Sponsors/Charity

Please help the Des Moines Marathon in thanking all of our sponsors and charities by using and promoting their products and services and making charitible contributions whenever possible.

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Title Sponsors

Des Moines Marathon, Half Marathon and Marathon Relay Challenge
IMT Insurance
In 1884 the Iowa Mutual Tornado Insurance Company was formed to provide wind and tornado insurance to farmers. As the company grew and expanded into other states the name was changed to IMT Insurance Company. With more than 125 years of proven performance, IMT provides many different forms of protection for home, auto and business.

Sports and Fitness Expo
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield
When it comes to health insurance, you're given a number of reasons to believe there's a difference.  The difference is Blue.  It's no wonder nearly 1.8 million Iowans and South Dakotans have chosen Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield as their health insurance company.  The numbers tell a powerful story of how Blue is making a difference in so many lives.

5K Road Race
Principal Financial Group
The Principal Financial Group® (The Principal®) is a leading global financial company offering businesses, individuals and institutional clients a wide range of financial products and services.The Principal Financial Group range of products and services includes retirement solutions, life and health insurance, wellness programs, and investment and banking products. Headquartered here in Des Moines, they serve more than 15 million customers worldwide.

Speaker Series
Scheels All Sports
Scheels' first All Sports Superstore opened in Grand Forks, North Dakota in 1989. Today, Scheels is a twenty three store operation with stores in 7 states including North Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, Montana, Wisconsin and Nebraska. Providing Scheels' customers with first-class customer service and the world's largest selection of sports, sportswear and footwear are the priorities throughout the organization.

Pasta Dinner
ASICS
Register for the IMT Des Moines Marathon, Half Marathon, 5-Person Marathon Relay Challenge or Principal Financial Group 5K Road Race and receive 20% off a new pair of Mizuno running shoes.  Simply take a copy of your registration confirmation email into Fitness Sports in Des Moines and select Scheels stores across the state of Iowa and save!

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Media Sponsors

Mediacom Communications
Mediacom Communications, the local cable company serving more than 1,500 communities throughout the country, is proud to be a leader in bringing new broadband services to improve the quality of life and drive economic development in America's smaller cities and towns.

Mediacom Communications contributes to the growth and prosperity of all the communities they serve by hiring locally and investing back in the community.  Mediacom employees are active in supporting and volunteering for community initiatives.

Mediacom Connections will feature a half hour program on the IMT Des Moines Marathon that will air initially live on race day.  Be sure to catch it.

ABC 5
ABC 5 is the Des Moines ABC affiliate and was recently acknowledged for having the most accurate weather forecast in Central Iowa.  ABC 5 returns for a third year as the television partner of the IMT Des Moines Marathon.

Watch for race announcements and up to the minute weather forecasts during the week of the IMT Des Moines Marathon on ABC 5.

Capital 106.3
Des Moines' newest radio station is spinning the best of both worlds: the music of multi-platinum artists such as U2, R.E.M., Norah Jones and Coldplay as well featured songs by homegrown Iowa acts.  Music from then and now. 

Capital 106.3 is the radio station partner of the IMT Des Moines Marathon.  Listen for running tips, interviews and race day updates on Capital 106.3.

Greater Des Moines Convention and Visitors Bureau
The Greater Des Moines Convention and Visitors Bureau can provide you with everything you need to plan an exciting weekend getaway in greater Des Moines.  Make sure the planning of your trip to Des Moines starts with the Greater Des Moines Convention and Visitors Bureau.  They can help you find what you are looking for to keep yourself busy before and after the IMT Des Moines Marathon.

Fitness Sports
Fitness Sports is a specialty shoe store.  They carry over 200 models of men's and women's running shoes alone. In-track spikes and racing flats, over 60 models. They stock Nike, Adidas, New Balance, Asics, Mizuno, Saucony and Reebok and are staffed for athletes by athletes.

Fitness Sports is an active member of the running community in  greater Des Moines.  They are a strong supporter of local races, the Living History Farms Cross Country Race and the Capital Striders running club. 

Lint Van Lines
Lint Van Lines offers quality controlled packing, handling, transportation & storage services.  They offer state of the art packing techniques,storage facilities (including climate control availability) and air ride equipment.  Lint Van Lines is a specialist in antiques & fine arts packing and transportation.  Setting the standards for the moving industry, Lint Van Lines offers local, national and international services for your personal needs as well as providing office and commercial transportation and storage services.

For more information and to request free moving information using interactive moving tools on their website, visit Lint Van Lines.

