Event to draw thousands of fleet feet to the boulevard
Heights Fun Run marks 30th anniversary
When runners sprint from the start line on Heights Boulevard on June 6, it will mark the 30th anniversary for what has become a generational tradition for local families and an ongoing source of funds for community projects.
The Houston Heights Association’s annual Heights Fun Run includes a 5K run and walk and a kids 1K run. Each race begins and ends at Marmion Park at the corner of 18th Street and Heights Boulevard.
The event draws between 1,200 and 1,500 athletes.
“The kids’ race is very popular,” said Julie Pettit, the association’s vice president of communications. “A lot of people in the neighborhood make it an outing for their family.”
Between $17,000 and $18,000 was raised in 2014 and in 2013, with proceeds going to support projects such as maintenance of the jogging trail on the Heights Boulevard esplanade, care and upkeep of Marmion and Donovan parks, costs for special events, operation of a constable patrol program and enrichment programs and field trips for local pupils.
The event and others such as the Bicycle Rally & Scavenger Hunt, the Spring Home & Garden Tour and the Holiday Home Tour are a fun way to get Heights and Houston-area residents together and to showcase the area, which is one of the Bayou City’s most historic and picturesque communities, HHA president Mark Williamson said.
The events, he said, “bring positive attention to Houston Heights and attract thousands of people to visit the area every year.”
Registration is available at https://eztoregister.runsignupsites.com/houston-heights-5K
until 8 p.m. June 5. Participants can also register at Luke’s Locker, 1953 W. Gray, on June 4-5 or at Marmion Park on the day of the race.
Costs to enter are $25 for the Fun Run and the 5K Walk if paid through June 2. The cost jumps to $30 after that date. The Kids 1K race is $15 through June 2 and $20 June 3-5.
Registrants can pick up race-day packets at Luke’s Locker June 4-5 from 6:157:15 a.m. or at Marmion Park before the races begin.