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Night Light

Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States View on map
Oct 23, 2026 (America/Chicago local time)
Trail running

About this race

Walk, hike, run - no matter your speed you are welcome to join us for this fun fall event on the beautiful St. Paul trails.

Bring a headlamp with you to the 2026 Night Light! With multiple distances 5K, 10K & 15K, & 15K relay. The race course winds its way through the trails of Battle Creek which is 100% off pavement. Expect grassy/dirt trails and a fair number of large climbs (yes hills!) The course is not lit so be ready with your own head lamp!

Relay Divisions:
Women's, Men's & mixed. 
Masters 40+ Women's, Men's & mixed

The 3 person relay is three laps of the 5K course with runners handing off at the exchange zone. First person to create the team pays the team race fee with 2nd and 3rd runner signing up at no additional charge.

Pick your distance

Trail running

5K

One lap course.

Oct 23, 2026 5K 6:30 PM
$35.00
Open

10K

Two laps of a 5K course.

Oct 23, 2026 10K 6:30 PM
$40.00
Open

15K

Three laps of 5K course

Oct 23, 2026 15K 6:30 PM
$45.00
Open

15K RELAY

Three person relay. Three laps of a 5K course. Pricing is for the Team.

Oct 23, 2026 15K 6:30 PM
$95.00
Open

Typical race-day weather

Based on 2 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Saint Paul, plus the 3 days either side.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (race-week average) 5.5° / Maximum temperature (race-week average) 13.9°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 2.2° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 13.4°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (race-week average)
18.9
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (race-week average)
0.7mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (race-week average)
68.1%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on October 23, 2026 (CDT)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on October 23, 2026 (CDT)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
10h 35m

The sun rises at 7:38 AM and sets at 6:14 PM local time (CDT) in Saint Paul on October 23, 2026 — 10h 35m of daylight.

Course

No course map published yet.

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Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.

  • 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, 44 Saint Paul events

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