Lint Van Lines is the official moving and portable storage provider for the IMT Des Moines Marathon.

Jethro's BBQ
Jethro's BBQ is the place for BBQ.  They have ribs, pork, beef brisket, whole chickens and turkey smoked daily in their 750 lb. capacity smoker. Yes, they even have smoked chicken wings, which are absolutely tasty.  Jethro's BBQ has an extensive catering menu to provide the best BBQ in town for your large group, check out the catering menu for information.

Jethros' BBQ is located at 3100 Forest Avenue in Des Moines and is your official Drake Neighborhood Sports Bar.  Look for bbq pork sliders at the finish line this year.

Splash Seafood
Splash Seafood Bar & Grill opened in September 1998 in the historic Homestead Building, at the corner of 3rd and Locust, across from the Civic Center in Downtown Des Moines. Bruce and Toni Gerleman have brought a five star restaurant that serves seafood in a fun and exciting atmosphere to their hometown of Des Moines. According to Gerleman, a real estate developer, "I wanted to bring the same quality and attention to detail that we have accomplished in so many of our historic renovations to Splash." 

Don't forget to enjoy great seafood over the lunch hour at the Splash Seafood Oyster Bar.

Mercy Medical Center
The experts at Mercy Medical Center of Des Moines are there when you need them - from emergencies to birthing and health care. 

Mercy Medical Center is Des Moines' longest continually operating hospital, founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1893.  Mercy Medical Center maintains a network of health care facilities in 16 rural communities and 25 family practice and specialty clinics throughout the Des Moines metro area. 

Mercy Medical Center employees are volunteering their time and expertise at the First Aid Stations along the IMT Des Moines Marathon Course and at the Nollen Plaza.

Crystal Clear Bottled Water
Crystal Clear Bottled Water is committed to creating an environment for clean living in your home and office.  Crystal Clear Bottled Water is a locally owned business that has been serving customers across Iowa since 1975. Each day, they provide hundreds of deliveries across central Iowa and throughout the state.

Crystal Clear Bottled Water is the official water sponsor of the IMT Des Moines Marathon.

Roberts Dairy         
For more than 100 years, Roberts Dairy has lived by our promise to provide the best-tasting, highest-quality dairy products available. Our products are power packed with nutrition and linked to healthy weight management. In supporting activities like the IMT Des Moines Marathon, we hope to tip the scale toward good health, which makes our communities better places to live. 

Roberts Dairy is proud to be the official dairy provider of the IMT Des Moines Marathon. Look for them at the finish line where we’ll be handing out delicious and nutritious Roberts Yogurt and To Go Drinks, including Orange Juice, Lemonade and Chocolate Milk – a preferred recovery drink of athletes.

Race To The ULTRA
Michelob ULTRA supports golf, running and cycling events across the country, encouraging adults to "Live life to the ULTRA" by leading active lifestyles.  The "Race To The ULTRA" extravaganza at the Post Race Party offers runners of legal age with ID the opportunity to sample a refreshing, ice cold ULTRA (while supplies last).

A superior low-carbohydrate light beer, Michelob ULTRA has 95 calories, 2.6g carbs, 0.6g protein and 0.0g fat per 12 oz. serving.  Visit www.michelobultra.com for access to the Michelob ULTRA Pathfinder running application on Facebook.  This application provides mapped running routes in more than 50 U.S. cities, allowing users to share routes, photos and experiences with friends.

Michelob ULTRA is proud to be the Official Beer of the IMT Des Moines Marathon.

Gatorade Endurance Formula
Gatorade Endurance Formula is a specialized sports drink that contains approximately twice the amount of sodium (200 mg per 8 ounces) of Gatorade Thirst Quencher, along with chloride, potassium, magnesium and calcium to help sustain hydration by more fully replacing what is lost in sweat. 

Gatorade Endurance Formula also contains a 6% carbohydrate solution (14 grams per 8 ounces), just like Gatorade Thirst Quencher, which research shows is optimal to help speed fluid back into the body and fuel working muscles.

Gatorade Endurance Formula is the official sports beverage drink of the IMT Des Moines Marathon and will feature their lemon lime flavor at each aid station along the IMT Des Moines Marathon course.

Van Meter Industrial Inc.
Whether you’re running your 1st IMT Des Moines Marathon or your 7th, you can benefit from the support the Van Meter Industrial Pace Team adds to the race. 

In addition to being experienced runners, all of the pacers for the marathon and half marathon on the Van Meter Industrial Pace Team are volunteers giving back to the sport by helping others achieve their running goals.