More than 2,500 runners and walkers cross the finish line each year in all races combined at the Springfield, Mo., race formerly known as the Maynard Cohick Half Marathon, which is now part of the Bass Pro Shops Outdoor Fitness Festival, which also includes a full marathon for individual runners, a marathon relay and a 5K race.
The oldest running event of its kind in the Springfield, Missouri area, the race for the half follows a fast, flat course through portions of the local trail system known as the Ozark Greenways, a unique set of natural paths that offer safe, scenic running for the race events.
