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Date:
Sat, Aug 29, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Location:
Gust Trail
LaPorte County, Indiana
46391
United States
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Run Trail

Please read all the rules so you understand the event.

Race starts at 8:00 am ends at 6:00 pm

Chupacabra, in Latin American popular legend, a monstrous creature that attacks animals and consumes their blood. The name is derived from the Spanish words chupar (“to suck”) and cabra (“goat”) and can be translated as “goat-sucker.” As a fearsome but probably nonexistent creature, the chupacabra has been characterized as the southern equivalent of the Sasquatch.

This endurance event just might “chupar” the life of you. Please join us if you dare!

Runners receive a limited-edition t-shirt and a Chupacabra wooden medal.

Rules:

We will start the clock every hour, you have one hour to finish that loop. The trail loop is 4-4.1 miles with just a small pavement section. If you don’t finish the loop in one hour you are OUSTED from the race!

Save your strength as we determine winners by who runs the final loop the fastest.

NO PACERS

No human or animal pacers allowed. Violating this rule results in a DQ.

Start/finish area

There is room for you to set up your own crew station at the shelter. Gatorade, water and snacks will be provided.

PRIZES

You receive chips ONLY after you completed 4 loops. We would like to push you to achieve a new distance goal this year.

Complete 4, 5, or 6 loops receive a red chip for each loop completed.

Complete 7, 8, or 9 loops receive a blue chip for each loop completed.

You can use those chips to turn into the prize tables. Each table will have a tablecloth corresponding with the color of the poker chip. Turn your chips in a select your prize. Red Chip table has shirts, coffee mug and other items from the previous Crazy Legs Race Series events. Blue Chip table as various gift cards. Blue Chip table contains free entries for Crazy Legs Race Series events.

What is Cryptozoology? a pseudoscience and subculture that searches for and studies unknown, legendary, or extinct animals whose present existence is disputed or unsubstantiated, particularly those popular in folklore, such as Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, Yeti, the chupacabra, the Jersey Devil, or the Mokele-mbembe.

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