calendar_today 05 May, 2027 – 08 May, 2027
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sell $20.00 – $125.00
The Amway River Bank Run, presented by Fifth Third Bank with Corewell Health as the Official Health Partner, is held every year in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan on the second Saturday of May.
This year, on May 9, 2026, we will be celebrating 49 years and are looking forward to filling the streets of Grand Rapids with the largest 25K road race in the country, which includes the USA 25 km Open Championships, 25K Handcycle, 25K Wheelchair, 10K Run, 5K Run and 5K Community Walk.
In addition to our in-person events, we offer virtual events that give individuals an opportunity to participate by completing the distance of their choice (25K, 10K, 5K, or 5K walk) on the course of their choice and any day that works between May 1 and May 31. Each virtual event offers extended finishing times (unlike the in-person course cutoffs) and having this flexibility makes the Virtual Race a great option for many runners and walkers. Plus, you still receive all the commemorative Amway River Bank Run Race Swag, which includes high-quality race shirts, premium medals and a virtual race bib.
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 Corewell Health, to ensure the race would continue its longstanding tradition of filling the streets of Grand Rapids with runners and walkers, on the second Saturday of May, for years to come. In 2019, with Amway as the title sponsor, the race became known as the Amway River Bank Run, presented by Fifth Third Bank and Corewell Health as the Official Health Partner.
The Amway River Bank Run is proud to be celebrating 49 years in 2026 and we hope to see you at the Start Line!
May 05, 2027
Distance — 1 Miles
Type — Running
17:30
$0.00
May 08, 2027
Distance — 10K
Type — Running
00:00
$45.00
May 08, 2027
Distance — 25K
Type — Running
00:00
$75.00
May 08, 2027
Distance — 5K
Type — Running
00:00
$40.00
May 08, 2027
Distance — 5K
Type — Running
00:00
$25.00
May 08, 2027
Distance — 15K
Type — Running
07:00
$65.00
May 08, 2027
Distance — 30K
Type — Running
07:00
$100.00
May 08, 2027
Distance — 40K
Type — Running
07:00
$125.00
May 08, 2027
Distance — 5K
Type — Running
07:00
$35.00
May 08, 2027
Distance — 10K
Type — Running
07:30
$40.00
May 08, 2027
Distance — 35K
Type — Running
07:30
$105.00
May 08, 2027
Distance — 5K
Type — Running
07:45
$20.00
May 08, 2027
Distance — 25K
Type — Running
08:15
$75.00
May 08, 2027
Distance — 25K
Type — Running
08:16
$75.00
May 08, 2027
Distance — 25K
Type — Running
08:20
$0.00
May 08, 2027
Distance — 25K
Type — Running
08:30
$0.00
May 08, 2027
Distance — 25K
Type — Running
08:30
$75.00
May 08, 2027
Distance — 25K
Type — Running
08:30
$75.00
These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for May in Grand Rapids.
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Watch highlights and course previews from previous years.
Official finishing times from previous editions of Amway River Bank Run.
| Place | Name | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | Mason Villarreal | — | |
| 🥈 | Theodore Fanco | — | |
| 🥉 | Tina Seech | — | |
| 4 | Truett Tiller | — | |
| 5 | Jeffrey TenBrink | — | |
| 6 | Cheryl Platschorre | — | |
| 7 | Kaleb Pleiman | — | |
| 8 | Jeff Dickey | — | |
| 9 | O. Watson | — | |
| 10 | Kathryn Wezeman | — | |
| 11 | Kevyn Kozumplik | — | |
| 12 | Phil Hendrickson | — | |
| 13 | Mark Cooper | — | |
| 14 | MaryJo Bacon | — | |
| 15 | Alaina Reiffer | — | |
| 16 | Jeff Barkel | — | |
| 17 | Bradley Wierenga | — | |
| 18 | B. Fanco | — | |
| 19 | John Reed | — | |
| 20 | Dave Thelen | — | |
| 21 | Joseph Kaupa | — | |
| 22 | Katherine Simaz | — | |
| 23 | Ken Weber | — | |
| 24 | Lane Solomon | — | |
| 25 | Casey Palmer | — | |
| 26 | Kellie Botsford | — | |
| 27 | Deann Hurn | — | |
| 28 | Scott Swartz | — | |
| 29 | Roger Tiller | — | |
| 30 | Shelley Irwin | — | |
| 31 | Joann Karpowicz | — | |
| 32 | Dean Wheater | — | |
| 33 | Blair Sharpe | — | |
| 34 | Anthony Duong | — | |
| 35 | Amanda Villarreal | — | |
| 36 | Diana DeYoung | — | |
| 37 | Casey Wotring | — | |
| 38 | David Galbreath | — | |
| 39 | Nate Weber | — | |
| 40 | James Meek | — | |
| 41 | Shelley Henning | — | |
| 42 | Derek Bannen | — | |
| 43 | Nathaniel McAuliffe | — | |
| 44 | Ryan Bennink | — | |
| 45 | Alicia Friday | — | |
| 46 | Alecia Huyser | — | |
| 47 | T. Villarreal | — | |
| 48 | Jennifer Pennington | — | |
| 49 | Jack Voss | — | |
| 50 | Mark Davis | — |
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