Back Your Badge Marathon
- Date Sat 20th September 2025 - Sun 21st September 2025
- Location Plainfield, Indiana
- Price Free - $70.25
- Races 4 races
- Distances Half Marathon, 5km, 1 Mile
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Event summary
Get ready for an exciting weekend of community spirit and fitness at the Back Your Badge Marathon, taking place from Saturday, September 20th to Sunday, September 21st, 2025, in the charming town of Plainfield, Hendricks. This premier race event is dedicated to honoring our Public Safety Agencies, including Police, Fire, and Communications, who are committed to the health and wellness of their personnel.
Participants can choose from a variety of race distances, including a 5K, a Half Marathon, and a Full Marathon, all set against a backdrop of some of the most scenic routes Plainfield has to offer. The course features historic US 40, the beautiful Plainfield Parks Trail System, and paths that will take you right by local police and fire stations. Make your miles count by selecting the agency you wish to support—every step you take contributes to their total mileage, with the agency accumulating the most miles earning bragging rights and a traveling trophy! Join us for a weekend of fun, fitness, and community support while also benefiting Public Safety programs, Local Youth Assistance initiatives, and a Paramedic Scholarship program. Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to back your badge and make a difference!
Participants can choose from a variety of race distances, including a 5K, a Half Marathon, and a Full Marathon, all set against a backdrop of some of the most scenic routes Plainfield has to offer. The course features historic US 40, the beautiful Plainfield Parks Trail System, and paths that will take you right by local police and fire stations. Make your miles count by selecting the agency you wish to support—every step you take contributes to their total mileage, with the agency accumulating the most miles earning bragging rights and a traveling trophy! Join us for a weekend of fun, fitness, and community support while also benefiting Public Safety programs, Local Youth Assistance initiatives, and a Paramedic Scholarship program. Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to back your badge and make a difference!
Organiser's Description
Back Your Badge Marathon is a premier race event sponsored by the Town of Plainfield to show support all Public Safety Agencies. Police, Fire, and Communications have all made a commitment to the health and wellness of their personnel. Join us in supporting Public Safety with at the First Annual Back Your Badge Marathon. The race features, 5k, 1/2 Marathon and Full Marathon distances. The course travels a mix of everything the town has to offer. Run historic US 40, Plainfield Parks Trail System, and run by or through your local police station, fire station and communications center. You pick the agency you support, and each mile you run, or walk will be added to their running total. The agency with most total miles will earn the bragging rights and traveling trophy. All proceeds will directly benefit Public Safety Beneficent programs, Local Youth Assistance programs and a Paramedic Scholarship program.
Races
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Marathon
Incl. $5.25 Fee & T-Shirt
Sun 21st September 2025 (7:30AM EDT)
$70.25
OPENS SOONMust be 16+ to register -
Half Marathon
Incl. $4.65 Fee & T-Shirt
Sun 21st September 2025 (7:30AM EDT)
$59.65
OPENS SOONMust be 10+ to register -
5k
Incl. $3.03 Fee & T-Shirt
Sun 21st September 2025 (7:20AM EDT)
$31.03
OPENS SOON -
Kids Fun Run
Incl. T-Shirt
Sat 20th September 2025 (9:00AM EDT)
Free
Choice of 1/2 Mile or 1 Mile untimed Fun Run for kids 11 and younger.
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