Going Bananas Run - Duluth

Get Ready to Go Bananas, Duluth!

This isn’t your normal 5K. Actually, it’s not even a 5K.

The Going Bananas Run Duluth is a roughly two-mile fun run where hundreds of people take over the streets of Duluth dressed head to toe as bananas. Yes, bananas.

• Participation: Run it. Walk it. Bring the kids. Get a group of friends together.
• Goal: Try to win the whole thing. We really don’t care how you do it.
• Fun: The whole point is to have a ridiculously fun time while raising money for a great local cause.

🍌 Your Banana Suit Is Included

Every registration comes with your very own banana suit to wear during the run and take home afterward.

• Inclusions: You’ll also get entry into the Gorilla Challenge and access to the post-race celebration.
• Diversity: We’ll have serious runners at the front, walkers in the back, families, friend groups, coworkers.
• Fun Factor: Plenty of people who signed up mostly because running through Duluth dressed as a banana sounded too funny to pass up.

🐒 Can You Beat the Gorilla?

Here’s where things get interesting.

• Start: All of the bananas start first. Two minutes later, we release the Gorilla.
• Race: Then it’s a race to the finish.
• Prize: Cross the finish line before the Gorilla catches you and you’ll earn the coveted “I Beat the Gorilla” finisher prize.
• Optional Challenge: Get caught? No big deal. The Gorilla Challenge is completely optional.

🎉 Stick Around After the Run

Crossing the finish line doesn’t mean you have to head home.

• Post-Race: Stick around for food and drinks, sponsor activities, awards, photos.
• Community: A few hundred people standing around Duluth in banana suits wondering how this became their Saturday.
• Growth: The first Going Bananas Run brought more than 430 bananas to Duluth.
• Goal: We’re hoping to bring together more than 1,000 bananas for our next Duluth race while raising even more money for the community.

Going Bananas Run Duluth

Run bananas. Beat the Gorilla. Give back.

Sign up here.