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Amway River Bank Run

Saturday May 10th, 2025
Grand Rapids, MI
Distance: 25k
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The Amway River Bank Run presented by Fifth Third Bank with Spectrum Health the Official Health Partner celebrates over 43 years.

More than 16,000 people are expected to compete in the event which features the largest 25K road race in the country and offers the only 25K Wheelchair racing division in the world along with a 25K Handcycle division. The USA 25 km Open Championships will run concurrently with the 25K event. In addition to the 25K, participants can choose from the 25K Relay, 10K Run, 5K Run, Team Competition, 5K Community Walk and Amway Junior Wednesday, May 6.

Consistently ranked as one of the premier road racing events in the United States, the Amway River Bank Run is the site of the Men’s 25K American and Course record (1:13:47; 2019); Women’s 25K American record (1:24:36; 2012) and former Men’s 25K World record (1998). The 25K has been the site of the USA 25 km Open Championships since 1995.




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Bob Anderson
"This is the largest and best 25k (15.5 miles) race in the country. They offer over $100,000 in prize money too!," says Bob Anderson
Joann Karpowicz
I paced a slower runner last year. Course was great ! Support staff was on point!
Gary Kowalczyk
I love the River bank run 25k in Grand Rapids Michigan. I have done just about every year missed 3 out of 40 some. It is very very cool to see how the race gets better and better every year.
Amway River Bank Run, Race Date: 2024-05-11, Distance: 25k
Division Time Name Age Home
Male 1:13:08 Diego Estrada
2nd Male 1:13:29 Nico Montanez
3rd Male 1:13:42 Biya Simbassa
4th Male 1:14:00 Teshome Mekonen
Female 1:09:10 Betsy Saina
2nd Female 1:09:10 Annie Frisbie
3rd Female 1:09:42 Dakotah Lindwurm
4th Female 1:09:35 Emily Durgin
Division Time Name Age Home
Amway River Bank Run

The largest 25K in the country, the USATF certified loop course starts in downtown Grand Rapids on Monroe Avenue at Lyon Street and heads south, leaving the city to weave through parks and along the Grand River before finishing back downtown.

When Frank Cashman from the Grand Rapids Track Club approached Marty Allen, then Marketing Director for Old Kent Bank, in the mid 1970s about initiating a local road race, Allen was intrigued.

Cashman worked out what he felt was the perfect distance, a 25K that started and finished in downtown Grand Rapids and Allen pledged the funding. In 1978, just over 1,000 runners took to the streets on the second Saturday of May for the first annual Old Kent River Bank Run.

In 2001, Old Kent Bank merged with Fifth Third Bank, and the event was renamed to showcase its new owner. With the transition of race ownership in 2018 to Riverbank Events and Media , a group of leading community partners came together including Amway, Fifth Third Bank and Spectrum Health to insure the race will continue for many years to follow on the second Saturday in May in downtown Grand Rapids.


