WEEKEND EVENTS FOR MARCH 15 - 16

Could this be the week of the ultra secretive Barkley Marathons?  (If not this week, then next week will be very likely.)  Keep an eye on Barkley fan Keith Dunn's X page.  

Out of town races:

Jefferson City:

Luck of the Irish Walk Run (5K/10K), Saturday

Rolla:

Best Ever St. Pat's 5K & Beer Run, Saturday

Nixa:

Nixa March Madness 5K, Saturday

Springfield:

Shamrock Shuffle 5K/15K/Beer mile, Saturday

Willard:

Hard Times Trail Run (50K, 20-mile and 10-mile), Saturday

Kansas City:

St. Patrick's 5K Run/Walk, Saturday

St. Louis and vicinity:   

Creve Coeur St. Paddy's Half Marathon & 5K/10K, Creve Coeur Park, Saturday
Chesterfield Shamrock Run 5K/10K, Saturday
St. Patrick's Day Parade Run (5-mile and 3K), Downtown, Saturday

Cape Girardeau:

Howard Aslinger Endurance Event (12/24-hour run), starts Friday night

Blanchard Springs, Arkansas:

3 Days of Syllamo (Ultrasignup) trail races (50K on Friday, 50-mile on Saturday, 20K on Sunday; 94-miler)

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WHOBILATION 5K RUN/WALK (posted March 1st)

Here are the results from Saturday's race:

By finish order
Division winners
Runsignup.com results page

Photos from the race can be found here.

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Sad news: After seven great years, one of our biggest annual Lake-area races, the Rock Island Road Race 5K/10K/15K is now history. Rock Island was the welcome replacement to the Run for the Children Half Marathon and 10K (2013-2018), which was cancelled after its sixth year due to declining participation.

Among many things, Rock Island will be remembered as one of the first in-person races to be held in the state of Missouri in 2020 after nearly all others had been cancelled due to COVID-19. Runners itching to race came to Eldon from all around the state and beyond to participate.

We'll miss Rock Island terribly.  It was so well-organized, and always a fun race to do.  A huge thank-you goes to all involved in putting on the race. 

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BRIDGE AND DAM HALF MARATHON & 5K/10K (posted March 5th)

We're now just weeks aways from the 2025 Bridge and Dam Half Marathon, 10K & 5K (Facebook page).  This is the largest race--and now, in its eleventh year, one of the oldest--in the Lake area. 

The race will It will be held on Saturday, April 12th, in Lake Ozark.  The race starts at 7:30 a.m.

There are a number of improvements and added amenities over previous years' races, so be sure to visit the race's website to learn about them.

If you can't race, please consider volunteering.  It's easy, rewarding, and helps makes this race possible. Sign up by sending an e-mail to heyguys@fundruns.org.

Online registration is available here. Check out who's already registered here.

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CENTRAL OZARKS MEDICAL CENTER'S "PACING FOR PATIENTS 5K COLOR (posted March 5th)

It's been so long (my search through the archives says about 10 years) since we last had a color run in the Lake area that I'm not sure many of our newer runners even know what one is, much less participated in one. For you newbies, basically it's a 5K run where volunteers along the course and at the finish line toss colored corn starch at you, and you end up looking like a human rainbow. (Color runs died out in the mid/late 2010s, taking glow runs, electric runs, mud runs, and similar, faddish runs with them.) 

If you're feeling nostalgic or want to try your first one, a color run is coming to the Lake. The Central Ozarks Medical Center is putting on the Pacing for Patients 5K Color Run on Saturday, April 5th at the Tri-County YMCA in Osage Beach. The run starts at 7:30 a.m.

After the color run, COMC will have a health fair and farmers market from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m.  

For more information or to register for the color run, click here.  For more information about the health fair, visit the event's Facebook page.

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