8-Hour Dream Endurance Race & Cat Nap 5K

🏃‍♂️ Race Overview

• Event Type: The 8-Hour Dream Endurance Race is a fixed duration event: you have eight hours to run, walk, or stroll as far as you can.
• Location: It is the largest endurance running event in Central Indiana and has experienced records each year.
• Popularity: The Dream has SOLD OUT three years in a row primarily because our returning runner percentage is so high.
• Unique Experience: Spending a day on Butler's campus at what feels like a running tailgate, while testing your limits, is truly an unforgettable experience.

🏞️ Course Details

• Course Options: Throughout the day, participants choose between the long course (5K) or the short course (1.91 miles) for strategy, shade or to achieve the accurate distance they are shooting for.
• Challenge: Both courses take you up and over the now famous Bulldog's Revenge hill.
• Participation: There are three ways to participate: the SOLO category, TEAM category, or the Cat Nap 5K.
• Team Divisions: The Team category offers three divisions (female, male, and coed) and two team sizes (3-4 or 5-6 members).

🤝 Specialty Divisions

• RC Cup: A specialty TEAM division for certified non-profits.
• FC Cup: A specialty TEAM division for "fitness clubs" or other training organizations.
• Co-ed Teams: Both CUP divisions will be a 6-person co-ed only containing 3 males and 3 females.
• Team Limit: Fitness Clubs can enter multiple teams in the FC Cup division, but the RC Cup division only allows one entry from a running club.

👥 Team Requirements

• 3-4 Person COED Division: The team must have one female if three people and two females if four people.
• New for 2025: The 5-6 person COED division must have a minimum of two females if five people and three females if six people.
• Team Classification: Running clubs can enter teams in the OPEN division but only one competes in the RC Cup division.
• Unique Structure: Both divisions require a balanced gender representation to promote inclusivity.

🎉 Event Highlights

• Start Time: What makes The Dream unique is the start time (10 AM).
• Location: The event is held outside of the historic Hinkle Fieldhouse on Butler University's campus.
• Post-Race Party: Features a beer garden, music, and complimentary food!
• Celebration: Closing ceremonies and festivities promote a fun atmosphere to celebrate the day.

For more information and to register, visit the event page: 8-Hour Dream Endurance Race & Cat Nap 5K.