Winter is no excuse to stop running! Running with a group keeps you motivated and helps get you out of bed on those chilly mornings. Check out our Winter Fun Runs below.
October 2019
Crosscut Run
Come run single-track trails through the scenic Crosscut Mountain Sports Center in the Bridger Mountains! There will be 3 courses (approximately 1, 3, and 5 miles). Meet at the Crosscut Nordic Center; take Bridger Canyon Road (MT Highway 86) to the CMSC parking area, on your left, just a couple minutes' drive beyond the Bridger Bowl turn-off - the Nordic Center building is just south of the parking lot. 2019 Crosscut Run -Short - 1.2 miles 2019 Crosscut Run -…
Find out more »November 2019
Bon Appetite Run
A very informal and traditional BSWD running and social event! Meet in front of the Elks Club at 9 AM, and run or walk any distance, any route you would like. Afterward, the group will go somewhere local for breakfast - location to be determined that morning by whoever shows up! This event is untimed and unsupported - just come and run!
Find out more »Jim Banks Turkey Trot Prediction Run
1.3, 2.7 or 4.4 mile courses in the Spirit Hills neighborhood.
This is a no watch/prediction run. The closest runner to their predicted time in each distance wins a turkey!
Raffle determines additional turkey winners.
Find out more »December 2019
Jingle Bell Jog
Approximately 1, 3, and 5 mile routes. 9:00 AM start at the Gallatin Valley Land Trust (212 S. Wallace Ave).
Raffle & cookie potluck to follow, so be sure to bring your favorite holiday treat to share!
Find out more »January 2020
BSWD “Resolution Run” a Fat Ass 50K
50K (one 5K loop at a time). 9:00 AM. Headwaters Park Start in the parking lot by the restrooms.
Run as many 5Ks as you want (or the weather allows) with road & trail options available. Self timed; if you finish after 3:00 pm, you will need to report your time to the club.
Free hot and cold drinks. Free entry. Free company. Top five entrants get free entry next year.
Find out more »November 2020
Jim Banks Turkey Trot – 2020 Edition
Our in-person runs will be 1.3, 2.7 or 4.4 mile courses in the Spirit Hills neighborhood (at the Foothills Fellowship church, at Springhill Road at Sentinel Drive). This is a self-timed run, so please bring your watch or phone to time yourself! (Unlikely in "normal" years, this is not a no-watch prediction run). Please also bring your own water - we will not have group refreshments. Please read the "5 S's of In-Person Winter Fun Runs", below! Random draws for the…
Find out more »December 2020
Jingle Bell Jog – 2020 Edition
** Based on Gallatin City-County Health Department feedback on the upcoming January Resolution Run (Fat Ass 50k), we have decided on 12/11 to hold the Jingle Bell Jog as a virtual event. Please use the following instructions! (7:45 PM) ** Our runs will be 1.2, 3.4 or 4.8 mile courses in the South Bozeman neighborhoods (along the Gallagator Trail), starting at the south end of the Bozeman Public Library parking lot. Look for the Virtual Jingle Bell Jog poster! It will…
Find out more »January 2021
Resolution Run, a Fat Ass event – 2021 version
The Gallatin City-County Health Department does not want us to conduct this run as an in-person event, and, without this approval, we were not able to get a permit to hold the run at the Headwaters State Park. So we will do the 2021 event as a Virtual Run. This means that you can run one of our recommended courses below, or you may run your own favorite 5k route. As a true "Fat Ass" run, there will be no…
Find out more »February 2021
Froze Nose Fun Run
5.4, 3, 1.1 mi, 9:00 AM, MSU Grant & 11th.
Courses go out along Kagy, the furthest going through the Cherry subdivision.
Get a handicap time for the March run and see if you can improve enough to win!
Find out more »March 2021
Handicap Fun Run
5, 3, 1.1 mi, starting at Bridger Brewing. Courses go out along 11th and Kagy, the furthest going through the Cherry subdivision.
Start according to your handicap. Handicaps will be determined for those individuals who participated in the Froze Nose Run in February. Those who did not run in the Froze Nose will have starting times as follows: 5 Miles – 9:20am 3.0 Miles – 9:30 am 1.1 Miles – 9:45 am.
If you plan on running the same distance at the Handicap Run as at the Froze Nose Fun Run, we will post your start times here. If you ran 5 miles but only want to run 3 this time, then start at the “New Runner” time for your new distance.
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