Event Type : 5K

Life Time is encouraging everyone to make a lasting healthy habit by choosing a movement challenge to kick-start 2021. You can sign up for our free virtual 5K run, or choose a 30-day progressive challenge in one or more categories, including walk, run, cycle, and swim. You’ll gain the motivation to kick off your goal and the momentum to make it successful.

(Virtual 5K can be run anytime in January)

Our 10th annual!  Come warm your hearts and soles at the metro’s most beloved Valentine’s Day run!!  The final of our Two Rivers Winter Fitness Series has added the 10K distance for those training up for  the Valley O.NE Marathon and Half Marathon set for April 24th, 2021.  We will be adhering to current Directed Health Measures and protocols.  Should the event go virtual swag packets will be mailed to all registered runners.

Claussen-Leahy Maverick Run Schedule of Events

Day of race

8:30 AM: Kids’ Race (800 Meters)
9:00 AM: Kids’ Activities (inside Baxter Arena)
9:00 AM: Stampede 10K Run
9:05 AM: Claussen 5K Run
9:10 AM: Leahy 5K Walk

Virtual runs

Times must be submitted by 10 am on Saturday, April 24^th 2021.

Cost: $30

Race Day Registration:
10K – $40
5K – $40

Kids 10K 5K – $10

Race Day Registrations are not timed

Stampede 10K and Claussen 5K runs

Starting time for the 10K Run is approximately 9:00 a.m. and 9:05 a.m. for the 5K Run on Saturday, April 24, 2021, at the Baxter Arena, located at 2425 S. 67th Street. Come out and support Omaha Athletics by running either the 10K, 5K events. Both the races will be chipped timed, and winners will be based on the participant’s official race time. Medals will be awarded day of race to top runners in each age category. Each pre-registered participant will receive a t-shirt, timing chip and race bib. Course maps will be sent out to all participants and posted online February 2021.

Strollers are welcome on all courses. If your child will be in a stroller, he or she will not be required to register for the event unless he or she would like a t-shirt.

Virtual Run /Walk

Simply register, complete the distance anytime and anywhere you desire(even a treadmill) and upload your finish time.  You must be registered online for the Virtual run by Monday Sunday, April 5 to receive a t-shirt and race bib via mail prior to the actually run on Saturday, April 24. If registering after April 5 you will receive a t-shirt  and race bib but cannot guarantee you will receive it prior race day. Your virtual run may commence starting Wednesday, April 21 and all times must be submitted by 10 am  CST on Saturday, April 24, 2021.   A link and code will be provided to those running virtually to submit their times the week of the event.  Please feel free to post a photo on the UNO Maverick Run Facebook page at UNOMaverickrun.  We accept result on the honor system, so you can track your distance and times however you like.  The most accurate way to do this is by using a running GPS watch, but there are also several free smartphone apps available for iPhones and Android devises that you may be interested or already have. Times submitted are on a honor system and if you choose to walk virtually you may do so as well.   Set a goal – whatever it may be and go out and accomplish it!   If that means take a break, run some walk some so be it.   Just track your distance and time each day and enter your total time after you have competed the total distance.

Leahy 5K Walk

Starting time is approximately 9:10 a.m. at the Baxter Arena located at 2425 S. 67th Street. Walker route will take you from the Baxter Arena heading west on 67th Street catching the Keystone trail to head south down to Karen Park and return back to the Baxter Arena. The trail will be marked only with a half way maker and then a 5K walk turn-a-round signage. Each pre-registered participant will receive a t-shirt and race bib. Course maps will be sent out to all participants and posted online February 2021.

Strollers are welcome on all courses. If your child will be in a stroller, he or she will not be required to register for the event unless he or she would like a t-shirt.

Kids’ race

Children from 5 to 12 years of age are welcome to participate in the Kids’ Race and Kids’ Zone Activities. Kids’ Race is 800 meters, approximately 1/2 mile at will start approximately 8:30 am. Starting line will be on 67th Street just outside the Baxter Arena with runners running west approximately 1/4 mile towards the UNO new softball and baseball fields and returning back to Baxter Arena. The event will be held in rain or shine at Baxter Arena

Participants that are signed up for the Kids’ Race will automatically be eligible to participate in the Kids’ Zone Activities. Opportunity will be available to register additional kids the day of race at registration booth located outside the Baxter Arena. Activities for the Kid’s Zone will include but not limited to: inflatable obstacle course, batting cage, slam dunk, and a variety of interactive inflatables.

Kids’ Zone Activities

In conjunction with the Kids’ Race, UNO will host a variety of kids’ activities inside the Baxter Arena. The activities will begin at approximately 9 a.m. and run thru 11 a.m. The activities will be hosted by various UNO teams. Kids will have the ability to interact with Maverick student-athletes. Participation is free to those children who have registered for the Kids’ Race. Children who have not pre-registered for the Kids’ Race may do so at the registration table the day of the event, but will not be guaranteed a t-shirt. The event will be held in rain or shine inside the Baxter Arena.
Activities will include (but not limited to): inflatable obstacle course, batting cage, slam dunk, and a variety of interactive inflatables.

****All kids and their parent or guardians will be wrist banded for security purposes for after race activities.
Registration for Kid’s ages 5- 12 years includes: t-shirt, bib and FREE admission to activities inside Baxter Arena.

Event Postponed due to COVID-19

Unfortunately, we have made the decision to postpone our Steps for STEM 5K until Saturday, 29 May 2021. It has been extremely difficult to make this decision, but we need to distance our on-site event from the Coronavirus as much as possible to help ensure everyone’s safety. It is our hope a run in May will not be hindered by constraints and the cloud of the Coronavirus, creating a more enjoyable experience for all participants.

For anyone who is currently registered, you have the option to…
1) Request your entrance fee be refunded, or
2) Stay the course and plan to participate in our run on 29 May 21 at Walnut Creek Park.

If you desire your entrance fee, please send a note to funrun@omaha.afceachapters.org. For everyone else, your registration will automatically be moved to the new date.

If anyone has questions, please send us a note (funrun@omaha.afceachapters.org) and we’ll get back to you at the earliest opportunity.

We highly encourage you to tell family and friends about this worthwhile event. Not only will it be stimulating to experience Walnut Creek Park this time of the morning, but there are physical and mental health benefits that can be achieved from running or walking briskly. You’re investing in yourself while supporting a noteworthy cause.

Our chapter remains committed to improving the STEM posture within the Greater Omaha Metropolitan area.

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The 5^th Greater Omaha Chapter (GOC) of AFCEA Steps for STEM 5K is designed to be an uplifting, family-oriented, community event, benefiting the GOC’s STEM Scholarship and Grant Fund.  Our chapter has about 250 members and serves the Greater Omaha Metropolitan Area to include Offutt Air Force Base and part of Western Iowa.  This race will be timed by Precision Race Results.  For more information, please visit omaha.afceachapters.org/.

Join us, participants and spectators alike, on this promising June morning to take part in this run/walk!  All events will take place at scenic Walnut Creek Park in Papillion Nebraska with both the start and finish lines just off the circle on Gold Coast Road.