Nebraska State Fair Marathon
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Event Details
The Grand Island YMCA, partnering with the Nebraska State Fair to Strengthen Community. Join us for the Nebraska State Fair Marathon, Half-Marathon, Relay Marathon, 5K and 1-Mile Kid’s Run. Experience the fastest, flattest course in the country. The course begins at the Nebraska State Fair and takes you along tree-lined streets, along the Hike & Bike Trail, around Stuhr Museum and ends on the State Fair Grounds.
Marathon, Half Marathon, Relay Marathon, 5K, 1 Mile Kids Run
START TIMES
MARATHON, 1/2 MARATHON, MARATHON RELAY
Check-in 5:00 - 6:00 am Races begin 6:30 am
5K, 1 MILE KIDS RUN
Check-in 5:00 - 7:00 am Race begins 7:20 am
Nebraska State Fair Marathon
Phone : 308-395-9622 (Always call and confirm events.)
Email Address : fitness@giymca.org
Web: www.statefairmarathon.org/welcome.html
Marathons
Attractions and Upcoming Events
Soldiers Memorial
Located on the South lawn of the Courthouse the memorial reads, "IN MEMORY OF THE DEFENDERS OF OUR COUNTRY, 1861-1865 and the Spanish American War, 1898-1900"
Erected by the city of Grand Island, 1913
Grand Island, NE MemorialsTrinity Evangelical Lutheran Church
Evangelische Lutherische Dreinenigkeit Kirche - National Register of Historic Places
Plans for the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church were adopted in 1890, but construction did not begin until 1894
Grand Island, NE Historic ChurchesAndrew M. Hargis House
National Register of Historic Places.
Built in 1898, the Andrew M. Hargis House is a fine example of the Queen Anne style and also incorporates Neo-Classical Revival detailing in its design. Hargis founded the Grand Island Business and Normal College in 1885
Grand Island, NE NATIONAL REGISTERHotel Yancey (Yancey Motor Hotel)
National Register of Historic Places
Named for its proprietor, William L. Yancey, the hotel was begun in April of 1917
Grand Island, NE NATIONAL REGISTERSt. Mary's Cathedral
Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary - National Register of Historic Places
St. Mary's Cathedral is one of the finest Late Gothic Revival churches in the state, constructed in 1926-28
Grand Island, NE Historic Churches