YMCA Famous Idaho Potato Marathon & Fun Runs
About this race
YMCA Famous Idaho Potato Marathon & Fun Runs
The Treasure Valley YMCA is proud to bring you the 49th annual YMCA Famous Idaho Potato Marathon and Fun Runs presented by the Idaho Potato Commission. All of our races take place on the flat and scenic Boise Greenbelt. All races start and finish at The Morrison Center
All courses are flat and fast for this fun full, half, 10K & 5K run on the Boise Greenbelt.
Packet Pick Up: Friday, May 15th, 3:00-7:00 pm at the Morrison Center for all distances!
Come pick up your packet and t-shirt, and visit with vendors before race day to ensure you have all the last-minute race day items. Avoid the lines on race day and pick up your packet on Friday.
Day Of Packet Pick Up:
Half & Full Marathon – Sat, May 16, 5-6:30 am
5K & 10K – Sat, May 16, 8:30 am-10:00 am
Start Times:
Marathon – 7 am
Half Marathon – 9 am
10K – 10:00 am
5K – 10:30 am
Pick your distance
Running
Marathon
Half Marathon
10K
5K Spud Run
Typical race-day weather
Based on 5 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Boise, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:19 AM and sets at 9:02 PM local time (MDT) in Boise on May 15, 2027 — 14h 43m of daylight.
Course
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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, 56 Boise events
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