Nebraska fun runs
18 seasonal, themed and one-of-a-kind fun runs in Nebraska.
Holiday and seasonal: 7 · Novelty course: 4 · Color, glow and night: 2 · Food and drink: 2 · Quirky format: 2 · Animals: 1
- Color, glow and night The Bones Run 5K A Halloween-season night run on an unlit out-and-back course around Standing Bear Lake, with costume awards.
- Food and drink Beer & Bagel Nebraska Off-Road Run The 30-plus-year Nebraska original of the Beer & Bagel series: rugged off-road loops followed by unlimited beer, bagels and chili.
- Holiday and seasonal Hot Cider Hustle – Omaha Omaha’s stop on a Midwest fall race series built around hot apple cider at the finish and cold-weather fleece swag.
- Quirky format Staplehurst Volunteer Fire Department 5K Beer Costume Run A Halloween-morning 5K where costumed runners drink a beer at the start, at the turnaround and before the finish.
- Novelty course Omaha Turkey Trot 5K A Thanksgiving 5K starting and finishing at Charles Schwab Field, home of the College World Series, with donuts for every finisher.
- Holiday and seasonal Jingle Bell Run – Nebraska Papillion’s stop on the Arthritis Foundation’s national holiday run, where teams turn out in festive costumes and jingle bells to raise money for arthritis research.
- Holiday and seasonal Santa Run A mass Santa-suit fun run where the first 200 adults get a Santa suit and tackle obstacles set by 'North Pole elves.'
- Holiday and seasonal Holiday Hustle 5K A late-afternoon Santa-and-elf costume 5K at Prairie Queen Lake that ends with a brewery party.
- Quirky format Leprechaun Chase 10K A St. Patrick's chase race where women start 5½ minutes ahead of the men, and whoever crosses first wins the Green Jacket.
- Novelty course Summit to Summit Run/Walk A 7.2-mile out-and-back that climbs Saddle Rock Trail and Summit Road to the top of Scotts Bluff National Monument.
- Food and drink Kool-Aid Days 5K Fun Run A lakeside 5K that kicks off Sunday of Kool-Aid Days in Hastings, the town where the drink was invented.
- Holiday and seasonal AppleJack Fun Run & Walk The run that opens Nebraska City's AppleJack apple-harvest festival, on a course mixing brick streets, gravel and rough terrain.
- Holiday and seasonal Arbor Day Fun Run An Arbor Day 5K through the woods of Arbor Day Farm in Nebraska City, the town where J. Sterling Morton founded the holiday.
- Novelty course Captain Fleming's Gator Fun Run A 5K inside Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo commemorating the day in the 1920s when the city's firehouse-wintered alligators escaped and chased the firefighters out.
- Color, glow and night Cops vs Cancer: Lights & Sirens GLOW Run/Walk A twilight glow run at Lake Cunningham with a foam party, live band and police K9, SWAT and helicopter displays.
- Animals Crane Trust Bison Stampede 5K A prairie-trail 5K along the Platte River on Crane Trust land that funds the trust's bison herd.
- Novelty course Monument Marathon A marathon, half and 5K that circle Scotts Bluff National Monument on Oregon Trail routes and trails opened to the public only on race day.
- Holiday and seasonal Shamrock Run Omaha's decade-old St. Patrick's 5K on the Keystone Trail that finishes with a party at an Aksarben Village taphouse.