LTC Spring Forward

Run into spring! Whether you’re working toward your first 5K or training for the Lincoln Marathon or Half Marathon, Spring Forward is your first checkpoint race of the year. Test your endurance, check in on your goals, and enjoy a course designed by local runners for every pace and starting point. Choose your distance: 10 Mile, 5K or 1 Mile. All races start and finish in historic Antelope Park. 10 Mile A mostly flat course with a few rolling hills and a scenic payoff. Starting at Antelope Park, you’ll follow Normal Boulevard southeast before dipping into the neighborhoods along Myrtle, 56th, and Calvert streets. Here the rolling hills add a little challenge and a change of rhythm before you join the Rock Island Trail, where the course levels out and the scenery shifts. Sheltered by trees, you’ll follow this scenic paved trail south to the turnaround at Old Cheney, then enjoy a gentle downhill glide, all the way back through Antelope Park to the finish line. 5K A flat course with a fast feel and plenty to enjoy along the way. You’ll start alongside the 10-milers, heading southeast on Normal Boulevard before splitting off at South Cotner Boulevard onto the Billy Wolff Trail. Follow Antelope Creek past Jim Ager Golf Course and the ballfield, catching the scent of pine as you approach Antelope Park. Cross the bridge into the park, wind through its trails, and return to Memorial Drive for the final stretch to the finish near Auld Pavilion. 1 Mile Big race energy for every age. This course is part of the Kids’ Grand Prix running series and open to runners and walkers of all ages. You’ll stay entirely within beautiful Antelope Park, with the same start and finish line as the longer races. Follow Memorial Drive north, then turn right onto Old Trail. Head south past the Nebraska Liberty Bell before returning to Memorial Drive. Then climb the ramp to the Garfield Street bridge for a view above the park. The reward? A downhill burst on the other side for a little extra spring in your steps toward the finish line.