Summer Solstice Endurance Event

Saturday,  June 14th, 2025 


2024  results here! 

Total 2024 miles: 536.3

Come discover the Dean Makey School Forest as a public educational and recreational resource and help promote fitness, outdoor education, and adventure! 

Sunrise/Sunset Calendar  

Saturday, June 14th, 2025

Sunrise   5:23:55 am

Sunset  9:11:20 pm

Total running time: 15 hours 47 minutes and 25 seconds 

Finish one or more 5 km loop anytime during daylight hours.  Start late. Finish early.  Take a break,  nap, or push straight through.

Special recognition for top mileage, fastest single lap, and other unique, challenging, and even absurd standards. (Fastest backward barefoot loop?)

Basic amenities provided: A well-marked course, water, and a porta-potty.

  Bring your own chair and running kit, ergogenic supplementation, and a sense of adventure. 

This is a low-key, no cost, all-fun event.

The 5k route is a combination of ski trail and narrow singletrack hiking trail and will be well marked!

See a map of our cumulative group distance from 2019-present HERE.

Parking:  South side of Forestview MIddle School off of Mapleton Road, Baxter.  Use the gravel parking lot by the track and ice rink.  The Start/Finish area is a short walk West to the practice fields.


Contact/Questions:  christopher.hanson@isd181.org

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