| Mid-America Running Association |
| Schedule of Kansas City Local and Regional Races |
| | This race schedule is a service of Mid-America Running Association. | |
| | Send additions, changes, & corrections to Stevan.Ryan@Outlook.com | |
| | New race submissions should include the information shown below. | | |
| | This schedule includes Running Races in KC Metro area and other selected events. | |
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| | Some races have limited field sizes, and may fill up (sell out) early, so if you want to run a particular race, register for it quickly. |
| | Races that have dates highlighted with yellow are tentative. | | |
| | Updated: 16 November 2023 | | |
| Date | Day | Start | Name & Distance | Race Location | Race Site / Registration |
| January 2024 | | | | |
| Jan 1 | | 9:00 AM | Hangover Half Marathon & 10K | 13700 Antioch Ave.
Overland Park, KS | Hangover Half Marathon & 10K |
| Jan 1 | | 9:00 AM | Time Travel Half Marathon | English Landing Park
Parkville, MO | Time Travel Half Marathon |
| Jan 1 | | 9:00 AM | Orienteer Kansas | Riverfront Park
Lawrence, KS | Orienteer Kansas |
| Jan 1 | | | Chilly 5K | 8th and Joplin St.
Joplin, MO |
| Chilly 5K |
| Jan 1 | | 10:30 AM | New Years Fun Run /Walk with Pasta Lunch | 3615 Clafin Rd.
Manhattan, KS | New Years Fun Run /Walk |
| Jan 1 | | | 1st Day
10K, 5K & 1 Mile Run/Walk |  Annenberg Park
Manhattan, KS |
| 1st Day 10K, 5K & 1 Mile Run/Walk |
| Jan 6 | | | WinterRock 25K/12K | Elk City Lake
Independence, MO |
| WinterRock 25K/12K |
| Jan 6 | | | Frozen Ass | Clinton State Park
Lawrence, KS |
| Frozen Ass |
| Jan 7 | | | Travel Time Half Marathon | | Travel Time Half Marathon |
| Jan 13 | Sat | | Running from the Yeti
5K, 10K 13.1M, 26.2M |  5940 NW Waukois Dr.
Kansas City, MO |
| Running from the Yeti |
| Jan 13 | Sat | | Joplin Roadrunners Frosty Trail 5K | | Joplin Roadrunners Frosty Trail 5K |
| Jan 13 | Sun | | Alternate Chili Ten Mile Trail Run | Wyandotte County Lake Park
Kansas City, KS | Alternate Chili Ten Mile Trail Run |
| Jan 13 | Sun | 10:00 AM | New Beginning 5K/10K | Springfield Catholic School
Springfield, MO | New Beginning 5K/10K |
| Jan 20 | Sat | 8:00 AM | Battle of the Bean 5K Run/Walk | 11128 Holmes Road
Kansas City, MO | Battle of the Bean 5K Run/Walk |
| Jan 20 | Sat | | ROC 7K Trail Run |  | ROC 7K Trail Run |
| Jan 20 | Sat | | Orienteering at Blue and Gray Park | Blue and Gray Park
Lone Jack, MO |
| Orienteering at Blue and Gray Park |
| Jan 27 | Sat | 9:00 AM | Jack Frost 5K Run & 1.5 M Walk | 847 S. Holland Ave.
Springfield, MO | Jack Frost 5K Run & 1.5 M Walk |
| Jan 27 | Sat | 9:00 AM | The YETI 5K Obstacle Course | Zip KC
Bonner Springs, KS | The YETI 5K Obstacle Course |
| Jan 27 | | | Travel Time Half Marathon | | Travel Time Half Marathon |
| Jan 27 | | | Runner's Choice 10K/20K Trail Run | 5575 S MO-163
Columbia, MO |
| Runner's Choice 10K/20K Trail Run |
| Jan 27 | Sat | | Fresh Start 5K & 10K | CNH Reman Parking Lot
Springfield, MO |
| Fresh Start 5K & 10K |
| Jan 27 | Sat | | Polar Plunge Kansas City | Longview Lake
Kansas City, MO |
| Polar Plunge Kansas City |
| Jan 27 | Sat |  | Cactus Roulette | Clinton Lake State Park
Lawrence, KS | Cactus Roulette |
| Jan 28 | Sun | 8:00 AM | Groundhog Run | Hunt Midwest Subtropolis
Kansas City, MO | Groundhog Run |
| Jan 28 | Sun | 9:00 AM | Winter Warm Up
5K, 10K & Half Marathon | 8701 McAfee St.
