The 2021 Health & Fitness Expo will be at the NEW Convention Center in downtown Oklahoma City! With race weekend split over Saturday and Sunday, ALL 5K and Kids Marathon participants must pick up their race packets on Friday at the Oklahoma City Convention Center.

The Memorial Marathon is privileged to partner with some of OKC's the best hotels to ensure your stay is enjoyable. Our hotel partners offer special rates and amenities just for YOU during race weekend. Hotels located in the downtown area are within walking distance to the Start and Finish Lines. Plan to spend the entire weekend in Oklahoma City by participating in the WHY WE RUN Weekend Series, visiting the Memorial Museum, and go to VisitOKC.com to learn about what Oklahoma City has to offer.

We are excited to share the 2021 Marathon Courses we will be running in October! Each course was enhanced to include new parts of our ever-growing city. You can experience the beauty of each community in Oklahoma City, Nichols Hills, and the Village between all five races.

We are excited to reveal our 2021 race shirts for October 2-3! The RUN #1OKC represents us running together as one community on OKC streets in person! Watch this behind-the-scenes story and be sure to sign up so you can receive yours race weekend!

We are excited to have Charlotte Anderson, Kid Governor for Oklahoma, joining us this week! Charlotte is an advocate for children’s health and fitness and has run the Memorial Kids Marathon many times!

Running Hall of Famer Bart Yasso talks about the importance of the #RUNtoREMEMBER with Running Coach Mark Bravo.

Hear from Blayne Arthur on why the #RUNtoREMEMBER is a significant time for the Family Members of those killed in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.

Mark Bravo sits down with Race Director Kari Watkins and talks about the 2021 in person #RUNtoREMEMBER!

The WHY WE RUN Weekend Series, presented by INASMUCH Foundation is a way for you to double the events you participate in and your impact! In the Series, you’ll run the 5K on Saturday and the Marathon or Half Marathon on Sunday. In addition to the event shirt and medal for both races you run, you’ll also get a Why We Run Series medal and shirt!

Please join us for the Memorial Marathon Training Kick-Off Weekend, where we will be hosting 3 FREE events featuring Bart Yasso. Each event will be an opportunity for you to join the running community and start preparing for the October 2nd and 3rd race days.

Bart Yasso gives hydration and training tips for preparing for the October race!

Take a sneak peek walkthrough with Health & Fitness Expo Chairman Kelli Walsh to see where to pick up your packet, grab your t-shirt and remember Why We Run! Thanks to OU Health and Visit OKC for partnering with us to host this year's Expo at the Oklahoma City Convention Center.

Please make sure that your entire team watches the Relay video below before coming to the Expo. It has important details you need to know!

We are rounding the corner and quickly approaching Race Day! Our team has been out helping schools get prepared for the Kids Marathon on Saturday, October 2!

Welcome back to the #RUNtoREMEMBER! For the first time ever, we held races and a Finish Line Festival on TWO DAYS to help create a safer environment for our runners. And for the first time in 2.5 years, we ran TOGETHER in the streets of Oklahoma City! Thank you to all involved for a memorable weekend.

Proper training is essential to running your best Kids Marathon – we are here to help. Log your miles, get fun training tips, and learn more about Why We Run. It's so much fun!

Oklahoma Christian University, Team OC is working on a huge goal – to sign up their biggest running group ever. It will also be the largest the Memorial Marathon has ever had! While health and fitness are stressed on campus, getting people together to build community means just as much – especially for a cause that's near and dear to members of the OC community.

We are less than two weeks away from the #RUNtoREMEMBER and our volunteers are busy preparing to host our runners! THANK YOU to all the volunteers for their hard work.