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  • Relay
  • 120.9 km
  • Omaha
  • Event weekend starts
  • Sold out

Market to Market Relay Nebraska Relay

This race edition

Race date
Date not confirmed for this distance
Race timezone
Timezone not confirmed
Edition status
Status not confirmed

Entry options

2026 edition

Entry options are not yet confirmed for this edition. Check the organiser before making plans.

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Decision summary

Market to Market Relay Nebraska Relay at a glance

Typical conditions
78/100

Historical race-date favourability, not a forecast

Evidence depth
50 verified facts

Stored GPS route

Quick answers

What runners ask first

Market to Market Relay Nebraska route map

raceindex.org has a GPS course file for Market to Market Relay Nebraska, so runners can inspect the route line on the map. Elevation charts and ascent figures appear only when that file includes usable elevation data.

How hilly is the Market to Market Relay Nebraska?

The Market to Market Relay Nebraska is described as rolling.

Where does the Market to Market Relay Nebraska route go?

The Market to Market Relay Nebraska route starts at Seymour Smith Park, 6802 Harrison St, Omaha, NE 68127 and finishes at Haymarket, Polygon Lot, 605 N 8th St, Lincoln, NE 68502, near Memorial Stadium. Underfoot, expect mixture of paved bike trails (Keystone and Papio Trails), paved roads, crushed-limestone trail (MoPac Trail), gravel back roads and highways. It passes Seymour Smith Park, Keystone Trail, Papio Trail, Bellevue and Walnut Creek Lake Recreation Area. finish festival held at the foot of Memorial Stadium in Lincoln's Haymarket.

What should runners know on race day for the Market to Market Relay Nebraska?

Run on open trails, paved roads, gravel roads and highways (not a fully closed-road course). Finish festival held at the foot of Memorial Stadium in Lincoln's Haymarket.

Race character

Scenery

  • Riverside
  • Countryside
  • City
  • Waterfront
  • Forest
  • Lakeside
  • Vineyard

Atmosphere

  • Community
  • Festival
  • Scenic Tour

Terrain

  • Mixed
  • Gravel
  • Trail
  • Road
Elevation character
Rolling
Technicality
Moderate

Entry, logistics and records

Records and field

Field size
Limited to 650 teams; the largest day-long relay in the nation and sells out every year
Field cap
650

Entry requirements

Entry status
Sold out: Sourced entry status says this edition is sold out.
Sold out
Yes
Qualification status
No qualifying time required; entry for new teams is via a drawing (lottery) due to high demand and a 650 Team cap

Race day logistics

Closed roads
Run on open trails, paved roads, gravel roads and highways (not a fully closed-road course)
Race village
No
Medal
Finishers receive a bottle-opener finisher medal
Finisher tee
Every participant receives a premium race shirt

Access and course status

Start
Seymour Smith Park, 6802 Harrison St, Omaha, NE 68127
Finish
Haymarket, Polygon Lot, 605 N 8th St, Lincoln, NE 68502, near Memorial Stadium

Course facts

Course type
Point To Point
Surface
Mixture of paved bike trails (Keystone and Papio Trails), paved roads, crushed Limestone trail (MoPac Trail), gravel back roads and highways
Landmarks
Seymour Smith Park, Keystone Trail, Papio Trail, Bellevue, Walnut Creek Lake Recreation Area, Springfield, Platte River, Lied Bridge, Louisville, MoPac Trail, Eagle, Antelope Valley, Haymarket District, Memorial Stadium, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Notable features
  • Produced by Pink Gorilla Events
  • a portion of entry fees supports the Great Plains Trails Network
  • finish festival held at the foot of Memorial Stadium in Lincoln's Haymarket
  • 19 running stages totaling roughly 75.1 miles, each stage varying from about 2.7 to 5.9 miles (roughly 3 to 5 miles)
  • rolling rural hills including a long steep climb on Stage 3 near Highway 370 and a 'monster hill' on Stage 9
  • crosses the Platte River via the Lied Bridge

What are typical race-day conditions?

  • 13°CTypical temperature
  • 24 kphTypical wind
  • 2 mmTypical rainfall
  • 78Favourability /100
Typical conditions for the race date and locality, warmer than the endurance-optimal window. These are climatological norms, not a forecast, and are shared across every distance at this event.

How we calculated this

Published facts and derived model outputs on this page are tied to stored sources or a published, version-locked methodology. We show the provenance so runners, coaches and organisers can check it. Data on this page is current as of .

Derived numbers use scoring-methodology-v1.0.

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