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Spindletop Stache & Sweater Dash 5K

Sat December 14, 2019 Lexington, KY 40511 US Directions
Join us for the funnest race of the holiday season raising funds for the American Lung Association!

Events

Little Stache Kids 1K Run

10:45AM EST
Open to ages 3 - 13.

Virtual Runner

10:00AM EST

Volunteer

8:00AM EST - 11:30PM EST
Open to ages 9 - 99.

Place

3414 Iron Works Pike
Lexington, KY US 40511

Description

Join us for Central Kentucky's funnest holiday race!

 

The 6th Annual Spindletop Stache & Sweater Dash 5K will be held on Saturday, December 14th at 10am at Spindletop Hall in North Lexington.  Bring your "Movember" growth or paste on mustache and your ugliest holiday sweater to compete for fun awards and the FUNNEST run/party of the holiday season.  This will be the FUNNEST race of the winter season!

The inspiration for this race is Dr. Jules Heilser.  In April 2014 Jules Heisler was diagnosed with lung cancer. This was a shock to both he and his family. Dr. Heisler had never smoked and had been an avid runner. As ironic as it is, he spent his entire career working for in the cancer field. In 1975 he was hired to work for Nixon's War on Cancer, this was the start to an almost 40 year career in the cancer field. During his career he worked a UK and earned his PhD from UK. His youngest daughter Stacey Williams felt that she had to do something. After researching and find that there were no lung cancer events in Kentucky, Stacey decided that she would start a 5K for lung cancer. Dr. Heisler would live to experience the inaugural Spindletop Stache & Ugly Sweater Dash from his home in North Carolina but died in January 2015.  This years race will benefit the American Lung Association.  The American Lung Association is dedicated to fighting lung cancer and other lung diseases. 

Chip timing, Overall and AG awards, custom race shirt (while supplies last), DJ, Best Stache and Ugliest Sweater awards, face painting, scenic course and more!

Walkers are welcome as are walkers/runners with strollers.  We just ask that those with strollers start the race near the back.

We will also have a Little Stache Kids Run (1K, .62 miles) and have a Virtual Runner category for those wishing to support the race/cause who can't make the event at Spindletop.  Virtual Runners will need to register by December 4th and we'll mail your race shirt to you so you can run/walk your own 5K.

5K ROUTE   CLICK HERE

LITTLE STACHE KIDS 1K ROUTE  CLICK HERE

We hope you will join us to support this great local cause.

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Dr. Jules Heisler - Our Race Honors His Life & Legacy

Our race will benefit the American Lung Association specifically helping patients and families battling lung cancer. The inspiration for this race is Dr. Jules Heilser. In April 2014 Jules Heisler was diagnosed with lung cancer. This was a shock to both he and his family. Dr. Heisler had never smoked and had been an avid runner. As ironic as it is, he spent his entire career working for in the cancer field. In 1975 he was hired to work for Nixon's War on Cancer, this was the start to an almost 40 year career in the cancer field. During his career he worked a UK and earned his PhD from UK. His youngest daughter Stacey Williams felt that she had to do something. After researching and find that there were no lung cancer events in Kentucky, Stacey decided that she would start a 5K for lung cancer.  The inaugural Spindletop Stache & Sweater Dash 5K was held in December 2014.  Dr. Heisler passed away early in 2015.  This race will always honor his life and legacy.

 

The Club at UK's Spindletop Hall --- Our Race Host & Venue

On November 13, 1925, Miles Frank Yount struck oil at Spindletop field in Beaumont, Texas. The field, which had been dormant since the early 1900’s, produced over 340,000 barrels of oil an acre per year, pumping in excess of 50 million barrels within 5 years. Now financially secure, Miles Frank and wife Pansy established a stable of American Saddlebred horses, quickly becoming recognized as leaders in the industry. On November 13, 1933, the eighth anniversary of Spindletop’s second discovery, Miles Frank Yount died of a heart attack at age 53. Left as the beneficiary of great wealth, Mildred (Pansy) Yount chose Kentucky as the place she would start anew. Spindletop Farm was established in 1935 on 800 acres of land. At a cost of one million dollars, construction of Spindletop Hall began in 1935 and took two years to complete. Mrs. Yount deemed the house to be a showplace of Kentucky, a modern mansion of classical architecture. When completed, the mansion housed 40 rooms, each with its own thermostat, 14 bathrooms, 133 full size exterior and interior doors, 102 windows with screens of copper, and 11 fireplaces. There are over 45,000 square feet of floor space. At the time of construction, the circular staircase and the 30 x 60 foot living room were the largest in Kentucky. Eventually, Mrs. Yount expanded the farm to 1,066 acres. On the property were seven miles of metal fences, 17 houses for servants and farm hands, and 18 barns. There was also a greenhouse, a swimming pool, a bath house, a tennis court, two aviaries, and three kennels. Pansy Yount lived at Spindletop with her adopted daughter, also named Mildred, and third husband and horse trainer Cape Grant. She was considered "new money" by the Kentucky Blue Bloods and was never accepted into their social circle. After divorcing Mr. Grant, Pansy left Spindletop in 1955. In early 1959, Spindletop Farm was sold to The University of Kentucky for $850,000. The farm was self-financed by Pansy over a period of ten years with no interest charged to the University. Mrs. Yount died in 1962 and in that same year Spindletop Hall became the residence of the University of Kentucky Faculty, Staff, and Alumni Club. The Club’s roster boasts over 1000 family, couple, senior, and individual members. We welcome new Members and invite all members to come to their Club for any of the numerous activities we have planned for their enjoyment.

Membership information is available in the lobby as well as on the website. The Club at UK’s Spindletop Hall publishes a bi-monthly newsletter to provide members with information regarding all Club functions and special events. An Annual Calendar of Events is produced at the beginning of each year and a Summer Outdoor Activities Guide is mailed to the membership in early spring. The Outdoor Activities Guide details all of our summer programs and functions including information about swimming, tennis, golf practice facilities, and more.

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