Night Owl 5k, 10k and the 6 hour shuffle
About this race
The Night Owl Races are an excellent way to take the next step in trail running. The Six Hour Shuffle and Six Hour Team Shuffle is a good introduction to ultra running. Long enough to get past the marathon distance, but not too long. The Namesake Night Owl 5K and 10K are great introductions to night time trail running.
All three races are run on grassy ski trails over rolling hills. Their will be trail lights on for the 5K, 10K races and the final hour and a half of the 6hr shuffle, runners need to bring supplemental lighting with either a headlamp or hand held flashlight.
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Trail running
Night Owl 10k
Registration and Check-In are at 6pm Each loop of the course is 3.4 miles, so the 5K is one loop and the 10K is two loops. This is a night run. Although the trails are lit, headlamps are needed. We do not provide any. This is the only race in the metro area that is run at night on fully lit trails. What a great experience! The combined total in the 5K and 10K will be limited to 200 participants
Night Owl 5k
Registration and Check-In are at 6pm. Each loop of the course is 3.4 miles, so the 5K is one loop and the 10K is two loops. This is a night run. Although the trails are lit, headlamps are needed. We do not provide any. This is the only race in the metro area that is run at night on fully lit trails. What a great experience! The combined total in the 5K and 10K will be limited to 200 participants
Typical race-day weather
Based on 4 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Lake Elmo, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 7:12 AM and sets at 6:48 PM local time (CDT) in Lake Elmo on October 3, 2026 — 11h 36m of daylight.
Course
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Results — Night Owl 5k, 10k and the 6 hour shuffle
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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, 2 Lake Elmo events
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