Run / Walk / Ruck 4 Heroes
About this race
Run, Walk & Ruck for Heroes
The mission of Beyond the Yellow Ribbon is to establish and sustain a comprehensive community and corporate support network that connects and coordinates agencies, organizations, and resources to meet the needs of Minnesota's military veterans, service members, and families in all military branches.
Races will be held at and around Kingston Park in Cottage Grove, MN.
Parking is available at Grey Cloud Elementary School and Cottage Grove Middle School.
There is a Food Truck Festival, located at the same park of the run, starting at 11 if you care to join after your race.
A special thanks to Live Brave for helping us get started! If interested in another 5K, here is the link for their race, it is a great cause!
https://runsignup.com/Race/Info/MN/SaintPaul/LiveBrave5K
Please note - If you register after 8/29/25, your shirt will not be ready on race day. If you live in the area of CG, Newport, Hastings or Woodbury, we will deliver your shirt otherwise it would be up to you to pick it up from Cottage Grove City Hall.
Pick your distance
Running
5K Run/Walk
10K Run/Walk
15K Heroe's Challenge
1 mile
Walking
5K Ruck
10K Ruck
15K Heroe's Challenge Ruck
Typical race-day weather
Based on 1 year of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Cottage Grove, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:55 AM and sets at 7:15 PM local time (CDT) in Cottage Grove on September 19, 2026 — 12h 19m of daylight.
Course
No course map published yet.
The organizer hasn't released a route for this event, and we don't publish guesses. If you're the organizer, send us a GPX file and we'll draw the profile.
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2026 results — Run / Walk / Ruck 4 Heroes
65 finishers across 6 distances · leading places in the 5K Run/Walk
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zac Dockter | 23:56 | 7:42 /mi |
| 2 | Amanda Sandiford | 26:51 | 8:39 /mi |
| 3 | Andrew Deneen | 27:56 | 8:59 /mi |
| 4 | Daniel Tschida | 28:38 | 9:13 /mi |
| 5 | Nicole Moeller | 30:51 | 9:56 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
All results by year
Other races near Cottage Grove
Different organizers, within 40 miles, in the next three months
Over Test
The Embodied Practice - Fall Session II
The Embodied Practice - 10/29 Drop-In
The Embodied Practice - 11/5 Drop-In
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 Cottage Grove events
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