Place
1110 Carson Park Drive
EAU CLAIRE, WI US 54702
Description
Join us for fitness and Halloween fun in the 56th annual Carson Park 5 & 10, western Wisconsin's longest-running run/walk event!
Enjoy a challenging, scenic course in and around Carson Park! With the 10-mile course featuring the new stretch of trail between Rod and Gun Park and Carson Park.
Stick around for post-race fun including a Halloween costume contest with prizes, free museum tours, and free train rides for kids in costume (all other riders just $3).
Post-race treats include one free beer (must be 21 or older) or soda to all finishers
Prizes include:
*Medals to all kid’s run finishers
*Medals to top three 5K and 10-mile age-group finishers
*$50 Scheels gift card to first-place overall mens and womens 5K and 10-mile finishers
*$25 Scheels gift card to second-place overall mens and womens 5K and 10-mile finishers
*$10 Festival Foods gift card to third-place overall mens and womens 5K and 10-mile finishers
$200 “Dash for the Cash” prize (courtesy of Dave Carothers) for the overall 10-mile winner
PLUS, TAKE THE CARSON CHALLENGE!
Run your first or fastest 5K or within 2 minutes of your predicted 10-mile time (faster or slower) and receive your choice of a Carson ball cap or pair of ITC socks.
Sat. Oct. 26th Event Schedule
8:30 a.m.--5K & 10-mile run/walk
9 a.m.-Noon--Free tours of the Chippewa Valley Museum for all event participants
10:30 a.m.--Awards, Halloween Costume Contest
11 a.m.--Kid's 1/4 mile & 1-mile BOO-GIE Run
11 a.m. to 4 p.m.--Train rides--kid's in costume one FREE ride; all other riders $3
Friday & Saturday Race shirt and # pickup will be available at the Wisconsin Logging Museum (Paul Bunyan Logging Camp) 4 to 7 pm Friday, Oct. 25th and 6:30 to 8 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 26th.
Event proceeds benefit the Chippewa Valley Museum and the ITC Running/Walking Club, two non-profit organizations with a long history of promoting community education, fitness, and service.
Get Your Running/Walking Shoes--and Costume-- Ready for Carson!
Since its founding in 1969, Carson has always been as much about promoting fun as fitness. That is why we introduced a Halloween costume contest in 2010--the same year that the ITC began partnering with the Chippewa Valley Museum in Carson Park in putting on the event.
There are prizes for both top finishers and costume favorites...so start working on your training and costume ideas today!
Celebrate History, Make History!
In 1969, about 40 runners—all men—lined up for western Wisconsin’s first timed, organized run/walk event—the Carson 10.
Since then a 2-mile then 5K have been added. Women, kids (and sometimes dogs) have joined the fun in all distances, including a kid's Halloween BOO-gie Run that was added in 2010!
It’s only fitting that such a historic event has the Chippewa Valley Museum as its partner!
Join us this year in celebrating Carson’s and the ITC’s long history of promoting fitness and fun in the Chippewa Valley and beyond!
Logging Miles for Fun & Fitness!
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Carson 10-Mile Overall Winners 1997-2023
All-Time Top Ten Carson 10-Mile Winning Times
Carson 10-Mile Overall Winners 1969-1996
Carson 5K Overall Winners
Carson 2-Mile Overall Winners 1998-2009
Carson Park 5 & 10 5K course map & description
Carson Park 5 & 10 10-mile course map & description
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