Wichita Clean Water 5K
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Event
The Wichita Clean Water 5K takes place on Saturday, April 11, 2026. Event options include the following distances and formats:
- 5K
- 400-meter junior run
- 100-meter kids dash
- Virtual 5K
Location and course
The start and finish are at 2101 W Sim Park Dr, Wichita, one mile west of the Wichita Art Museum along Museum Blvd/West Sim Park Dr at the workout park. Parking is available at 2101 W. Sim Park Dr or at the Botanica parking lot just east of the start/finish. The route follows the bike path on the north side of the Arkansas River past Cowtown and the Keeper of the Plains to Exploration Place, returns along the bike path south of the Arkansas River, and includes a short jog across the "red bridge" back to the start/finish.
Registration and packet pick-up
Entry fees listed for this edition are $25 for the in-person 5K and for the virtual 5K, and $15 for each youth event. Prices increase after March 15, 2026. Registration for the junior and kids events closes April 9, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. CDT. Packet pick-up is available Friday, April 10, noon to 5 p.m. at Wichita First Church of the Nazarene (1400 E. Kellogg Drive) and on race day at the race information table near the starting line.
Purpose and partners
All registration fees support construction of borehole wells and clean water education in African villages. After eight years the project reports 51 Wichita borehole wells in countries including Malawi, Zimbabwe, Kenya, DR Congo, Benin, and Ivory Coast. The event partners with Nazarene Compassionate Ministries in Africa. In July 2023 team members visited wells in Malawi; participants paid their own travel expenses and no event funds were used for those visits. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.
