Dallas Loop-the-Lake Foundation

New Year's Eve Fun Run

The RUN

LOCATION CHANGED: The 2024 run will start at the Filter Building at White Rock Lake!

DATE: Tuesday, December 31, 2024

TIME: 7:00 AM sharp.  Show up early for parking

PARKING: Use two parking lots just north of the building. If you arrive after 6:35 you should park at T. & P. Hill.

LOCATION:  A 15K loop around White Rock Lake starting from the Filter Building.  If a loop is too much for you this year, feel free to go whatever distance is right for you.

the Filter Building – 2810 White Rock Rd, Dallas, TX 75214

 

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QUICK FACTS:

  1. Our Goal is $30,000 & 500 participants this year. Please spread the word!
  2. This is not an official race, we’re a community of runners who want to wish a heartfelt goodbye to another historic year and usher in 2025 while giving back to the Dallas community!
  3. You don’t have to donate to run and you don’t have to run to donate.
  4. All proceeds benefit Marathon Kids! *See information below about this amazing organization*

 

 

Marathon Kids is a nonprofit on a mission to get kids moving. Marathon Kids exists to “transform lives through running and build active communities for all ages, abilities, and backgrounds”. Their program empowers coaches, kids, parents, and the greater school community to work together in order to set and achieve health goals that last a lifetime. Marathon Kids’ programming impacts kids in two major ways.

First, by getting them outside and moving on a regular basis they are increasing their chances of committing to healthy lifestyles, teaching them the importance of staying active, increasing their serotonin, and decreasing their chances of obesity, diabetes, and other related diseases. Second, Marathon Kids is teaching kids how to set big goals and the incremental steps for achieving them. By starting the school year with a four marathon goal, their kids witness first hand how a big goal can be broken down and achieved. This helps to build their confidence inside the classroom and in the real world. It builds their empathy for teammates and classmates who might be struggling with their own goals and it sets them up for believing in their dreams and goals in the long run.