Badlands Race Series

🪵🪓Bunyan Battle 5K Run/Walk 🏃‍♂️

📅 Saturday, November 7th, 2026

📍 Island Lake State Recreation Area | Brighton, MI (Must have a MI State Park pass for entry)

About the Race 🏃‍♀️💨

Join us for the 2nd Annual "Bunyan Battle 5K" at Island Lake State Park in Brighton, MI!

Get ready to kick off GameDay in the best possible way - with a run! The Bunyan Battle 5K Run/Walk brings fans together (and sometimes divides them 😉) as Michigan and Michigan State football face off later in the day.

The scenic out and back course at Island Lake State Park on the Island Lake Trail showcases fall colors at their peak on a completely paved 5K course. It's the perfect setting for runners, walkers, and football fans alike. This race is for all fitness levels and all fans!

Registration Includes:

⏱️ Chip Timed Race with Live Results

👕 Custom Dri-Fit Race Shirt (upgrade to Tank Top for $5)

🏷️ Commemorative Race Bib

🏅 Custom Finisher Medal

🏆 Overall & Age Group Awards

📸 FREE Race Photos

🍎 Post-Race Refreshments

Packet Pick-Up Info:

📍 Location: Island Lake Recreation Area

🗓️ Day: Saturday, November 7th (Race Day)

⏰ Time: 6:30 AM – 8:45 AM

Race Start Time:

🏁 5K Run/Walk – 9AM

Show Out for your Team and Wear your favorite fan gear!

Rep your team! Participants are encouraged to wear their favorite UofM or MSU swag.

Who REALLY has the best in the State of Michigan? Go tow to toe with your in-state Foe's! Go Blue? Hail Yes? OR Go Green Go White? 🪵🪓🏈

Celebrate the fall classics with a 5k for all ages. Blake's Donut Dash 5k is run on gravel trails around the family-owned 50-acre Blake's Lyon Township. The 5k race will take you through the scenic orchard and includes a donut, glass of hard or sweet cider, t-shirt and commemorative glass. Strollers are permitted at your own discretion as the terrain is gravel.

Please note, shirts sizes are on a first come, first serve basis and are not guaranteed to those registered less than 14-days prior to the event. Inventory is kept up to date during registration. If sizes are not showing at the time of sign up, they are unavailable.

What's Included?

• Donut

• Can of hard cider or sweet cider for those participants under 21

• T-shirt

• Commemorative Pint Glass

• Raceday timing

Come for the race, stay for the parade!

Saturday, November 29th, 2024

1-mile starts at 8:00am

4-mile starts at 8:30am (must be off the course by 9:45am for the parade)

Double (you can run both events!)

Run/walk the 1 mile, the 4 mile, or both races with the double! The 4 mile course will wind out through downtown Milford, onto the beautiful Milford Trail and finish back on Main Street. Both the races start and finish on Main Street at the corner of Commerce road in downtown Milford as hundreds of spectators await the Annual Holiday Parade. The parade after the race will feature dozens of floats, bands, and of course, Santa Claus!

All participants will receive a custom race hoodie and a finisher medal.

Bonus: Sign up 4 or more people at once and save $5 per person on the registration - applied automatically at checkout.