3rd Latino Ultra Nature Adventure

🌲 Event Overview

Our 3rd Latino Ultra Nature Adventure (LUNA) is a culturally relevant and equity-driven new kind of trail running event that powers the physical and mental health that comes from the mix of athletics, awe-inspiring nature, and forest bathing. LUNA promotes human-nature connections and self-realization through running and hiking for communities historically excluded from exclusive outdoor sports.

• Event Date: May 31, 2025
• Location: Meyers Gulch Trailhead, Boulder, CO
• Parking: DO NOT DRIVE HERE - PARKING IS OFF SITE!!
• Website: Sign Up Here

🏞️ Experience Details

AFC+A has teamed up with Colorado's Human Potential Running Series to offer this unique Latino Ultra Nature Experience. Join us for a unique adventure in the mountains of Boulder, CO.

• Distances: 5km, 7 miles, 15 miles, and a Marathon (26 miles).
• Trail Location: Boulder County Open Space trails associated with Walker Ranch and Meyers Gulch.
• Inclusion: LUNA is a nonprofit event intent on bridging inclusion gaps in outdoor recreation.
• Fee Structure: Nominal sign-up fee: youth 16 and under pay no fees but must register.

💡 Health and Wellness Facts

FACTS:

• Urban Living: 75% of the world’s people live in cities.
• Indoor Time: The average urban dweller in the US spends 93% of the time indoors.
• Nature Deficit: Studies show alienation from nature negatively impacts health.
• Green Spaces: People do better physically and emotionally when in green spaces.

🌳 Forest Bathing Insights

Forest bathing is the practice of immersing yourself in nature in a mindful way, using your senses to derive benefits for your physical, mental, emotional, and social health.

• Benefits: Positive impact on health through contact with phytoncides.
• Health Effects: Reduces stress, lowers heart rate, and boosts the immune system.
• Research Findings: 20 to 30 minutes among trees provides multiple health benefits.
• Long-term Exposure: 3 hours a week of nature exposure sustains health benefits for up to a week.

📚 Additional Resources

For more information, visit the following links:

• Forest Bathing Research Spotlight
• Medical empirical research on forest bathing (Shinrin-yoku): a systematic review
• Can forest therapy enhance health and well-being?
• Nature and Neurodevelopment: Differences in Brain Volume by Residential Exposure to Greenness

If you have any questions about this race, visit ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.