Wild River Dash
About this race
Join the Sixth Annual Wild River Dash hosted by Wild Hearts Idaho! This family-friendly, all ages, paddling and running duathlon race is all about having fun and celebrating women and everything outdoors! The course starts with a fun paddle out and back across Quinn’s Pond and ends with a beautiful 2-mile loop run on the Greenbelt. Register as an individual or as a relay team of two, with one person paddling and the other running. All proceeds from the race go directly towards breaking down transportation barriers for Wild Hearts Idaho's outdoor adventure programs, making sure every girl has safe and reliable transportation for every adventure! Fuel WHI's adventures by making a splash at the Wild River Dash! Be Wild, Go Wild!
Wild River Dash Information:
- Time - 9:00am - 1:00pm. More information will be shared on your specific wave start time closer to race day!
- Pre-Race Announcement: 9:15am
- Kids Individual & Relay Teams: 9:30am
- Adult & Teen Individuals: 10:00am
- Adult & Teen Relay Teams: 10:15am
- Party till 1
- Location - Esther Simplot Park.
- Race Participant Age Groups - Adults 18+, Teens 12-17, Kids 5-11!
- Packet pickup - Fleet Feet Meridian
- Grab Your Swag Y’all! All race participants and volunteers will receive awesome swag.
- Please be sure to have your personal kayaks, paddle boards or canoes properly tagged with an invasive species sticker.
- Buy them online HERE
- Purchase them at Idaho River Sports
- Don't have a kayak, paddle board or canoe? Hydus Board Tech will have paddleboards on hand for you to use and demo or contact Idaho River Sports after you've registered for the race to reserve your FREE rental!
Adult and Teen Course: .5 mile Paddle across Quinn's Pond & 2 mile run on the Boise Greenbelt.
Kid Course: .25 mile Paddle in Quinn's Pond and 1 mile around the end of Quinn's Pond and back.
Pick your distance
Duathlon
Adult Individual Duathlon
Adults Racers must be ages 18+ Wild River Dash Information: Time - 9:00am - 1:00pm. Heat time 10:00am Location - Esther Simplot Park. Packet pickup - TBD Grab Your Swag Y’all! All race participants and volunteers will receive awesome swag!
Adult Relay Team Duathlon
Wild River Dash Information: Adult Relay Teams must have at least 2 people, ages 18+, each person doing one leg of the duathlon. Wild River Dash Information: Time - 9:00am - 1:00pm. Heat Time: 10:15am Location - Esther Simplot Park. Packet pickup - TBD Grab Your Swag Y’all! All race participants and volunteers will receive awesome swag!
Teen Individual Duathlon
Teen Racers are ages 12-17. Wild River Dash Information: Time - 9:00am - 1:00pm. Heat Time: 10:00am Location - Esther Simplot Park. Packet pickup - TBD Grab Your Swag Y’all! All race participants and volunteers will receive awesome swag!
Teen Relay Team Duathlon
Wild River Dash Information: Teen Relay Team must have at least 2 people ages 12-17. Each person doing one leg of the duathlon. Wild River Dash Information: Time - 9:00am - 1:00pm. Heat Time: 10:15am Location - Esther Simplot Park. Packet pickup - TBD Grab Your Swag Y’all! All race participants and volunteers will receive awesome swag!
Kid Individual Duathlon
Kid Racers are ages 5-11. Wild River Dash Information: Time - 9:00am - 1:00pm. Heat Time: 9:30am Location - Esther Simplot Park. Packet pickup - TBD Grab Your Swag Y’all! All race participants and volunteers will receive awesome swag!
Kid Relay Team Duathlon
Wild River Dash Information: A Kid Relay Team must have at least 2 people ages 11 and under. Each person doing one leg of the duathlon. Wild River Dash Information: Time - 9:00am - 1:00pm. Heat Time: 9:30am Location - Esther Simplot Park. Packet pickup - TBD Grab Your Swag Y’all! All race participants and volunteers will receive awesome swag!
Typical race-day weather
Based on 11 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Boise, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:57 AM and sets at 8:37 PM local time (MDT) in Boise on August 22, 2026 — 13h 39m of daylight.
Course
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2026 results — Wild River Dash
66 finishers across 5 distances · leading places in the Adult Individual Duathlon
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Doug Ebbers | 18:50 | 9:25 /mi |
| 2 | Nick Scalfone | 18:54 | 9:27 /mi |
| 3 | Lindsey Dodge | 19:19 | 9:40 /mi |
| 4 | Wesley Labor | 20:10 | 10:05 /mi |
| 5 | Max Stein | 21:21 | 10:41 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
All results by year
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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, 55 Boise events
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