Back Your Badge Marathon

Back Your Badge Marathon : Plainfield, IN (September 19-20, 2026)

Back Your Badge Marathon is a multi-day event held at the Richard A. Carlucci Recreation & Aquatic Center in Plainfield, Indiana. The event is sponsored by the Town of Plainfield to honor and support public safety agencies: police, fire, and communications. This is the 4th annual edition. Proceeds support Public Safety Beneficent Programs, Local Youth Assistance Programs, and the Back Your Badge Paramedic Scholarship Fund.

Distances

• Marathon
• Half Marathon
• 5k
• Kids Fun Run

Course and event features

The main course is USA Track & Field certified and incorporates historic US 40, the Plainfield Parks Trail System, roads, paved trails, and parks. Participants choose an agency to represent; each completed mile adds to that agency’s total and the agency with the most combined miles receives a traveling trophy. The marathon is listed as a Boston-qualifying certified course and includes 16 aid stations, overall cash and age group awards, a 7 hour cutoff, and a finish-area Victory Party and beer garden. The half marathon is certified, has 7 aid stations, overall cash and age group awards, a 4 hour cutoff, and uses roads and paved trails. The 5k includes 2 aid stations, age group awards, a 2 hour cutoff, and is described as family and stroller friendly. The Kids Fun Run on September 19 is free, for ages 0-11, offers 1/2 mile and 1 mile options, runs on Historic US 40, and awards a finisher medal. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.

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