Parkville, MO | Winter Warm Up |
| February 2024 | | | | |
| Feb 3 | Sat | 8:00 AM | Cupid 2 Mile Crawl | Sedgwick County Park
Wichita, KS | Cupid 2 Mile Crawl |
| Feb 3 | Sat | 9:00 AM | Couple Shuffle | TBD
St. Joseph, MO | Couple Shuffle |
| Feb 4 | Sun | | Kickoff 5K Run/Walk | 13400 Briar St.
Leawood, KS |
| Kickoff 5K |
| Feb 4 | Sun | | Couple Shuffle - Springfield | TBD
Springfield, MO | Couple Shuffle - Springfield |
| Feb 10 | Sat | 8:00 AM | Los Lobos 3 or 6 Hour Challenge | Wyandote County Lake Park
Kansas City, KS | Los Lobos 3 or 6 Hour Challenge |
| Feb 10 | Sat | 9:00 AM | Sweetheart Run 5K Run/Walk | 9000 W. 137th St.
Overland Park, KS | Sweetheart Run |
| Feb 10 | Sat | 9:00 AM | Cabin Fever Reliever 5K, 10K, 20K | Rogersville High School
Rogersville, MO | Cabin Fever Reliever |
| Feb 10 | Sat |  | Nut Race 5K | Corporate Plaza Dr.
Columbia, MO |
| Nut Race 5K |
| Feb 10 | Sat | 9:00 AM | BSA Troop 133 Heart Healthy 5K Walk/Run | 2900 Hall St.
Hays, KS | BSA Troop 133 Heart Healthy 5K |
| Feb 10 | Sat | | Cupid Shuffle | Springfield Catholic School
Springfield, MO |
| Cupid Shuffle |
| Feb 10 | Sat | | Runnin' Against Multiple Sclerosis 5K | Tiger Plaza on Rollins St.
Columbia, MO |
| Runnin' Against Multiple Sclerosis 5K |
| Feb 10 | Sat | | Pittsburg Polar Plunge | Crimson Villas
Pittsburg, KS |
| Pittsburg Polar Plunge |
| Feb 10 | Sat | | Polar Plunge - Chillcothe | Simpson, Park
Chillicothe, MO |
| Polar Plunge - Chillcothe |
| Feb 11 | Sun | | Wichita Sweetheart Run 5K & 10K | Sedgwick County Park
Wichita, KS |
| Wichita Sweetheart Run 5K & 10K |
| Feb 11 | Sun | | Lawrence Polar Plunge | HERE Apartments
Lawrence, KS |
| Lawrence Polar Plunge |
| Feb 11 | Sun | | Manhattan Polar Plunge | HERE Apartments
Lawrence, KS |
| Manhattan Polar Plunge |
| Feb 11 | Sun | | 32nd RUN WICHITA Super Bowl 4-Mile | Linwood Park Recreation Center
Wichita, KS |
| 31th RUN WICHITA Super Bowl 4-Mile |
| Feb 17 | Sat | 6:30 AM | Tread Out Cancer: Charity Team Relay | 5829 SW 19th Terrace
Topeka, KS | Tread Out Cancer: Charity Team Relay |
| Feb 17 | Sat | 7:30 AM | Heart of the Ozarks Half Marathon
13.1M, 13.1M Relay & 10K | West Plains, MO | Heart of the Ozarks Half Marathon |
| Feb 17 | Sat | 8:00 AM | Flat Branch 50K | 315 Elm St.
