Name: BEAR CHASE
Start: 2026-07-11
End: 2026-07-11
Location: Bertha, Minnesota

About the Event

BEAR CHASE
1 MILE & 5K
1 mile at 8:30AM & 5k at 9:15am.

PLEASE ARRIVE 15 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE START TO RIDE THE SHUTTLE BUS TO THE START LINE.

Location: Bertha-Hewitt High School

Registration:

1-Mile Run/Walk: $20
5k Run: $30
1-Mile/5k Run Double: $35
On-Line Registration ends July 8th.
After June 28th price increases $5 per race and shirts are NOT guaranteed.
Race Day Registration is from 7:15 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.

Course:

-Participants in both races will take a shuttle bus out to the start line and will finish in front of the Bertha-Hewitt School.

-1 Mile course is all paved. Flat and Fast.

-5k Course small rolling hills and fast!

Awards!

-Preregister to ensure receiving a T-shirt. (Limited sizes/quantities after June 28th.)

-Ribbons awarded to the top three finishers in each division for both races.

-Trophies to the top male and female in both races.

Course Records:

1 Mile Female: Kendra Miller 5:26.12 (2025)

1 Mile Male: Kenny Miller 4:32 (2022)

5k Female: Kendra Miller 19:49.22 (2025)

5k Male: Kenny Miller 16:39 (2022)

Double Records:

Male: Kenny Miller 21:11 (2022)

Female: Kendra Miller 24:15.34 (2025)

For more details/questions call 218-255-3121 Or Email: Kenny.Miller@isd786.org

Races Offered

1 Mile Run/Walk

Jul 11, 2026

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Distance — 1 Miles

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Type — Road running

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08:30

5k & 1 Mile Double

Jul 11, 2026

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Distance — 5K

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Type — Road running

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08:30

5k Run

Jul 11, 2026

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Distance — 5K

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Type — Road running

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09:15

Weather Overview

These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for July in Bertha.

Temp (°C)

Feels Like (°C)

thermostat 16.5° / 26.9°

wb_sunny 15.7° / 26.1°

Wind (km/h)

Humidity (%)

air 11.5 /

water_drop 68.0%

Temp (°C)

Feels Like (°C)

Wind (km/h)

Humidity (%)

thermostat 16.5° / 26.9°

wb_sunny 15.7° / 26.1°

air 11.5 km/h

water_drop 68.0%

About Bertha

Bertha is a city in Todd County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 497 at the 2010 census. By the time of the 2020 Decennial Census the population had grown to 560 residents.