4 weeks until Race for Wishes!

 For those of you who were in Fort Worth today, you might have seen quite a few runners out and about. Today was the annual cow town race. The race includes a marathon, half marathon, ultra marathon, 10k, 5k, and also a children’s 5k race. So needless to say it was a very busy day in Fort Worth. The cow town race is held every year in order to raise health awareness for children not only in the Fort Worth community but also all over the United States. The race goes toward a good cause and also the course is pretty interesting, all the races start and finish at the Will Rogers Memorial Center, which is in the heart of the cultural district in Fort Worth. Around the area include the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens, So7 urban neighborhood, Trinity Park, and the UNT Health Science campus, so it is a pretty interesting run. The race was a huge success today and actually the reason why I brought up the cow town race in my blog was to keep you updated about The Race for Wishes.

         

The Race for Wishes that will be held in the DFW area this year will be here before we know it! It is still marked down for Saturday March 26^th. I’ve checked out their website and they have more details posted about the race. I couldn’t believe all the sponsors they have! This year the race is sponsored by Briggs Equipment, Pappas Bros. Steakhouse, Cooks Children’s, AllianceData, KPMG, Flowserve, Dave and Buster’s, Park Place Lexus, Centennial Fine Wine & Spirits, BokaPowell Dallas, BokaPowell Fort Worth, Run On, Jay Johnson’s Bootcamp Fitness, Studio Movie Grill, TIAA Creff, and lastly ThermoServe. The amount of sponsors Make-A-Wish is able to have is huge. I also saw on the website that there will be awards given out at the end of the race. Awards will be given to: the top fundraising team, the largest team, the top individual fundraiser, the overall female finisher, the overall male finisher and also the top three males and female finishers starting with 14 and under, and then in five year groups up to age 75 and older. They have also recently posted the times of all the races, opening ceremonies will begin at 8:15 a.m. Jay’s Bootcamp warm-up will begin at 8:20 a.m. the fun run/walk will begin at 8:40 a.m. the 5k will begin at 9 a.m. and all the post event activities will begin at 10 a.m.

        

         The more and more I hear about the Race for Wishes, the more I’m looking forward to attending it. I hope this encourages everyone to at least check out the website for the Race for Wishes, which I posted in a previous post. And also at the end is a little video clip to give you an idea of what the day of the race is like!