On May 17-18 runners gathered for the Joplin Memorial Run to remember the lives lost during the tragic tornado of 2011. It kicked off on Friday with the running expo, with a 1 mile fun run and walk of silence in the evening. Saturday morning the runners gathered at Memorial Hall for the big event, running through the city for 3 distance options of a 5k, 10k, or the half marathon.

Photos for this race have been paid for and participants are granted permission to make any and all prints and to post online as wanted for personal use only. Editing/Photoshoping of photographs are not permitted without photographer's authorization. This authorization pertains to and only to the images that begin with the numbers: JMR Megan 0847