A Unique Race Expo Experience
3 p.m.-8 p.m.
Friday, April 17, 2026
River’s Edge Convention Center
10 4th Ave S, St Cloud, MN 56301
Upgrade your packet pickup experience, and check out the Earth Day Run Health & Fitness Festival in historic downtown St. Cloud, MN! Local, regional and national vendors will be selling, sampling, and showing off the latest products from the world of running and fitness. You’ll find great deals on everything from running shoes to your last-minute nutrition needs as well as hand crafted souvenirs from local artisans.
Local fitness partners will be on site giving festival goers opportunities to enjoy short, fun, and functional fitness challenges! Participate to be entered to win a free gym membership and other great door prizes!
Expo Stage Schedule
The CentraCare Earth Day Run expo stage features a dynamic lineup of short talks, interactive workouts, and community moments across Friday and Saturday. Programming includes expert-led discussions on topics like nutrition, strength training, and running across different life stages, alongside accessible group activities such as metabolic workouts, functional strength circuits, and yoga sessions for all levels. The schedule also supports race participants with pre- and post-race stretching sessions and culminates in celebratory highlights like awards ceremonies and door prizes, creating an engaging mix of education, movement, and community connection throughout the event.
Fitness Challenges
Participate in all 10 Fitness Challenges for your chance to win a FREE 1-year membership from one of 10 health and fitness partners (optional additional workout challenges are provided by our military partners). Winners will be announced during the Awards Ceremony at 7:30 pm. You do not need to be present to win.
Health & Fitness Exhibitors
Visit with over 40 health and fitness vendors and enter for your chance to win several door prizes!
Fitness Partners
- Build & Burn Fitness
- Integration Fitness
- KPower Yoga
- OMNI Training Facility
- Orangetheory Fitness
- Peak Physique
- Rejuv Fitness
- Shanti Yoga Center
- St. Joseph Health and Wellness, LLC
- St. Cloud Area Family YMCA
Military Partners
- Air Force Recruiting
- National Guard
- U.S. Army
- U.S. Marines
- U.S. Navy
Expo Vendors
- Active Central MN
- All Star Nutrition
- Bernick's
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Minnesota
- CentraCare M Physician Orthopedics
- Central MN Mental Health Alliance
- Clear Waters Outfitting
- Club Pilates
- Crunch Fitness
- Demuth Spinal Care & Concussion Center
- DuTri
- EnduRUNce Shop
- Flat Iron Nutrition
- Girl Scouts of America
- Good Life Chiropractic
- Granite Partners
- Great River Children's Museum
- Great River Greening
- Nurture to Play
- Roger Up
- Run Slower
- START Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
- St. Cloud Downtown Alliance
- St. Cloud River Runners
- St. Cloud State University Human Performance Lab
- Stearns County Parks Department
- Steiny’s Rugged Elements LLC
- Waxing The City
Become an Exhibitor
Each year, thousands of runners, family members, and friends visit the Earth Day Run Health & Fitness Festival where expo exhibitors show off, sample, and sell the latest products that support fitness, nutrition, wellbeing, comfort and more. Be a part of the energy!
Interested in getting your name and products in front of thousands of Earth Day Run participants and spectators as part of Central Minnesota’s largest health and Fitness Festival?
Registration is currently full for the 2026 Health & Fitness Festival!
Active Central MN’s mission is to promote wellbeing through community-wide support of healthy, active lives. As a St. Cloud, Minnesota-based nonprofit, we envision a year-round series of fitness experiences: active people enjoying Minnesota’s great outdoors, leading healthy lives, and contributing to a vibrant community. Learn more at activecentralmn.org.