Columbia, MO | Flat Branch 50K |
| Feb 17 | Sat | 9:00 AM | Stonegrinder 7K Trail Run | Capen Park
Columbia, MO | Stonegrinder 7K Trail Run |
| Feb 17 | Sat | | Orienteer Kansas | Lexington Lake
DeSoto, KS |
| Orienteer Kansas |
| Feb 17 | Sat | | 45th Annual Polar Bear Run | Southwest Baptist University
Bolivar, MO |
| 44th Annual Polar Bear Run |
| Feb 17 | Sat | | Ugly Sweater 5K Run | First Baptist Church
Marshfield, MO |
| Ugly Sweater 5K Run |
| Feb 17 | Sat | | Joplin Roadrunners
Run With The Wind | Carthage or Sarcoxie High School
Carthage or Sarcoxie, MO |
| Run With The Wind |
| Feb 17 | Sat | 10:00 AM | Special Olympics KS Polar Strut | Lake Olathe Swim Beach
Olathe, KS | Special Olympics KS Polar Strut |
| Feb 17 | Sat | | Emporia Polar Plunge | | Emporia Polar Plunge |
| Feb 17 | Sat | | Haysville Polar Plunge | | Haysville Polar Plunge |
| Feb 17 | Sat | | Polar Plunge - St. Joseph | | Polar Plunge - St. Joseph |
| Feb 18 | Sun | | Not 4 Wimps 10K/10M/Half Marathon | 321 W. Market St.
Derby, KS |
| Not 4 Wimps 10K/10M/Half Marathon |
| Feb 24 | Sat | 8:00 AM | John Brown Half Marathon | 21400 South Street
Osawatomie, KS | John Brown Half Marathon |
| Feb 24 | Sat | | Pyscho Wyco Run Toto Run | Wyandotte County Lake Park
Kansas City, KS |
| Pyscho Wyco Run Toto Run |
| Feb 24 | Sat | | Running from the Yeti
5K, 10K 13.1M, 26.2M | Rutledge Wilson Farm Park
Springfield, MO |
| Running from the Yeti |
| Feb 24 | Sun | | Couple Shuffle | | Couple Shuffle |
| Feb 24 | Sun | | Wichita State Engineering 5K | 1845 Fairmont
Wichita, KS |
| Wichita State Engineering 5K |
| Feb 24 | Sat | | Jack Frost 5K & 2.5M Walk | O'Reilly Catholic Student Center
Springfield, MO | Jack Frost 5K & 2.5M Walk |
| Feb 24 | Sat | 2:00 PM | Polar Plunge Lake of the Ozarks | Lake of the Ozarks, MO | Polar Plunge Lake of the Ozarks |
| March 2024 | | | | |
| Mar 2 | Sat | | Stilly Half - Half Marathon & 5K | T. Boone Pickens Stadium
Stillwater, OK | Stilly Half - Half Marathon & 5K |
| Mar 2 | Sat | | Cookie Run 5K | Bluhawk Shopping Center
Overland Park, KS |
| Cookie Run 5K |
| Mar 2 | Sat | 8:00 AM | Time to Paddy 5K/10K & Lucky 13.1 | Longview College
Kansas City, MO | Time to Paddy 5K/10K & Lucky 13.1 |
| Mar 2 | Thu | 9:00 AM | Whobilation 5K | 950 Airport Rd.
Osage Beach, MO | Whobilation 5K |
| Mar 2 | Thu | | Shamrock Shuffle 5K & 10K | 401 N. 2nd St.
