Fort Worth's First Heroes for Hope Kids Marathon

It's time to register for the 6th Annual Heroes for Hope 5K Run/Walk, Kids Marathon, and 1 Mile Walk of Valor. Join us Saturday September 15th and help celebrate Childhood Cancer Awareness Month!! This year we are excited to announce that our race will benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Heroes for Hope. This year we will hold the race at Acme Brick - 3024 Acme Brick Plaza, Fort Worth, TX 76109.
We will have Fort Worth's first Kids Marathon!! This is a great introduction to fitness and running for our kiddos. We will provide an 8 and 12 week training program they can follow at their own pace and parents can keep track of their progress on our mileage tracker. Our plans will guide your child through all but one mile of their full marathon (26.2 miles). They will complete their last mile with us on race day and receive a race t-shirt, finisher's medal, and BBQ lunch. Kids that just want to run the 1 mile fun run on race day, do not need to register. The Kids Marathon begins at 7:40am. If you would like to have the training program and mileage tracker emailed to you, please send me an email at agrady04@yahoo.com.
We will have free BBQ, free fresh fruit, SUPERHEROES and PRINCESSES, free massages, a contest for largest team and largest HERO team, a kids fun zone, and an awesome vendor village (bring extra money for all the cool stuff!). Our 2018 Ambassadors of Hope are Natalie Wynn and Saxton Swope. Natalie was diagnosed at age 11 with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma and ALL Leukemia. Saxton was diagnosed at age 11 with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. They are both now 13 and and were able to return to school this year. They will design this year's medals!! Are you running in honor/in memory of someone? Have their name listed on the back of this year's shirt. Camp Gladiator will lead a fun pre-race warmup. Cox Racing Services will provide chip timing. Come check out the coolest race of the year!!
In October 2017, Heroes for Hope began a financial assistance program for families fighting childhood cancer at our D/FW hospitals.