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Jim Deane Rice Lake Run

Sat July 19, 2025 Maple Grove, MN 55369 US Directions

Events

Rice Lake Run

$10 8:00AM CDT Price increases after December 31, 2024 at 11:59pm CST

Place

8585 Rice Lake Road
Maple Grove, MN US 55369

Description

Register now for the 28th annual Jim Deane Rice Lake Run. Held each year during Maple Grove Days, this annual 3.7 mile race loops around Rice Lake in Maple Grove. With our $10 entry fee (which includes a t-shirt, chip timing, awards and refreshments) this run is one of the best values around! 

Sign up today and help us celebrate several decades of running strong.

Event Details

Who: 

Men, Women, Boys and Girls (Groups are encouraged to coordinate and show their team spirit.)

What Time: 

Registration and Race Packet Pick-up Opens at 6:30 a.m.

Race Starts Promptly at 8 a.m.

Where:             

Start at Freedom Field, 8585 Rice Lake Road, Maple Grove (Behind The Grove Church)

Swag/Awards:             

T-shirts and Refreshments for All Runners.

Medals awarded for age/gender categories. Award ceremony immediately following the race.

Registration Fee:

$10 Early Bird Special (Sign up before December 31, 2024)

$15 Advance Registration (Sign up between January 1 and July 17, 2025)

$20 on Race Day

Online registration closes July 17, 2025. Race is limited to 350 participants. Strollers and dogs are not permitted on the racecourse.

Chip Timing

Wayzata Results

Honoring the Memory of Jim Deane

Whether he was in the classroom, on the track or in the council chamber, Jim Deane had a lifelong passion for building community. A long-time member of the Maple Grove Council, Deane served as the Mayor of Maple Grove, was a member of the Maple Grove Park Board and chaired the Three Rivers Park District.

Jim spent his entire career as a teacher and coach at Osseo High School. He made an impact on the lives of so many, including students, fellow teachers or other coaches. Some of his happiest hours were spent with the cross-country and track teams he coached for nearly 40 years. Under his guidance, his runners claimed many accolades including State Championships and All-State Honors. However, seeing those same students embrace running as a lifelong sport was the true measure of success for Jim.

In 2016, then chair of the Rice Lake Classic Run Mike Anderson renamed this annual event the “Jim Deane Memorial Rice Lake Classic Run.”  A runner himself, Jim was on hand every year to organize the runners, blast the starting gun, cheer on the participants and hand out awards. It is the Maple Grove Community Organization’s privilege to honor Jim Deane by lending his name to this Maple Grove Days tradition.

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