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World Run Day 5K / 1 Mile Run/Walk

Sat November 9, 2013 Grand Prairie , TX 75050 US Directions

Events

1M

8:00AM CST

5K

8:30AM CST

Place

Mike Lewis Park [Between major highways I-30 (on the south) and Hwy 360 (on the northwest)], 2410 N. Carrier Parkway
Grand Prairie , TX US 75050

Description

A fun/competitive race in Mike Lewis Park, Grand Prairie, TX. A mostly flat/fast, out-and-back trail course. Have fun running/walking, .. Parking is available. Come have fun running, walking, strolling … Parking is available in the park. Donated packaged foods are encouraged for Community Food Bank. Net race proceeds will benefit Community Food bank and UNICEF.. For more info, call 817-265-4578 or e-mail jephaa@yahoo.com

After the race, you are encouraged to go home and donate to any charity of your choice anywhere in the world!

Add’l….

Our racing mission continues to be to produce affordable, hedonistically fun & athletically competitive races, that are technically sound (correctly-measured courses with minimum turns and visible distance – mile or Km – markers),  that also benefit some charity(-ies) with a populist & gender parity focus – for the average runner/walker (including the novices) and also for the seasoned, serious racer. ***

World Run (and Walk) Day is a November event begun 1999 as a “concept” which promotes a linkage between the running/walking ACTIVITY and CHARITY … with a mission to highlight the benefits of running/walking and to foster humanitarian efforts worldwide. Runners/walkers run/walk any distances they desire, alone or with others, in a race or fun event/outing, and then donate to any charity of their choice anywhere in the world. They also record their distances, finish times and charity info on the Web. It’s a win win win…! More details can be found on the Web at www.runday.com. ***

 

Over the years we’ve engaged a number of themes with our races. Peace  -- in a world with unending warring and rampant killing – is critical for if we succeed in obliterating ourselves, then there will be no tomorrow. And then, of course, nothing else will matter. . As Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., once put it, wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows…” Gender equality & parity is another theme in a world where women and girls continue to be savaged, abused, subjugated, marginalized, “dissed” – at will.  It’s disgracefully ugly!  There also is Hunger. Every year, hunger claims the lives of millions of men, women and children across the globe – millions dying from  an agonizing, painful and passive violence of hunger!. Even here at home, there is widespread hunger where, every day, millions don’t have enough – or anything at all – to eat. Criminal, I’d say!  This year we’re continuing our little effort to do something about hunger locally with a World Run Day race. On a global scene, one nagging problem has to do with children and their welfare. United Nations Children’s Fund  (UNICEF) is one organization that has stayed at the forefront of efforts to address children’s issues worldwide. ***

So for this race, net proceeds will benefit two organizations, one with a local impact; the other with a global audience. The first organization is Community Food Bank of Fort Worth [www.food-bank.org], a local entity --serving needy families in Fort Worth and Tarrant County. The second organization is United Nations children’s fund (UNICEF) [www.unicef.org], a global entity working toward the day when ZERO children die from preventable
causes and every child has a safe and healthy childhood.

 

More info  -- including online registration -- is available on the Web at http://www.runningintheusa.com/jeph  The race flyer/entry form can be downloaded from this Web page. ***

 

Nov 9  8:00 AM  World Run Day 5K / 1 Mile Run/Walk, [1 Mile @ 8:00 AM; 5K @ 8:30 AM]

                            Mike Lewis Park, Grand Prairie, TX 75050   

                            817-265-4578 /www.runningintheusa.com/jeph

                            Benefits Community Food Bank of Fort Worth AND United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

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City

Grand Prairie, TX 75050

Offline Fees

Mail-in fees are $15 (5K) / $5 (1M) if mailed by 11/5/13 (Forms may be obtained by e-mail from jephaa@yahoo.com or www.runningintheusa.com/jeph on the Web). Walk-in fees (thru 11/8) are $15 (5K) / $5 (1M) at The RUNNER, 3535 W. Pioneer Pkwy, Arlington TX 76013  (817-461-2281). Race day fees - $20 (5K) OR $5 (1 Mile). Plus packaged/canned foods on race day. NO T-SHIRTS! But a small, scholarly memento. Race Day registration & race number pick-up: 7:00 AM – 7:50 AM on 11/9/13 at the race site

Directions, etc.

This is a fun & competitive race in a renovated Mike Lewis Park in Grand Prairie, TX. The course is mostly flat & fast, but long incline in Mile 1. DIRECTIONS FROM DALLAS, FORT WORTH, etc. From I-30, exit on Hwy 161. N at the light; stay on R side of road. Continue to light at N. Carrier ;  L and go N past Sunnyvale; R into park; Park is about 1.5 mls from I-30. From Hwy 360, exit on N Carrier Pkwy and go SE (or E); continue past Roy Orr,  L into park; Park is about 1.7 mls from Hwy 360.

Beneficiary(-ies)

Donated packaged/canned  foods will go to Community Food Bank. The net race proceeds will benefit Community Food Bank and UNICEF.

Awards

Awards will be given to 1st Overall male and female finishers, 1st Masters male and female finishers. Top 3 finishers in the following age/gender groups also will be awarded: 6 & Under, 7-8, 9-11, 12-14, 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, 80-84, 85 & Over. All 1 Mile finishers will receive participation ribbons.

History

This will be the inaugural edition of this race. Complete results from this year’s race can be found on the Web at www.runningintheusa.com and other sites.

 

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