Kansas City Corporate Challenge Half Marathon

Started in 1980, the Kansas City Corporate Challenge (KCCC) is an Olympic-type event that allows companies throughout Kansas City to interact with each other through a variety of sporting events. As the first and largest corporate games in the country, KCCC has grown from 18 companies in 1980, to 220 companies and over 33,000 individual participants in 2018. Those involved represent an employee base of over 150,000 Kansas City individuals. Thousands more are spectators and several thousand more act as volunteers to assist with the Games. Altogether, the KCCC Games have more than twice as many competitors as the Olympic Games themselves!

The KCCC Half Marathon will start and finish at The Theatre in the Park at Shawnee Mission Park. Each company may enter two male and two female participants in each of the following age groups: 19-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, and 60+. Each company will also be able to enter one additional participant per gender which will be called a “Wild-Card” participant.

The maximum time allowed for half marathon is three (3) hours. Finishers will not be eligible for places, points (including participation points), or medals after the 3-hour time limit. The KCCC Half Marathon course will reopen to the public after 3.5 hours. There will be aid stations with water approximately every two miles throughout the course.

The philosophy of the KCCC has always been to promote employee fitness and recreation within the Kansas City business community. No other event offers the diversity of sporting opportunities that are provided by the Kansas City Corporate Challenge. We offer something for everyone. Recreational activities such as darts, horseshoes and fishing are represented as well as competitive athletic events such as softball, volleyball, swimming, and running.

Aside from the personal benefits to everyone who is involved in the Games, each year a Kansas City-based charitable organization is chosen to benefit financially from KCCC.