Atchison - Amelia Earhart Fun Run/Walk
The Amelia Earhart Fun Run/Walk is a community race in Atchison, Kansas, the town where Amelia Earhart was born. The event is built as a fun run and walk, so the point is local participation rather than a runners-only competition. The name connects the race directly to Atchison’s best-known native: Earhart was an American aviation pioneer, the first female passenger to cross the Atlantic by airplane, and the first woman to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic. She received the Distinguished Flying Cross, helped found the Ninety-Nines for female pilots, and later disappeared over the Pacific while trying to fly around the world.