K9K Race
About this race
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The K9K is a fun, family-friendly community run held at Riverside Park - created in memory of Officer Andy and the life of service he lived.
Choose the 3K run/walk or the 9K run. Both courses are beautiful, relaxed, and welcoming. Dogs are encouraged to join (on leash), but you don’t need a dog to participate - everyone is welcome.
Proceeds from the K9K help support law enforcement employees and their families, especially during times of hardship, loss, or unexpected need. When you register, you’re doing more than signing up for a race - you’re helping care for the people who care for our communities.
Come enjoy a meaningful morning with great people, great shirts, and a fun post-race celebration.
Run for fun. Bring your dog.
Run to support those who serve.
Pick your distance
Running
3k
The 3k is either a brief run through an awesome park, or a nice walk along the Grand River...your choice. Our runners have been as young as 2 and as old as 92. No matter their age, they all agree that it's a great course for some good causes through Riverside Park. You're pretty lucky if you go with this event because you won't be disappointed.
9k
Seems like an odd distance, which it is, which makes it fun. And simply it fit with the name of our race (K9K). This trail heads north out of Riverside Park, winds around LMCU ballpark and follows itself back. There have been some blazing speeds on this run and some not so blazing. In the end there have been many compliments on the course and we have fun.
Typical race-day weather
Based on 14 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Grand Rapids, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:07 AM and sets at 9:13 PM local time (EDT) in Grand Rapids on May 30, 2026 — 15h 06m of daylight.
Course
No course map published yet.
The organizer hasn't released a route for this event, and we don't publish guesses. If you're the organizer, send us a GPX file and we'll draw the profile.
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2026 results — K9K Race
219 finishers across 2 distances · leading places in the 3k
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C. DEBOER | 12:02 | 6:27 /mi |
| 2 | Matt Williams | 12:04 | 6:28 /mi |
| 3 | A. Buter | 12:49 | 6:52 /mi |
| 4 | I. Rusticus | 12:58 | 6:58 /mi |
| 5 | J. Plattner | 13:23 | 7:11 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
All results by year
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Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.
- Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
- Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
- Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
- Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 85 Grand Rapids events
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