Joplin RoadRunners - Run With The Wind
- Date Sat 15th February 2025
- Location Carthage or Sarcoxie, Missouri
- Price $32.80 - $43.40
- Races 2 races
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Event summary
Get ready to lace up your running shoes for the Joplin RoadRunners' exciting Run With The Wind event on Saturday, February 15, 2025! This iconic Missouri road race takes place in Carthage and features a USATF-Certified 25K distance that can be tackled solo or as part of a relay team of three participants. The relay offers a unique twist with varying leg lengths of 8 miles, 2 miles, and 5 miles, making it accessible for runners of all ages and abilities.
What makes this race truly special is its dynamic race direction, determined by the wind on the day before the event. Participants will start either from Sarcoxie High School or Carthage High School, depending on the prevailing winds, adding an element of excitement and strategy to the race. With awards for top finishers, age group categories, and a celebratory finish line ceremony complete with free race pictures and refreshments, this event promises a fun-filled day for everyone involved. Don't miss out on the chance to join the community in this spirited celebration of running—register before February 8 to guarantee your event shirt!
What makes this race truly special is its dynamic race direction, determined by the wind on the day before the event. Participants will start either from Sarcoxie High School or Carthage High School, depending on the prevailing winds, adding an element of excitement and strategy to the race. With awards for top finishers, age group categories, and a celebratory finish line ceremony complete with free race pictures and refreshments, this event promises a fun-filled day for everyone involved. Don't miss out on the chance to join the community in this spirited celebration of running—register before February 8 to guarantee your event shirt!
Organiser's Description
Missouri's iconic point-to-point road race!!
USATF-Certified 25K race can be ran Solo or in Relay Teams of 3 participants.
To make the race distance accessible to all ages and capabilities, the relay legs are NOT evenly split. There is an 8 mile, a 2 mile and a 5 mile leg. Get a family team together, or a few friends with different capabilities, and create a team (no need to specify this here at online race registration; you can decide that at the start).
TO REGISTER FOR THE TEAM EVENT, you can either create a new team or join an existing team. In either case, on the first registration page, click YES on the option "_Would you like to create or join a relay team_".
If joining an EXISTING team, the next page will ask you to select that team. Your Team Captain will give you the name of the team as well as the password needed to join.
If creating a NEW team, you will be the Team Captain. Select a team name and password and provide this information to the participants you are inviting to join.
Here is why this race is special:
The race direction is decided the day before the race by gauging the wind direction: from Sarcoxie to Carthage if wind is predominantly from the south or east, from Carthage to Sarcoxie if wind is predominantly from the west or the north. Check our decision as well as any last-minute race information on Facebook/JoplinRoadRunners RunWithTheWind event page, or in our email the evening before to the race.
Meet and park at finish line from where we will provide transportation to the starting line.
Driving along with your runners or relay team is allowed and encouraged.
Start/Finish points are
Sarcoxie High School, 101 S. 17th Street, Sarcoxie, MO 64862
CARTHAGE HIGH SCHOOL, 2600 S. RIVER, CARTHAGE, MO 64836
Awards for top male and female as well as to top relay team members.
Top age group awards as well as awards to top in Age-Graded Performance (AGP) ranking, creating a level-playing field for all participants, regardless of gender or age (for details, see https://www.runraceresults.com/AgeGrade.htm). Total number of awards are based on number of race registrations.
Finishers' awards to all participants.
Award ceremony at the finish line high school at 12:30pm.
Free race pictures provided by JV Photography.
Shirts guaranteed if signed up by Feb 8.
Drinks, snacks and port-a-potty available at the two relay points.
Hot soup, drinks and snacks at the finish line.
USATF-Certified 25K race can be ran Solo or in Relay Teams of 3 participants.
To make the race distance accessible to all ages and capabilities, the relay legs are NOT evenly split. There is an 8 mile, a 2 mile and a 5 mile leg. Get a family team together, or a few friends with different capabilities, and create a team (no need to specify this here at online race registration; you can decide that at the start).
TO REGISTER FOR THE TEAM EVENT, you can either create a new team or join an existing team. In either case, on the first registration page, click YES on the option "_Would you like to create or join a relay team_".
If joining an EXISTING team, the next page will ask you to select that team. Your Team Captain will give you the name of the team as well as the password needed to join.
If creating a NEW team, you will be the Team Captain. Select a team name and password and provide this information to the participants you are inviting to join.
Here is why this race is special:
The race direction is decided the day before the race by gauging the wind direction: from Sarcoxie to Carthage if wind is predominantly from the south or east, from Carthage to Sarcoxie if wind is predominantly from the west or the north. Check our decision as well as any last-minute race information on Facebook/JoplinRoadRunners RunWithTheWind event page, or in our email the evening before to the race.
Meet and park at finish line from where we will provide transportation to the starting line.
Driving along with your runners or relay team is allowed and encouraged.
Start/Finish points are
Sarcoxie High School, 101 S. 17th Street, Sarcoxie, MO 64862
CARTHAGE HIGH SCHOOL, 2600 S. RIVER, CARTHAGE, MO 64836
Awards for top male and female as well as to top relay team members.
Top age group awards as well as awards to top in Age-Graded Performance (AGP) ranking, creating a level-playing field for all participants, regardless of gender or age (for details, see https://www.runraceresults.com/AgeGrade.htm). Total number of awards are based on number of race registrations.
Finishers' awards to all participants.
Award ceremony at the finish line high school at 12:30pm.
Free race pictures provided by JV Photography.
Shirts guaranteed if signed up by Feb 8.
Drinks, snacks and port-a-potty available at the two relay points.
Hot soup, drinks and snacks at the finish line.
Races
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Joplin RoadRunners - Run With the Wind 25K - Solo Run
Incl. $3.40 Fee & T-Shirt / Short Sleeve or Hoodie
Sat 15th February 2025 (9:00AM EST)
$43.40
Starting point of the race is either Carthage High School or Sarcoxie High School. Check our Facebook event page the evening before, or your email, for final direction. -
Joplin RoadRunners - Run With the Wind 25K - Relay Team
Incl. $2.80 Fee & T-Shirt / Short Sleeve or Hoodie
Sat 15th February 2025 (9:00AM EST)
$32.80
Starting point of the race is either Carthage High School or Sarcoxie High School. Check our Facebook event page the evening before, or your email, for final direction. Relay event is run among teams of 3 participants. Each participants runs a different distance. One person registers the entire team: register yourself and add other team members as "other participants" to the same registration.
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