Lawrence, KS | Shamrock Shuffle |
| Mar 2 | Sat | 9:00 AM | VCHS Band on the Run | Sedgwick County Park
Wichita, KS | VCHS Band on the Run |
| Mar 3 | Sat | | Time to Paddy 5K/10K & Lucky 13.1 | TBD
Joplin, MO | Time to Paddy 5K/10K & Lucky 13.1 |
| Mar 3 | Sun | 8:00 AM | Fight for Air Climb
42 Floor/902 Steps | Children's Mercy Park
Kansas City, KS | Fight for Air Climb |
| Mar 9 | Sat | 7:00 AM | Three Creeks Torrent Trail Runs | Three Creeks Conservation Area
Columbia, MO | Three Creeks Torrent Trail Runs |
| Mar 9 | Sat | | Westport St. Patrick's Day Run
4 Miles |  Westport & Pennsylvania
Kansas City, MO |
| Westport St. Pat's Run |
| Mar 9 | Sat | 12:00 PM | Maize Polar Plunge | Mystic Lakes
Maize, KS | Maize Polar Plunge |
| Mar 9 | Sat | | Topeka Polar Plunge | Crestview Community Center
Topeka, KS |
| Topeka Polar Plunge |
| Mar 9 | Sat | | Polar Plunge Springfield | Ski Shack Cable Park
Springfield, MO | Polar Plunge Springfield |
| Mar 9 | Sun | | Run for Empowerment | 1670-1698 Naismith Dr.
Lawrence, KS |
| Run for Empowerment |
| Mar 10 | Sun | | Little Rock Marathon and Half Marathon | | Little Rock Marathon |
| Mar 10 | Sat | | Time to Paddy 5K/10K & Lucky 13.1 | TBD
Springfield, MO | Time to Paddy 5K/10K & Lucky 13.1 |
| Mar 16 | Sat | | Pi Day River Rotation | | Pi Day River Rotation |
| Mar 16 | Sat | | 5K for Freedom | 100 Rothwell Park Rd.
Moberly, MO |
| 5K for Freedom |
| Mar 16 | Sat | | Luck of the Irish 5K | Downtown
Jefferson City, MO | Luck of the Irish 5K |
| Mar 16 | Sat | | Shamrock Shuffle 24 Hr. Run - 1 M/Hour - 5K | 400 W. 79th St. S
Haysville, KS | Shamrock Shuffle 24 Hr. Run |
| Mar 16 | Sat | | Go Green Leprechaun Run | Dyck Arboretum of the Plains
Hesston, KS |
| Go Green Leprechaun Run |
| Mar 16 | Sat | | Kansas City's Big 12 Run 5K | 12tth Street & Grand Blvd.
Kansas City, KS | Big 12 Run |
| Mar 16 | Sat | | Norty's Shamrock 5K Fun Run | Grand Ave. & 11th Street
St. Joseph, MO |
| Norty's Shamrock 5K Fun Run |
| Mar 16 | Sat | | Polar Plunge Columbia | Bass Pro Shop Lake
Columbia, MO | Polar Plunge Columbia |
| Mar 16 | Sat | | Wichita St. Patrick's Day 5K | | Wichita St. Patrick's Day 5K |
| Mar 16 | Sat | 8:00 AM | Wichita Brewing Co. Relay Marathon | 8815 W. 13th St. N.
Wichita, KS | Wichita Brewing Co. Relay Marathon |
| Mar 16 | Sat | 9:00 AM | Orienteer Kansas | Slough Creek
Perry, KS | Orienteer Kansas |
| Mar 16 | Sat | | Des Moines St. Paddy's
Marathon, Half Marathon, 5K | State Capitol
Des Moines, IA |
| Des Moines St. Paddy's |
| Mar 16 | Sat | 8:00 AM | St. Patrick's 5K | 11565 Ash Street
Leawood, KS | St. Patrick's 5K |
| Mar 16 | Sat | 8:00 AM | 5K for Freedom | 100 Rothwell Park Rd.
Moberly, MO | 5K for Freedom |
| Mar 16 | Sat | | FlutterBye Trail Run Run4Hope Ranch | 1001 SW 14th
Leon, KS | FlutterBye Trail Run |
| Mar 16 | Sat | | Havin' a Crappie Weekend Outdoor Festival
5K & 1M | Stockton State Park Marina
Dadeville, MO |
| Havin' a Crappie Weekend |
| Mar 16 | Sat | | Nixa March Madness 5K | | Nixa March Madness 5K |
| Mar 16 | Sat | | Leprechaun Dash 5K | Blue Jacket Park
Eudora, KS |
| Leprechaun Dash 5K |
| Mar 16 | Sat | | Shamrock Shuffle | Park Central Square
Springfield, MO |
| Shamrocks Shuffle |
| Mar 16 | Sat | | Mater Dei Irish Fest 5K | 630 S. Kansas Ave.
