02Jan
50K
Running
- Distance
- 50K
- Start time
- 08:00
- Entry fee
- $85.00
Yankee Springs Winter Challenge
Middleville,
Michigan,
United States
62 days left
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Yankee Springs Winter Challenge
About the event
About the Race
Welcome to the 16th annual Yankee Springs Winter Challenge! This race is run on beautiful rolling single track trails at Yankee Springs, State Recreation Area in Southwest Michigan. We run in whatever conditions Michigan winter gives us, and it's a different challenge every year. Distances are 5k, 10k, 25k, and 50k. For this race we are using our beautiful and challenging 10k loop. It is a wooded single track course that runs past Hall Lake, Devil's Soup Bowl, McDonald Lake, and Long Lake. The5k is the same loop with a shortcut. The 25k consists of one 5k loop followed by two 10k loops. The 50k is five laps of the 10k.
Lodging
Cabins are no longer available for the winter race due to a management change at the Long Lake Outdoor Center. There are several nice hotels in the area including the Bay Point Inn and the Gun Lake Casino..
Race Swag and Finisher Awards
A crew neck sweatshirt or buff is included in the race fee. Please register by December 8 to be guaranteed a sweat shirt. The finisher's award, unique to this winter race, is a snow globe.
Races offered
02Jan
25K
Running
- Distance
- 25K
- Start time
- 09:00
- Entry fee
- $70.00
02Jan
5k
Running
- Distance
- 5K
- Start time
- 09:00
- Entry fee
- $30.00
02Jan
10K
Running
- Distance
- 10K
- Start time
- 09:30
- Entry fee
- $50.00
Weather history
3-year monthly averages for January in Middleville.
Temperature-5.8° / -0.2°
Feels like-11.1° / -4.9°
Sunshine hours2h 53m
Rainfall2.6 mm
Snowfall1.0 cm
Wind13.0 km/h (Gentle breeze)
Humidity82.2%
Max UV indexLow (2.0)
Sweat lossLow
Course conditionsFirm and slightly soft
Sunrise09:06
Sunset18:34
About Middleville
Learn more about the host city, Middleville.
Middleville is a village in Thornapple Township, Barry County, in the U.S. state of Michigan. Middleville is part of the Grand Rapids metropolitan area. The population was 4,295 at the 2020 census.
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Race results
All-time top performances and historical records for Yankee Springs Winter Challenge.
| Place | Name | Year | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | David Hedges | '23 | 3:43:51 |
| 🥈 | Jordan Lafreniere | '24 | 3:44:44 |
| 🥉 | Andrew Benkovsky | '23 | 3:45:07 |
| 4 | Jordan Lafreniere | '16 | 3:49:31 |
| 5 | Jordan Lafreniere | '17 | 3:50:49 |
| 6 | Zachary Sayre | '20 | 3:52:01 |
| 7 | Jameson Kloeckner | '26 | 3:54:22 |
| 8 | Grant Fall | '16 | 3:55:15 |
| 9 | Nicholas Budzyn | '15 | 4:00:08 |
| 10 | Sam Skeels | '17 | 4:01:18 |
| Place | Name | Year | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | Dani Filipek | '17 | 4:19:23 |
| 🥈 | Kristy Mcbride | '20 | 4:44:10 |
| 🥉 | Elaine Sheikh | '25 | 4:44:18 |
| 4 | Kristy Mcbride | '19 | 4:50:04 |
| 5 | Stephanie Geers | '15 | 4:57:23 |
| 6 | Rebecca Gast | '19 | 5:00:53 |
| 7 | Erin Young | '16 | 5:03:32 |
| 8 | Amanda Habbouche | '19 | 5:05:21 |
| 9 | Erin Young | '20 | 5:07:18 |
| 10 | Kelsey Devereaux | '14 | 5:07:29 |
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