Show Me Your Free State Ultra

The Show Me Your Free State Marathon & Ultra is a single event offering 100-mile, 50-mile, 50-kilometer, marathon (26.2-mile), and half marathon (13.1-mile) distances. All races begin and end at Rosecrans Memorial Airport in St. Joseph, Missouri.

The name Show Me Your Free State reflects the unique geography of this race. The course starts and finishes in Missouri (the “Show-Me State”), but the majority of the route is located in Kansas (the “Free State”). The Missouri River famously changed course after the 1951 flood, leaving a section of Missouri to the west of the river. The 25-mile loop course crosses this historic region — following the riverbank, traversing the Gladden Bottoms, brushing against the Loess Hills, and returning to Rosecrans Airport for the finish.

The course consists of a 25-mile loop beginning and ending near the entrance of Rosecrans Memorial Airport.

• Elevation gain: ~138 feet per loop
• Surface: ~10 miles paved roads; remainder gravel roads or crushed limestone levee trail