SELECT YOUR SHIFT(S)
We need your help to make the Wisconsin Lakeside Half Marathon & 5K a safe and enjoyable event. If you can help with this fun, family-friendly event, please choose one of the available volunteer positions below. 

You will earn $10 per hour for each hour you volunteer. The money can be donated to your favorite (noncontroversial) charity, or you can choose to keep it for yourself. If you don't have a nonprofit in mind, we will donate to Run Strong Madison, and they will pay it forward to other local charities on your behalf. You may also choose a free entry to any of our other events.


  • 11:00-3:00
    Set up registration and packet pickup. Hand out race bibs and shirts to participants. 15 years and up.

  • 3:00-7:00
    Set up registration and packet pickup. Hand out race bibs and shirts to participants. 15 years and up.

  • 7:00-9:30
    Set up registration and packet pickup. Hand out race bibs and shirts to participants. 15 years and up.

  • 8:30-10:00
    You will guide the Lead Runners around the Half Marathon (13.1 miles) course. Must have your own bike. 18 and up.

  • 9:00-10:00
    You will guide the Lead Runners around the 5K (3.1 miles) course. Must have your own bike. 18 and up.

  • 8:10-12:10
    A team of four will hand out water & Gatorade at Stone Bridge Park in Monona. This is on Winnequah Rd. Ages 15 and up, or 8 and up if accompanied by a parent. Must be able to stand for extended periods. You can bring a lawn chair for when it is slow.

  • 8:20-11:35
    A team of four will hand out water, snacks & Gatorade along Lakeland Ave in Madison. Ages 15 and up, or 8 and up if accompanied by a parent. Must be able to stand for extended periods. You can bring a lawn chair for when it is slow.

  • 8:00-10:15
    A team of four will hand out water & Gatorade on the bike path along Williamson St. in Madison. This is in front of the Elks Lodge. Ages 15 and up, or 8 and up if accompanied by a parent. Must be able to stand for extended periods. You can bring a lawn chair for when it is slow.

  • 8:30-11:55
    Monitor traffic and point runners in the right direction at the intersection of Greenway Rd & McKenna Rd. Must be 18 or older. You may bring a lawn chair for slow periods, without runners.

  • 10:00-12:00
    Work alongside Monona Police to monitor traffic and point runners in the right direction at the intersection of W Dean Ave & Winnequah Rd. Must be 18 or older. You may bring a lawn chair for slow periods, without runners.

  • 9:00-10:00
    Instruct 5K runners to turn around in the Schluter Beach parking lot at Winnequah Rd & Waterman Way in Monona. Must be 18 or older.

  • 9:00 -10:30
    Instruct Half Marathon runners to turn around on the Capital City Trail in front of the Monona Terrace Convention Center in Madison. Must be 18 or older.

  • 8:45-12:45
    Set up food & beverage tent, hand out medals, water, and snacks. Help injured runners get to the medical tent. Help clean up and put away equipment15 and up.

  • 8:40-11:10
    Assist injured runners at Aid Station #2. Will have 2-way radio and contact with EMT's and Marathon Staff. 21 and up.

  • 9:30-12:30
    Assist injured or ill runners at the Finish Line Medical Tent. 21 and up.

  • 9:00-11:30
    Help with setup, trash, ID checks, serving beer, and listen to the band.

  • 11:30-2:00
    Help with trash, check IDs, serve beer, listen to the band, and help tear down. Must be at least 21.


  • Run Strong Madison will donate to other charities on your behalf.

  • In exchange for volunteering, you can get a free entry into any of our remaining 2025 events or a 2026 event. If you check this box, we will email you after the Rockin Brews Marathon with a coupon code for the event you chose.

  • We will confirm your hours and send you a check for $10 per hour you volunteer (rounded up to the nearest half hour).

  • List the name of the non-profit below and we will donate $10/hour to them for the hours you volunteer.


LIABILITY: I assume all risks associated with volunteering in the Wisconsin Lakeside Half Marathon & 5K, including, but not limited to: falls, contact with other participants, the effects of the weather, traffic, and road conditions, all such risks being known and appreciated by me. Having read this waiver and knowing these facts and in consideration of your accepting my service for myself and anyone entitled to act on my behalf, waive and release the Wisconsin Lakeside Half Marathon & 5K, Madison Events Production, LLC, the City Of Madison, the City of Monona, the County of Dane and all advertisers, sponsors, charity partners, their representatives and successors, from all claims or liabilities of any kind arising out of my participation in this event though that liability may arise out of negligence or carelessness on the part of the persons named in this waiver.

PUBLICITY RELEASE: I grant permission to Madison Events Production, LLC, for the use of my image or likeness in any recording of this event to be used for advertising, marketing, or other legal means of promotion.

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