Best Dam Run 5K, 10K & Half Marathon
Waverly, IA
- Half Marathon, 10K, 5K
- Road (Paved)
- Official race website
The Best Dam Run is presented by the Waverly Exchange Club in conjunction with Waverly Health Center, The Wartburg-Waverly Wellness Center (The W) and Terex. Additional sponsors include the Waverly Pizza Ranch. 5K registration fee includes a T-shirt, Pizza Ranch breakfast pizza, fruit, and juice. 10K registration fee includes a … MORE
Local Historical Weather (Sep 27):
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |
| H (°F) | 84 | 83 | 73 | 65 | 88 |
| L (°F) | 57 | 49 | 59 | 39 | 52 |
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Wow…..scenery & fall leaf color change!
SMALL race & NO crowd support, but scenery and leaf color change make up for it! Only 55 half marathoners & you start after the 5K/10k. Race started at 8 … MORE
SMALL race & NO crowd support, but scenery and leaf color change make up for it! Only 55 half marathoners & you start after the 5K/10k. Race started at 8 am, arrive at 7:45, & park 1 blk or less away! Awesome!!! Most of our races are in big cities so this was a treat!!!
Course was beautiful! Several stretches along the river, the rail trails, the park trails, the train, tunnels, etc. the fall leaf color change was magnificent! Mother nature definitely cooperated this year in that regard! A very humid day, but temperature was decent for us as Southerners (we’re from NM).
You will mostly be running by yourself due to the size of the race. The course was mostly Walmart. There were one or two places towards the end that could have been better marked.
The finisher shirt was longsleeve, hooded, and loved it. Crazy soft! Only complaint and I use that word lightly was they only offered unisex and the smallest size was a small. Female long distance runners can often be very petite and a unisex small well swim on them. A women’s cut and offering extra small would be a huge improvement.
Great race over all! Course was incredible! Loved returning home to Iowa to run a course that 26 yrs ago was “in my backyard”!