Experience Kansas City by running the Waddell & Reed Kansas City Marathon presented by Ivy Investments.  The course will start and finish at beautiful Crown Center.  The 26.2 mile course winds through the major neighborhoods, parks and historic districts of KC.  Runners will experience all of the major landmarks including Sprint Center, KCP&L Entertainment District, Liberty Memorial, Westport, the Country Club Plaza, Loose Park, Brookside, 18th & Vine Jazz District and finish at Crown Center.  At the end of the race, enjoy celebrating your accomplishments at the Finish Line Festival.

Garmin Kansas City Marathon

Human Interest Story

Waddell & Reed Financial Inc. has reached an agreement to be the title sponsor of the Kansas City Marathon for five more years, through 2011.

Sponsor Extends Kansas City Marathon Deal

Organizers promise there won’t be repeat of last year’s trouble when race was .4 mile short.

Valdez, the course designer, has made it his responsibility to ensure the event proceeds free of incident — or, at least that kind of incident.

Kansas Marathon Runners Will Go The Distance

Rick Roeber, alias "Barefoot Rick" of Lee's Summit Missouri will be running his 22nd barefoot marathon on October 7 at the Waddell &amp; Reed Kansas City Marathon in Kansas City, Missouri. This will be Roeber's 40th marathon overall. Roeber ran 18 marathons with shoes before he discovered that running sans shoes was better for his knees and allowed him to run with better form, thereby eliminating his propensity to leg and knee injuries. Roeber claims that is how he can run 7 barefoot marathons (marathon = 26.2 miles) already in 2006 with plans to run 4 more before the end of the year. In addition, Roeber finished his first ultra-marathon on 9/11/06 at the Patriots' Run in Olathe Kansas, running barefoot over 40 miles and taking 2nd place Men' Overall in the 9 hour, 11 minute event.

Barefoot Rick to Run 22nd Barefoot Marathon in KC

Kansas City’s premier running event 
returns this fall as the Waddell & Reed Kansas City Marathon brings another 
day of fun, music, and friendly competition, all for a great cause.

Kansas City Marathon is Back in 2006

New Course, Great Spectators, Need more Porta Pots

Marathon Summary

Marathon Results