Hamster Endurance Runs: 6 hour | 12 hour | 24 hour | 32 hour

Hamster Endurance Run 6/12/24/32 hour event was created in 2013 by Kelly Krieger. Kelly found it to be a fun and loopy way to run miles while raising money for local organizations.

All 6/12/24/32 hours will have food, drinks, laugher, cheering, and top notch lip syncing. Volunteers, be ready to cheer and support all runners, with the option to lip sync and eat your weight in hummus, quality chocolate, and coffee.

The ​​​​​​​​course is the well-marked 2.6 mile trail that circumnavigates Lake Padden. The trail has obvious markers and additional glow lights for the night time hours. The trail is a wooded, natural setting so it’s required that runners come prepared with headlamps. Trail surface is compact dirt and/or crushed gravel, nontechnical, with minimal elevation change. Each loop has 244 ft. of elevation gain.

Race Day Schedule

Saturday
6:30-7:45 AM – Check in at Lake Padden (HEADS UP – the bathrooms will be open around 7:30am. Sorry for the pre-race inconvenience!)
8:00AM – Start for 32 hour runners
8:05 AM – Start for 24 hour runners
8:10 AM – Start for 12 hour runners
8:15 AM – Start for 6 hour runners
2:15 PM – Finish for 6 hour runners (prizes handed or mailed to runners)
8:10 PM – Finish for 12 hour runners (prizes handed or mailed to runners)

Sunday
8:05 AM – Finish for 24 hour runners (belt buckles handed to runners as they finish)
4:00 PM – Finish for 32 hour runners (belt buckles handed to runners as they finish)

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