Prairie Chase 5K/10K - Middleton, Wisconsin - Running

The Prairie Chase 5K/10K is a Running race in Middleton, Wisconsin consisting of a 10K and 5K.

Pheasant Branch Conservancy is one of the best kept secrets for runners and walkers in the greater Madison area. The run route is on easy-going, crushed limestone and also include a section of flexible, joint-sparing boardwalks through cool, shaded woods. The walk route is also on the limestone path as well as mowed paths through gorgeous, restored prairie. Two different routes. One for runners and another for walkers.
We have designed two different courses for this event.

The 5K/10K course for the runners will be the main circular path around the Conservancy.

The 5K path for the walkers is in the northern section of the Conservancy. It will use part of the main limestone trail to start but then will turn off into the prairie fields in and around Frederick's Hill. We designed this course to showcase the work that the Friends of Pheasant Branch Conservancy has done to restore the prairie and oak savanna. Hopefully you will get hooked and keep coming back to these fields as the season progresses and the prairie flowers bloom.

For those walkers who have young children in strollers or for other walkers who may not want the challenge of the hills, we recommend taking the relatively flat running course.