Race Beyond Limits is honored to continue the tradition of the Bird family and serve as the new hosts of the 18th Annual Veterans Marathon, a superb event honoring our nation’s Veterans. Located in the heart of northeast Indiana, Columbia City is a small-town community with true Hoosier values. It’s a community rooted in its agricultural heritage, strengthened by its commercial and residential development, and proud of its hometown heroes.
In honor of all of our Veterans this year the Veterans Marathon will be honoring the Army for its 18th running of the race. A portion of the profits from the event will be donated to local Veteran charities. The course will follow the same route it has over the last several years and it remains a Boston Qualifier!
Start time:
8:00 am EST for the Marathon
8:00 am EST for the Half Marathon
*Marathon runners will need to be able to complete the first course by 11:15 am. If they are not back to start the second loop by this time they will be dropped to the half marathon distance as our permits require a portion of the roads to reopen at that time.
End time:
Both the half and full marathon end at 2:00 pm EST.
Marathon ( 2 Loops) USATF Certification #:IN17015TDK.
Half Marathon USATF Certification #:IN17014TDK.
Post-Race:
Post Race festivities will include hot soups and other refreshments for runners and age group awards for the top 2 finishers in each age division.
Nov 14, 2026
Distance — 13.1 Miles
Type — Running
08:00
$50.00
Nov 14, 2026
Distance — 26.2 Miles
Type — Running
08:00
$75.00
These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for November in Columbia City.
Learn more about the host city, Columbia City.
Columbia City is a city in Columbia Township, Whitley County, Indiana, United States. The population was 9,892 at the 2020 Census, up from 8,750 at the 2010 Census, estimated to be 10,064 in 2023. The city is the county seat of Whitley County, and is the largest community therein. It is part of the Fort Wayne MSA.
Read more launchOfficial finishing times from previous editions of Veterans Marathon and Half Marathon.
| Place | Name | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | Deric Laurent | 16:35.13 | |
| 🥈 | Noah Acker | 17:05.9 | |
| 🥉 | Nick Brand | 17:35.22 | |
| 4 | Collin Cahill | 18:20.33 | |
| 5 | Cruz Ramos | 18:26.67 | |
| 6 | Mark Furkis | 18:47.33 | |
| 7 | Sean Connolly | 18:59.21 | |
| 8 | Liz Schloss | 19:20.18 | |
| 9 | Dave Boyer | 19:34.71 | |
| 10 | Justin Ramsay | 20:28.82 | |
| 11 | Lillian Oddou | 20:36.9 | |
| 12 | Mason Gray | 21:09.85 | |
| 13 | Bailie Brown | 21:14.74 | |
| 14 | Victor Banks | 21:39.75 | |
| 15 | Eden Oddou | 21:47.36 | |
| 16 | Kayla Daniels | 21:48.1 | |
| 17 | Ashtin Lee | 21:55.05 | |
| 18 | Kaiden Slater | 21:54.25 | |
| 19 | Lucas Stauffer | 21:54.17 | |
| 20 | Israel Stark | 21:55.81 | |
| 21 | Cade Bechtold | 22:24.42 | |
| 22 | Shannon Planck | 22:45.78 | |
| 23 | Tanner Clark | 22:59.35 | |
| 24 | M. McArdle | 23:10.38 | |
| 25 | Lesley Zook | 23:33.17 | |
| 26 | Anthony Juliano | 23:43.7 | |
| 27 | Adam Pyle | 23:55.21 | |
| 28 | Jaslyn Cook | 24:07.98 | |
| 29 | Jeremy Herrmann | 24:12.32 | |
| 30 | Adam Gaerte | 24:57.08 | |
| 31 | Christina McArdle | 25:18.52 | |
| 32 | Dan Shinneman | 25:18.87 | |
| 33 | Tim Moore | 25:27.01 | |
| 34 | Mason Moore | 25:44.56 | |
| 35 | John McArdle | 25:45.02 | |
| 36 | Danielle Gray | 25:40.85 | |
| 37 | Elizabeth Brown | 25:49.5 | |
| 38 | Scott Anderson | 25:46.62 | |
| 39 | Michael Gaskins | 25:49.57 | |
| 40 | Kristan Smith | 25:43.87 | |
| 41 | Sydney Ruppert | 25:53.92 | |
| 42 | Hanna Monnier | 26:02.48 | |
| 43 | Reggie Cretsinger | 26:03.74 | |
| 44 | Charles Webster | 26:49.68 | |
| 45 | David Walberg | 26:59.15 | |
| 46 | Lily Kissner | 27:05.05 | |
| 47 | Richard Brown | 27:23.91 | |
| 48 | Bob Shods | 27:48.13 | |
| 49 | Sherry Brown | 28:01.32 | |
| 50 | Glenn Tyree | 28:13.83 |
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