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Join Us on April 25 & 26, 2025!
Celebrating our 13th year...Rivertown Races has become a popular family-friendly 1/2 Marathon, 10k, & 5k, with a kids event the evening before. Any of the distances are great for first-timer runners to elites. These events start and finish at the beautiful Meadows of Millennium Park, the largest urban park in the area, located in Walker, MI, southwest of Grand Rapids. Runners will travel over roads, paved trails, and bridges while enjoying the rolling terrain, wetlands, and lakes that encompass this unique location. Food and beverages, music, and family fun will be available throughout the event.
This year we are excited to announce that the Rivertown Races will be presented by our friends at Striders!
"Striders is excited to partner with this premier local spring race, and support the important mission of Bridge Street Ministries (owner and beneficiary) as they work to equip and empower local youth to be future leaders of restoration and hope." -Jeff Jauch, owner
2024 Participant Guide (Stay Tuned for 2025)
Click the file below to access all of the "need to know" race day info, which was created for 2024. We will update this guide for 2025 as we get closer to race day, but this will give you an idea of what to expect this year. If you still have a question, email us at info@rivertownraces.com.
For your GPS, use 1400 Maynard Ave SW, Grand Rapids, MI 49534 to get to the Meadows at Millenium Park.
Click the icon below to download the attached PDF.
Registration / Packet Pick Up
REGISTRATION & DEADLINES
Packet pick up:
April 25 - Friday: Striders - Grandville, MI - 3 PM - 6 PM (ONLY for the 5k, 10k & half marathon)
April 25 - Friday for Rivertown Kids: Millennium Park - 5 PM - 5:45 PM (no 5k, 10k, or half marathon)
April 26 - Saturday: Millennium Park - Race Day 6:00 AM - 7:15 AM
April 26 - Saturday, MIllennium Park - Half Marathon Starts - 7:55 AM
April 26 - Saturday, MIllennium Park - Half Marathon Starts - 8:15 AM
Rivertown Kids 1 Mile Fun Run
We are excited to introduce the Rivertown Kids Fun Run! This fun run will be an untimed, competitive run designed to give kids a positive experience and introduction to the sport of running.
Kids will get to experience the feel of the start line, the sense of accomplishment after completing a significant effort, and the thrill of the finish line...all this without the added pressure of performance.
Don’t get us wrong, we love to win and love to see people push themselves. This just is not that type of event.
Each participant will get a shirt, a medal, and a bib.
Parents or older siblings are welcome to run with the kids.
When: Friday, April 25, 6 PM
Age: 10 and under
Cost: $15
2024 COURSE MAPS (stay tuned for 2025)
Click the map for more detailed information.
5K:
Aid Station #1: 1.25 Miles + U of M Health -West Sports Medicine Station
Aid Station #2: (not on map) 2.75 Miles + Porta John
10K:
Aid Station #1: 1.25 Miles + U of M Health -West Sports Medicine Station
Aid Station #2: 2.75 Miles & just before Mile 6 + Porta John
Aid Station #3: 3.5 Miles & 5.5 Miles
Half Marathon:
Aid Station #1 – Half marathon mile 2 & 4.75 + U of M Health -West Sports Medicine Station
Aid Station #2 – Half marathon mile 3.4 (Johnson Park, near scenic drive)
Aid Station #3 – All races, roundabout at Millennium Park Porto John - @ dead end at Veteran’s Memorial (mile 6.25)
Aid Station #4 – mile 7 + 12 Pedestrian Bridge + U of M Health -West Sports Medicine Station
Aid Station #5 – mile 9.15, Wealth, near Garfield
Aid Station #6 – mile 11.1 + mile 12.85
START / FINISH - aid + UofM West medical station
Charity
CHARITY - About Bridge Street Ministries
Bridge Street Ministries is a youth-focused Christian Community Development organization located in the heart of Grand Rapids West Side. 100% of registration donations will go to help complete a new youth center building project that the ministry is currently working on.
To find out more about our ministry, visit bsmgr.org/
Race Website
Additional race information can be found at http://www.rivertownraces.com/.
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Place
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The Meadows at Millennium Park
