MKE Runs

Beth Hartwig of Menomonee Falls is preparing to run the upcoming Boston Marathon with thoughts of the lives lost there 10 years ago. In 2013, she finished in 3:28.55 and waited for her brother, a Wauwatosa resident. He was 100 feet past the finish line when they heard the explosion. (JS subscriber content)

After running in the 2013 Boston Marathon, this Menomonee Falls mom is running again to pay tribute 'to the lives lost' Beth Hartwig is training for the 2023 Boston Marathon 10 years after the bombing. She will be raising money for the Rebekah's Angels Foundation.

Erik Sowinski, a Waukesha native, has made a name for himself as the best runner in the world at dropping out.

Meet the Runner Who Leads Every Pack and Then Vanishes Erik Sowinski is a professional pacer, a talented runner who is in high demand on starting lines, and nowhere to be found at the finish.

Marathoning returned to Milwaukee today after a pandemic hiatus. Congratulations to all runners of the Milwaukee Lakefront Marathon!

Great day for the Hank Aaron State Trail 5K. In-person races have really made a comeback this summer.

Race director’s update: We had a blast bringing back TosaFest 5K in 2018 and 2019 and will be looking at options for a revamped race in 2022. The race, however, will not take place this year. Instead, we encourage you to sign up for Run Tosa Run on Sept. 18, brought to you by Tosa East Towne Neighborhood Association and organized by some of us who have worked on TosaFest 5K in recent years. The Run Tosa Run 5K price increases Aug. 1, so reserve your spot today.

Run Tosa Run 5K Run Tosa Run is a 5k run/walk and half-mile kids' run through the beautiful tree-lined streets of the Tosa East Towne neighborhood.

See yourself or someone you know in one of these photos from TosaFest 2019? Tag away! And thanks to Jetta and Shaku Mays for their fine camerawork.

We're grateful for WaterStone Bank's support of TosaFest 5K and our charity partner Wings of Glory Track Club. Say hi to Carol Carey when you stop by the Tosa branch. She is great to work with.

Thanks to Coach Malone and his team for helping at Saturday’s TosaFest 5K. They’ve been our charity partner for the race the past two years.

The crew helped out with another successful MKE Runs TosaFest 5K!!!
See ya next year!!!

Thanks to everyone who came out for TosaFest 5K on a great evening for racing. Caleb Abfall won the men’s race in 16:12 and Acacia Dishman won the woman’s race in 19:01. We appreciate the lead support of Ripple Effect Fitness and WaterStone Bank and the top-notch shirts and design work of Zack Goehner and Jim Phillips, LLC. Wings of Glory Track Club is our charity partner and helped with volunteers along the course. We’ll have an update soon on our donation to their great team.

The tents are going up at Hart Park in Wauwatosa. Our 5K is Saturday, but you don’t have to wait until then to enjoy music at TosaFest, which starts later today.

Thanks to Ripple Effect Fitness for hosting our early-bird packet pickup today for TosaFest 5K. Check out the studio on State Street just east of Tosa Village.