Event Description
The Great Scrap Run 8k is ScrapFest’s premiere running and walking event! Come for the race on a fast, flat course. Then stay for the festival, featuring a scrap metal sculpture competition and auction. Overall and masters winners will receive trophies made by ScrapFest artists.
Race registration proceeds benefit the Mikey 23 Foundation – a local non-profit empowering young people through education and training in skilled trades.
Registration for the 8k includes:
- race shirt (guaranteed if registered by June 30)
- chip timing
- accurate, fast course on the Lansing River Trail
- water station at two points on the course
- charitable donation to the Mikey 23 Foundation
Kids Fun Run participants receive:
- free entry
- finisher medal
- cheers along the roughly half-mile route
- encouragement
- new memories
Why is ScrapFest so special?
It’s an immersive experience, featuring:
- scrap metal sculpture competition and auction
- Great Scrap Run 8k
- eco-art booth vendors
- family activities
- live music and food
- Refashion Show
Thousands of visitors come every year to witness scrap metal become art, and how art is a gift to the community.