Lake Country Challenge

Overview: The 8-Mile and Half Marathon run takes athletes around beautiful Lac la Belle. Runners will start on the Village Green in downtown Oconomowoc and head north on the isthmus between Fowler Lake and Lac la Belle. Turning west into the Village of Lac la Belle, the course hugs the lake before heading into the country side. The course returns to the Village of Lac la Belle again hugging the western side of the lake. Once runners reach Wisconsin Ave, it is a fast and flat sprint to the finish at City Beach on the lake.

Location: Village Green, Downtown Oconomowoc

When: Saturday, August 31

Format: 8-Mile Run & Half Marathon

Course Maps: RUN

GPX Maps: 8-MILE RUN | HALF MARATHON

Cutoff Times: The course will close at 11:00 am (3 hours after the race start)

Parking: Parking is available throughout downtown Oconomowoc. Please check out the City of Oconomowoc Parking Map for more details. 

PLEASE BRING YOUR RECEIPT WITH YOU! 

You do not need to print it. We will need to scan the QR code on the receipt, though, so please have your email accessible on your mobile device or save a picture of your receipt with the QR code to your device’s image library. 

Race Day - City Beach
7:00 Packet Pick-up
8:00 Races Start

Parking is available throughout the downtown area.

Parking Map

All athletes, regardless of event, who register by noon on August 19 are guaranteed a custom race shirt. After that, shirts will be available while online supplies last. The t-shirts are gender specific, dry wick shirts. Everything you ever wanted to know about shirts can be found right here. The FEMALE shirts run a bit small!

Finisher Medals

All finishers will receive a custom Lake Country Challenge finisher medal.

Overall Awards

Overall Male & Female runners for each event will receive a custom award provided by our partner Ridgeway Woodworks. 

Age Group Awards

Top 3 male & female finishers in 5-year age groups for each event will receive a custom place medal.

We need volunteers for everything from aid station support to course marshals. If you or your group have an interest in volunteering, we would greatly appreciate the assistance. All volunteers can run a future race at no charge. Register to volunteer by clicking on the volunteer link in the menu above. For more information on volunteering click here.

At registration checkout, you will be given the option to share to Facebook that you've registered for a super fun event with SCSE! For every 3 people you get to register for the same event using your unique link, you'll get $10 back from your registration.

On your emailed registration receipt, there will be a registration link that you can forward to your friends to let them know they should join you on your next adventure! For every 3 friends you get to register for the event using your unique email link, you'll get $10 back on your registration!

Insurance is available for almost all of our events. The insurance is offered through a third party. Here is the fine print:

Registration protection options allow your race participants to get reimbursed up to 100% if they cannot attend the event for a number of reasons, including covered injury, illness, traffic accidents, and more. Registration Protector with Required to Work has the added benefit of protection in the instance that a race participant is required to work for a covered reason.

Terms, conditions, and exclusions apply. Insurance benefits are underwritten by Jefferson Insurance Company. AGA Service Company is the licensed producer and administrator of these plans.

Registration Protection - The insurance premium is 6.75% of the registration cost (including processing fee), with a minimum insurance premium of $7.99 per registrant.

Insurance claims can be filed at https://www.allianztravelinsurance.com/file-a-claim.

Refunds are not permitted for any reason.

The event will be held unless severe weather occurs. In the event of severe weather, the race director may delay or cancel the event. If the event is canceled, there will be no refunds. Silver Circle Sports Events has a NO REFUND policy. More details here.

How to transfer, defer, change shirt sizes and change distances

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Select your Profile.
Scroll down to the race you would like to modify.
Select "Manage Registration".
All of your options will be listed in the menu.
*Deferrals are free up to 14 days prior to event.

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