremony will start at approximately 10:30 am or as soon as results are available.

📣 Spectator Information

This is a great course for viewing your runners! Make signs and cheer them on right at Colby Lake Park by the pavilion building, along the west side of Woodbury Drive, Edgewater Park by the tennis courts, and along the east side of Colby Lake. See our course maps for more information.

🔗 More Information and Registration

For additional details and to register, please visit: Live Brave 5K Registration.