2025 Lakefair Races

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The Lakefair 3k, 8k & Half

by Jerry Dietrich
with photos by Bruce Fisher

The Silver Strider 3k State Championship was held at the Lakefair 3k for the 2nd year. With the addition of the 10k championships and 5k Championships earlier, some Silver Striders have now collected all three Championship trophies for 2025. The Triple Champions at 3k, 5k and 10k are, Judy Fisher, Michael Magnussen and Ed Heckard.

We had 3 triple Champions for 2025

Judy Fisher xMike Magnussen xxEd Heckard

The Olympia Lakefair Races are part of a weekend-long running festival that features a Half Marathon, 8K and 3K, taking runners on routes that will circle around the town of Olympia and beyond into Tumwater and Thurston Counties.

All three races started and finished on 5th Avenue in front of Heritage Park.  The 3K and 8K events circled Capitol Lake, with the 8K continuing into Tumwater Historical Park before returning. Both are flat and fast courses. 
The Half Marathon went along the Woodland Trial and Chehalis Western Trail biking paths. The course continued on rural streets and a short trail through Priest Point Park before heading back to the finish line at Heritage Park.

Once runners completed the course, they enjoyed a well attended awards ceremony which featured presentation of the Silver Strider Championship trophies.

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Here are the results in photos by Bruce Fisher

The first male Silver Strider to finish the 3k was Michael Magnussen in a time of 11:11. The first female Silver Strider to finish the 3k was Kimmer Muenz in 14:25.

The first Male Silver Strider to finish the 8k was Brian Taylor in a time of 32:27. The first female Silver Strider to finish the 8k was April Potts in 37:14.

The first Male Silver Strider to finish the Half Marathon was Richard Brown in a time of 1:30:39. The first female Silver Strider to finish the Half Marathon was Amanda Hoskins in 1:46:14.

Post race lunch at the Mayan restaurant in Lacy (photo courtesy Steve Husko)