Join for a running tour of Beautiful Lake Kampeska located in Watertown, SD! This scenic Half Marathon will take you on a trip around Lake Kampeska with trails running through Jackson Park, Memorial Park and ending on the waterfront boardwalk at Stokes-Thomas City Park. If the 13.1 mile run is …
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Join for a running tour of Beautiful Lake Kampeska located in Watertown, SD! This scenic Half Marathon will take you on a trip around Lake Kampeska with trails running through Jackson Park, Memorial Park and ending on the waterfront boardwalk at Stokes-Thomas City Park. If the 13.1 mile run is too much, join us for a 2 person Half Marathon Relay that splits these miles in half.
Make this a family weekend! Come Friday night, run or walk the Buffalo Wild Wings 5k, visit one of our unique restaurants and spend the night in one of our great hotels! Then get up early on Saturday morning for our DASH Around Kampeska Half Marathon! Spend the rest of the day Saturday visiting some of Watertown, SD greatest attractions! We have so much for a family to see and do! Visit the beautiful Terry Redlin Art Center, Bramble Park Zoo, and our downtown Watertown area!
Proceeds from this race will benefit Watertown D.A.S.H.
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Nice race setup
-very well produced race -small amount of runners (less than 100) -well marked course -you really don’t get to see the lake too much during the run, most of the … MORE
-very well produced race
-small amount of runners (less than 100)
-well marked course
-you really don’t get to see the lake too much during the run, most of the run is on a street and the view of the lake is blocked
-it was extremely windy, unfortunately the course was very open and not well protected so the wind did make the run less enjoyable
-it was a very well organized race
Great Small Town Race
This was the inaugural Dash around Lake Kampeska, but from the fantastic organization and smooth production you would never guess that they had not managed a race here before. The … MORE
This was the inaugural Dash around Lake Kampeska, but from the fantastic organization and smooth production you would never guess that they had not managed a race here before. The field was not very large, probably 150 participants between the half and the relay, and we were very well supported by race volunteers and the local community. A great atmosphere!
The course itself offers numerous views of the lake as it circles almost all the way around. The start and finish line are in two lakeside city parks about a mile apart with busing to the start line from parking lots at the finish. Otherwise you get frequent views of the lake from between houses as almost the entire race is on roads, or road adjacent bike lanes through residential areas.
Water stops were available every two miles, and volunteers were patrolling the course to offer assistance if needed. The food spread at the end was particularly nice. The usual post race fare was supplemented with breakfast burritos and Caribou Coffee.
The presence of a pacing team was also a pleasant surprise for a race of this size leading to a fellow runner to exclaim “Wow, pacers! This is like a legitimate, professional race!”