Grief Challenge Run

08/27/2026

THANK YOU to our amazing sponsor, Otter Tail Power Company! 💙 Your support helped make the 2026 Grief Challenge Run possible and means so much to everyone involved. 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

08/18/2026

A huge THANK YOU to all of our incredible race sponsors! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️❤️ Your generosity and support help make this event possible and allow us to bring our community together for such a meaningful day. We are so grateful for each and every one of you! 🙌
We can't wait for 2027!

08/12/2026

A couple pictures from Saturday! Wow, what a beautiful morning.🌾🌅
🔗Click the link below to see more photos!
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1U9PXLzvDph6jMtruinswMJYu0Xm0do8S?usp=sharing

08/11/2026

Saturday was such a beautiful morning to remember, honor, and celebrate the lives of those who are no longer with us. ❤️

Thank you to everyone who participated to make this morning so special. 🕊️

📸 View photos from the race here:

08/08/2026

Today, we ran for our loved ones 💛

Thank you to every single person who showed up this morning, whether you ran, walked, volunteered, ran in-spirit, or just stood on the sidelines cheering. You turned grief into something we could hold together, and that’s no small thing.

This run has always been about more than the miles. It’s about community showing up for each other, remembering who we’ve lost, and building something good out of it. Today you did that, and we felt it.

Full results are up if you want to see how the morning went: https://www.webscorer.com/race?raceid=442859

Thank you for making today so meaningful. We can’t wait to do it again next year, follow along here for the date and everything else Skate4Grant has coming up. 🛹

08/07/2026

🌾 1 day away! We'll see you tomorrow, Saturday, August 8th, at Seven Sisters Prairie for the Grief Challenge Run. Registration for photo tributes has closed, but there's still time to register and join us in-person or in-spirit. You can still add a sticker with the name of your loved one to your bib!
Register: https://runsignup.com/Race/MN/Ashby/SkateGrantSGriefChallengeRun

08/07/2026

Our story made the Fergus Falls Daily Journal. 🖤

Skate4Grant and the Grief Challenge Run were born out of losing Grant, and it means everything to have his story, and this community’s effort to build something lasting in his memory, told with such care.

https://www.fergusfallsjournal.com/lifestyle/skating-through-grief

There’s still time to join the Grief Challenge Run on August 8 at Seven Sisters Prairie. Run it, walk it, or donate at https://runsignup.com/Race/MN/Ashby/SkateGrantSGriefChallengeRun

Ashby family honors son by building a skatepark in his memory through Grief Challenge Run fundraiser.

08/06/2026

🌾 There's still time to register for the Grief Challenge Run! While the deadline to include a photo along the route has passed, you can still register to join us on Saturday, August 8th at Seven Sisters Prairie — and there's still time to have your loved one's name on your bib. Come run, walk, or simply be part of a community that shows up for each other.
Register: https://runsignup.com/Race/MN/Ashby/SkateGrantSGriefChallengeRun

08/05/2026

🌾 Last chance! Register by the end of today to make sure your loved one's photo is included along the Grief Challenge Run route. We wish we could make exceptions, but the printing and setup timeline means this is our hard cutoff. Don't miss the chance to carry their memory with you!
Register: https://runsignup.com/Race/MN/Ashby/SkateGrantSGriefChallengeRun

08/04/2026

Last call for tributes 🌾 If you want to see your loved one's photo along the route this year, August 5th is the deadline to register. After that, we won't have time to include new submissions; but we'd still love to have you out there with us.

Register: https://runsignup.com/Race/MN/Ashby/SkateGrantSGriefChallengeRun