Saturday · August 8 · 2026
The
MN Mile
One mile. Two ways to run it. Every dollar fuels mental wellness for Minnesota youth.
One day. One track.
Two ways to run.
One reason.
A serious competitive mile in the morning.
Three timed heats. Chips, bibs, a certified four-lap course, and STAND+ on the feet of the field. For runners who came to find out.
A family festival mile in the afternoon.
Walk it, skip it, sidestep it, dance it. Then hit the slip and slide, the bubble zone, the DJ, the food trucks, the recovery activations. Built for everyone.
100 percent of net proceeds fund youth mental wellness.
Let’s Fuel Growth, Minnesota 501(c)(3). Real programming, real kids, real results. The day is the fundraiser and the day is the medicine.
Whether you are chasing a PR or pushing a stroller, you are showing up for the same thing.
Kids who need someone to prove that movement, community, and hard things can change a life.
Pick your mile
Same track. Same cause. Two completely different vibes. Run one. Run both. Bring the family.
The Naughty Mile
A timed, chipped, all-out mile in 3 heats. Built for athletes, founders, trainers, and anyone who wants to find out what they’ve got over four laps. STAND+ shoes on the feet of the field. Awards for top finishers in each heat.
- Heats at 9am, 10am, 11am (selection at registration)
- Distance: 1 mile, 4 laps
- First lap burpee broad jumps, second lap lunges, third lap bear crawl last lap run.
- Field cap: 180 racers (60 per heat)
- Includes chip timing, bib, finisher tee, swag bag, festival access
The Nice Mile
A family festival mile with one rule. You can’t do the same movement twice in a lap. Walk a lap, skip a lap, sidestep a lap, dance a lap. Made for kids, parents, grandparents, and anyone who wants to move on their own terms.
- Heats at 12pm, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm
- 4 laps, your way
- All ages welcome. Strollers welcome. Wheelchairs welcome.
- Slip and slide, bubble zone, ice baths and saunas, DJ, food trucks, vendor village, recovery activations
Earlier is better
Tiers move with the calendar. Early Bird closes June 1 or after the first 100 Naughty racers, whichever comes first.
Through June 1 or first 100 racers
June 2 to July 25
July 26 to August 7
$35 per racer · 10 teams max
Through June 1
After June 1
All windows
With paid adult
Flat rate
$5 minimum, self-select at checkout
Donation based at the gate
Every registration includes an optional donation to Let’s Fuel Growth. Every dollar is tax-deductible and goes directly to youth mental wellness programming. LFG is a Minnesota 501(c)(3), EIN 99-1365869.
How the day runs
Timing is built around the track availability and heat structure. Get there early for packet pickup.
Setup, tents up, registration and packet pickup opens.
Nice Mile registration and packet pickup.
Slip and slide and bubble zone open.
Through 4:30pm.
Teardown begins.
We are not raising money for a cause.
We are building a community that decides
which kids get to keep going.
Let’s Fuel Growth is a Minnesota 501(c)(3) building mental wellness, resilience, and authentic community through purposeful adventure.
We work with young people who have faced real adversity. Loss. Anxiety. Substance use in the family. Bodies and minds that have been asked to carry too much. We give them somewhere to put it. A summit to climb, a mile to run, a room to sit in, a community that does not flinch when they tell the truth.
The MN Mile is the day we close the loop. Athletes line up on the same track with families, kids, grandparents, and recovery community members. Same starting line, different speeds, same reason. The proceeds fund the programming. The day itself is the programming.
Movement
Hard things, done with other people, change brains and lives. Running a mile is the smallest possible version of that promise.
Community
No one heals alone. The people on the track with you, in the swag tent with you, at the slip and slide with you, are the medicine.
Truth
We do not pretend the hard parts away. We bring them with us and we keep moving anyway. That is what we teach the kids.
Powered by community
The MN Mile is built with partners who believe in what young people can do when they’re given real tools.
Sponsorship is open. Let’s talk activation, exposure, and impact.
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