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Lakefront Discovery Run
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Lakefront Discovery Run

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States View on map
Oct 31, 2026 (America/Chicago local time)
Running

About this race

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 2026 running season with your favorite season ending event.

Ghouls Just Wanna Have Fun!!

The Lakefront Discovery Run features fun, with a 15k, a 5k, and a FREE Kids run!. Each distance can be run, walked, skipped, or hopped. There are age group awards as well as for overall winners. More importantly, there will be an award for ‘Best Costume’ as voted on by the event volunteers (please don’t attempt to bribe the volunteers.  Bribe the Race Director, because at the end of the day, it's their call).  Those in Costume get FREE BEER!!  Also should be noted, those NOT IN Costume get free beer too (but no ALL CAPS announcement for them, damnit).

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.  Each runner/volunteer receives an event t-shirt (Runners who register after Oct 18th ARE NOT guaranteed a shirt), traditional post-race snacks, spooky music (what does that even mean?), and enough candy to make a dentist cringe!  We ordered great weather, but just in case, we'll have a heated tent for the post race shenanigans.  Come out and celebrate a successful season of running! 

15K Map here   https://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/6296352979

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

Please review the Badgerland Striders Race Policies and Guidelines.

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 and 5k: $40

Early Packet Pick Up:

Wednesday  Oct 28 from 4PM-7PM at Central Waters Brewing Taproom
1037 W. Juneau Ave, Milwaukee  WI 53233

Thursday Oct 29 from 4PM-6:30PM at Performance Running Outfitters - Brookfield
2205 N. Calhoun Rd, Brookfield WI 53005

Friday Oct 30 from 4PM-6:30PM at Performance Running Outfitters -Shorewood
4533 N. Oakland Ave, Shorewood WI 53211

  Race Day Schedule of Events: 8:00AM-8:55AM Registration and Packet Pick Up/Check-in 8:45AM Kids Costume Run 9:02 AM National Anthem sung by Sarah Fierek of the Center for Veterans Issues (CVI) 9:05AM 15k start (at the Start/Finish Line) 9:15AM 5k start (Starts on the Bike Path along the Breakwater)

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.

Best Costume: Female/Male/Group

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

Pick your distance

Running

15k

Oct 31, 2026 15K 9:05 AM
$55.00
Open

5k

Oct 31, 2026 5K 9:15 AM
$45.00
Open

Typical race-day weather

Based on 8 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Milwaukee, plus the 3 days either side.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (race-week average) 5.2° / Maximum temperature (race-week average) 12.5°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 1.6° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 11.4°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (race-week average)
21.2
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (race-week average)
2.8mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (race-week average)
71.4%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on October 31, 2026 (CDT)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on October 31, 2026 (CDT)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
10h 19m

The sun rises at 7:25 AM and sets at 5:45 PM local time (CDT) in Milwaukee on October 31, 2026 — 10h 19m of daylight.

Course

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  • Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
  • Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
  • Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
  • Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 69 Milwaukee events

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