Need a little exercise during the conference? Strap on your running/walking shoes for the 2025 Clean Lakes Classic 5K Run/Walk! The 5K will likely take place during lunch on Thursday, November 6th (subject to change). Entry fee is $30 and includes a t-shirt (if registered in advance). Onsite registration is allowed, but we cannot guarantee a run shirt.
The Clean Lakes Classic at the 2025 International Symposium will take place along the iconic Myrtle Beach Boardwalk, with some brief running on the beach itself. This course will be a fun event for both runners and walkers alike!
Register for the 5K with your conference registration Register for the 5K separate from your conference registrationAttention Student Members!
Student members of NALMS who participate in the Clean Lakes Classic are automatically eligible to receive $500 for use toward their education thanks to the Kenneth H. Reckhow Scholarship Fund. See below for full details:
Kenneth H. Reckhow Scholarship Fund
Established through the generosity and kindness of Life Member, Dr. Kenneth Reckhow, the Kenneth H. Reckhow Scholarship Fund provides financial support to graduate students to use toward their education.
With a unique tie-in to a NALMS tradition and Dr. Reckhow’s personal history with the Society, the scholarship winners will be directly linked with an event that occurs each year at the NALMS annual symposium. Beginning with the 2021 Clean Lakes Classic 5K Run/Walk, one female and one male graduate student participant in the event will be randomly selected to receive $500 for use toward their education.
“Along with NALMS members, Denny Cooke and Gene Welch, I was part of the pre-NALMS conferences in Madison, Minneapolis, and East Lansing, leading to the 1980 meeting in Portland. Steve Chapra and I established the first shortcourse for NALMS; and of course, there is the Clean Lakes Classic. NALMS helped me grow as a scientist. These are just a few of the great memories that I have, which makes me want to give back to NALMS through this scholarship fund.” – Dr. Kenneth Reckhow
Eligibility
- Students must register for the Clean Lakes Classic 5K Run/Walk.
- Entrants must be enrolled in a lake management-related graduate program.
- Entrants must be a current member of NALMS.