Topeka, KS |
| Mater Dei Irish Fest 5K |
| Mar 16 | Sat | | St. Patrick's Day Road Races
10K, 2 Mile Run & 2 Mile Walk | | St. Patrick's Day Road Races |
| Mar 16 | Sat | | Havin' a Crappie Weekend Outdoor Festival
13.3K, 7.7K & 56,6K Trail Runs | Stockton State Park Marina
Dadeville, MO
Leon, KS | Havin' a Crappie Weekend |
| Mar 16 | Sat | | Wichita St. Patrick's 5K | 1865 W. Museum Blvd.
Wichita, KS |
| Wichita St. Patrick's 5K |
| Mar 17 | Sun | | Time to Paddy 5K/10K & Lucky 13.1 | TBD
St. Joseph, MO | Time to Paddy 5K/10K & Lucky 13.1 |
| Mar 17 | Sun | 12:30 PM | Ad Astra Running IRISH MILE | 835 Massachusetts Ave.
Lawrence, KS | Ad Astra Running IRISH MILE |
| Mar 23 | Sat | 7:00 AM | Prairie Spirit Trail Ultra Races
100 Mile, 50 Mile & 50K | Ottawa, KS | Prairie Trail Ultra Races |
| Mar 23 | Sat | 7:00 AM | Old 210 Classic 50K | Liberty, MO | Old 210 Classic 50K |
| Mar 23 | Sat | 7:30 AM | Bridge and Dam Races | Lake Ozark, MO | Bridge and Dam Races |
| Mar 23 | Sat | | T-TOWN Half Marathon | Tulsa Blue Dome
Tulsa, OK |
| T-TOWN Half Marathon |
| Mar 23 | Sun | | Time to Paddy 5K/10K & Lucky 13.1 |  Sedgwick County Park
Wichita, KS |
| Time to Paddy 5K/10K & Lucky 13.1 |
| Mar 23 | Sat | | Beer & Bagel Run - Arkansas | 10 Carter Circle
Bella Vista, AR |
| Beer & Bagel Run - Arkansas |
| Mar 23 | Sat | | Tallgrass Tribute | Konza Prairie
Manhattan, KS |
| Tallgrass Tribute |
| Mar 23 | Sat | | Liberty Half Marathon | William Jewel Football Field
Liberty, MO |
| Liberty Half Marathon |
| Mar 23 | Sat | | Running of the Squirrels | Marionville Elementary School
Marionville, MO |
| Running of the Squirrels |
| Mar 23 | Sat | | Sock and Undie Rundie | 3825 W. Farm Road 146
Springfield, MO |
| Sock and Undie Rundie |
| Mar 23 | Sat | | Do the Du: Celebrating 3.21 Day | Sedgwick County Park
Wichita, KS |
| Do the Du |
| Mar 23 | Sat | | Kenny Rogers 5K Run & Walk | Kenny Rogers Children Center
Sikeston, MO
Wichita, KS |
| Kenny Rogers 5K Run & Walk |
| Mar 23 | Sat | | Kansas City Comets 5K | 19100 E. Valley View Pkwy
Independence, MO |
| Kansas City Comets 5K |
| Mar 23 | Sat | 10:00 AM | Fresh Start 5K & 10K | CNH Reman Parking Lot
Springfield, MO | Fresh Start 5K & 10K |
| Mar 29 | Fri | | KC Corporate Challenge - Walk | Truman Sports Complex
Kansas City, MO |
| KC Corporate Challenge - Walk |
| Mar 29 | Fri | 6:00 PM | Cougar Run 2022 | 4311 E. Newman Rd.
Joplin, MO | Cougar Run 2022 |
| Mar 29 | Fri | | Queen Bee 1 Mile | BG Product Veterans Complex
El Dorado, KS | Queen Bee 1 Mile |
| Mar 30 | Sat | | TerraVox Wine Run 5K | 193110 NW Farley
Kansas City, MO |
| Hampton Rd. |
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