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Location
Race Name
Prize Money
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7/9/2018*
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11/2/2025
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1/5/2025
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3/2/2025
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12/14/2024
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
3/16/2025
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12/1/2024
Shanghai, China
10/27/2018*
Valencia, Spain
1/20/2025
Mumbai, India
10/20/2018*
New Delhi, India
11/3/2018*
Hangzhou, China
5/4/2025
Prague, CZECH
2/1/2025
Ras Al Khaimah, AE
4/27/2025
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7/5/2025
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4/5/2025
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3/9/2025
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10/19/2025
Toronto, Ontario, CA
5/24/2025
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9/21/2025
Berlin, Germany
3/1/2025
Rome, Italy
4/27/2025
Bengaluru, India
11/3/2018*
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2/9/2025
Hong Kong
1/18/2025
Houston, Texas
9/22/2018*
Hengshui, China
12/10/2018*
Guangzhou, China
6/8/2025
Durban, South Africa
3/16/2025
New Taipei, Taiwan
5/26/2025
Boulder, Colorado
11/3/2018*
Beijing, CN
6/19/2025
Reykjavik, Iceland
10/20/2018*
Atlanta, GA
10/26/2025
Dublin, Ireland
1/17/2025
Doha, Qatar
6/21/2025
Duluth, Minnesota
12/8/2024
Honolulu, Hawaii
10/6/2018*
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
5/10/2025
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3/9/2025
Lisbon, Portugal
2/24/2025
Guadalajara, Mexico
2/23/2025
Sevilla, Spain
3/16/2025
Los Angeles, California
1/26/2025
Marrakech, Morocco
5/4/2025
Spokane, Washington
6/5/2025
Knysna, ZA
8/3/2018*
Cape Elizabeth, Maine
9/14/2025
Copenhagen, Denmark
11/3/2018*
Soweto, ZA
6/23/2018*
Boston, MA
11/2/2025
Porto, Portugal
7/6/2025
Gold Coast, Australia
3/23/2025
Milan, Italy
4/5/2025
Charleston, South Carolina
5/25/2025
Okpekpe, Nigeria
5/24/2025
Ottawa, CAN
7/13/2025
Utica, New York
3/1/2025
Jacksonville, Florida
6/8/2018*
Manhattan, NY
4/21/2025
Boston, MA
10/19/2025
Detroit, Mich
11/28/2024
Manchester, CT
10/26/2025
Venice, Italy
9/21/2025
Manitou Springs, Colo
4/7/2018*
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
11/10/2018*
Boston, Massachusetts
9/8/2018*
Minsk, Belarus
11/10/2018*
Beirut, Lebanon
10/12/2018*
Boston, MA
9/1/2025
New Haven, Connecticut
4/4/2025
Ouarzazate, Morocco
9/15/2018*
Providence, Rhode Island
4/18/2025
Des Moines, Iowa
10/5/2025
Cardiff, Wales
2/23/2025
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9/6/2025
Interlaken, Switzerland
11/10/2018*
Monterey, CA
5/4/2025
Vancouver, Canada
4/6/2025
Carlsbad, California
4/19/2025
New Orleans, Louisiana
8/25/2018*
Larne, Northern Ireland
9/28/2025
London, England
4/6/2025
Berlin, Germany
5/4/2025
Lincoln, NE
4/27/2025
Vancouver, Canada
9/27/2025
Akron, Ohio
5/4/2025
Cardiff, United Kingdom
10/26/2025
Nairobi, KE
5/5/2018*
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
12/2/2024
Kalba Sharjah, UAE
3/16/2025
Lille, France
5/4/2025
Belfast, Ireland
5/18/2025
Manchester, UK
2/25/2018*
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
9/7/2025
Newcastle upon Thyne, U.K.
7/27/2025
Santa Cruz, California
3/2/2025
Atlanta, GA
3/8/2025
Comarca Lagunera, MX
2/22/2025
Tampa, Florida
3/23/2025
Chicago, Illinois
2/16/2025
Austin, Texas
4/23/2025
Daegu, South Korea
1/19/2025
Alicante, Spain
2/2/2025
Miami, Florida
4/26/2025
Champaign, IL
1/19/2025
Naples, Florida
9/7/2025
London, UK
8/24/2018*
Reykjavik, Iceland
5/12/2018*
Cape Town, ZA
11/10/2018*
Schenectady, New York
5/5/2018*
Gaborone, Botsuana
10/5/2025
Channel islands, Jersey
11/1/2025
Manhattan, NY
5/19/2018*
Green Bay, Wisconsin
5/11/2025
Copenhagen, Denmark
1/18/2025
Phoenix, Arizona
7/6/2025
Queensland, Australia.
5/25/2025
Traverse City, MI
9/28/2025
Inverness, United Kingdom
10/5/2025
Chester, United Kingdom
10/12/2025
Schenectady, New York
4/27/2025
Brooklyn, NY
11/9/2018*
Indianapolis, IN
11/10/2018*
Riva Del Garda Italy
10/19/2025
Atlantic City, NJ
5/18/2025
Riga,Lavtia
4/12/2025
Richmond, Virginia
12/8/2024
Negril, Jamaica
5/18/2025
Manchester, UK
10/6/2018*
Long Beach, CA
5/4/2025
Newport Beach, CA
9/29/2018*
Brussels, Belgium
5/31/2025
Fargo, North Dakota
6/29/2025
Missoula, Montana
5/17/2025
Helsinki, Finland
3/22/2025
Mobile, Alabama
5/17/2025
Helsinki, Finland
11/24/2018*
Panama, PA
5/4/2025
Quebec City, Quebec Canada
1/19/2025
Bermuda
2/7/2025
Ein Bokek, Israel
2/16/2025
Verona, Italy
4/26/2025
St. Louis, Missouri
6/2/2018*
Jennings Beach, Fairfield, CT
5/4/2025
Vise, Belgium
10/20/2018*
Bar Harbor, Maine
3/22/2025
Limassol, Cyprus
12/7/2024
New York City, NY
1/26/2025
Seville, Spain
2/9/2025
Encinitas California
9/8/2018*
Bengaluru, India
4/27/2025
Kansas City, Missouri
4/25/2025
Eugene, OR
1/4/2025
Central Park, NY
2/1/2025
Huntsville, Texas
3/21/2025
Jerusalem, Israel
4/13/2025
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6/6/2025
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3/15/2025
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5/5/2025
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12/26/2024
Hamilton, Ontario, CAN
7/13/2025
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10/25/2025
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4/6/2025
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4/28/2018*
Manhattan, NY
4/23/2025
Rockville, MD
10/19/2025
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6/9/2018*
Manitou Springs, CO
11/28/2024
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12/15/2024
Phoenix, Az
5/24/2025
Manhattan, KS
4/12/2025
Fresno, Ca
2/2/2025
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6/21/2025
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2/13/2025
Armagh, Ireland
3/22/2025
Vancouver, Canada
4/5/2025
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6/21/2025
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4/27/2025
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3/8/2025
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5/4/2025
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10/6/2018*
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11/28/2024
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8/16/2025
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8/17/2025
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3/22/2025
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