The Run With the Fishes returns in 2025! The 45th 'Run with the Fishes' will take place at Lake Sammamish State Park on September 28.
After a couple of years hiatus, we are back with a new location, returning with a 10K in addition to the 5K fun run (and a 1K kids run!), as well as a beer garden and live music for celebrating afterwards! The event will feature not only 5K and 10K fun runs, there will be a beer garden, live music, and more as the runners return from the course, so plan to stick around! For the kids, there's a
10/02/2025
The Run with the Fishes 2025, the "return" event, is in the books! Thank you all for coming out, the day turned out to be just about perfect for a run and for hanging out with friends afterwards! More photos will be coming...
09/30/2025
So happy to partner with Arbor schools and offer this family-friendly event!
09/29/2025
Shout out to Big Block Brewing, who brought the Beer Garden to the Run with the Fishes yesterday! The run was awesome (photos to come) and the "after party" was so much fun as well! Here are The Waybacks entertaining folks as seen from Big Block's Beer Garden, where runners, spectators, and our volunteers hung out in the warm morning (thank you, universe, for such a great day) and re-hydrated!
09/28/2025
09/27/2025
It's TOMORROW (September 28).
are you in?
www.issaquahrunwiththefishes.com
09/26/2025
Issaquah… it’s time to get fishy! 🐠🐟🐡
Get creative and join the fun with a fish costume for our run!
We’re trying to set the record for the MOST fish-themed runners ever. Dress up, get silly, and run for a cause. (If you want easy, just buy one of our fish hats as you register, supplies limited)
This Sunday (Sep 28), the run is at Lake Sammamish State Park
We'll hold a 5k, 10k, and a Kids’ 1K Race.
✨ Bonus:
🎶 Live music | 🍻 Beer Garden | 🍴 Food Trucks
🏃♀️🏃 Let’s make a splash together!
Register today: IssaquahRunWithTheFishes.com
09/25/2025
The Issaquah Rotary Club is proud to announce the return of our signature event: Run With The Fishes THIS Sunday, Sept. 28 at Lake Sammamish State Park.
This year’s event includes:
✅ 5k, 10k, and 1k Kids’ Race
✅ Live music, beer garden & food trucks
✅ A chance to be among the first to enjoy the newly restored creek
Proceeds support vital community programs right here in Issaquah. Join us, bring your family, and celebrate this long-standing tradition with purpose and pride.
Register here: www.IssaquahRunWithTheFishes.com
09/24/2025
🐟🏃♀️ Run With The Fishes is BACK!
Join the Issaquah Rotary Club on Sunday, Sept. 28 at Lake Sammamish State Park for a day of running, music, food trucks, and community fun.
👟 5k | 10k | 1k Kids’ Race
🍻 Beer Garden
🎶 Live Music
🍴 Food Trucks
✨ This year, help us set a record: most runners in fish-themed costumes! (Get creative or grab one of our famous fish hats at the race!)
👉 Register now: www.IssaquahRunWithTheFishes.com
09/23/2025
Bring the kids! Arbor Schools - Montessori Education is sponsoring our 1K kids fun run on Sunday (part of the whole "Run With the Fishes" fun run and celebration) at Lake Sammamish State Park
09/23/2025
Looking for a fun way to get the whole family outside? 🌳👨👩👧👦
Join us THIS SUNDAY at Lake Sammamish State Park for Issaquah Rotary’s Run With The Fishes!
✨ 1k Kids’ Race, 5k & 10k
✨ Food trucks, music, and a beer garden for the grownups
✨ Plus—help us set the record for the most runners in FISH costumes 🐟 (fish hats for sale!) We'll have a laugh and some kind of fun!
👟 Register now:
Run With The Fishes – Annual 5K, 10K & Kids' Fun Run in Beautiful Issaquah, WA Join us as we bring back a cherished Issaquah tradition! The Issaquah Rotary Club’s Run With the Fishes is back—featuring a 5K, 10K, and a 1K Kids’ Fun Run—and we can’t wait to run, cheer, and celebrate with you once again.
09/22/2025
Join us Sunday at Lake Sammamish State Park for our fantastic 5K and 10K fun run, and then stick around to have a refreshment in the beer garden and enjoy the fun tunes from one of our favorite local bands, the Waybacks! They'll keep things lively while you and your friends and family hang out in the park with us!