Awards will be given for 1st-3rd Overall male, female & kids. We are also awarding the fastest Veteran, fastest firefighter & fastest police officer. We keep the awards very simple since our mission is to support Veterans, first responders, law enforcement officers, and their families. First place male & female will also receive a BODi feel good package, Twin Peaks gift card, Therabody Theragun and a Fleet Feet package including a shoe fitting & gift card for a new pair of shoes! First place Veteran, firefighter and police officer will receive also receive a BODi feel good package, Twin Peaks gift card, Therabody Theragun and a Twisted X package including a pair of Twisted X footwear!

Fastest kid (12 & under) will get a night at Medieval Times Dallas.

Strollers and wheelchairs are permitted but we ask that your stay toward the back of the line to allow runners to pass easily. Please note, the course is flat (some street and sidewalk around a lake) but are a few sections of the course that are a little uneven so please be cautious when running, walking or rolling.

Firefighter turnout gear and military backpacks are permitted.

PARKING is free and located in the Ally Financial parking lot at 2911 Lake Vista Drive (enter off MacArthur Blvd). Please do not leave any personal items visible in your vehicle. All items should be stored securely at the owner's risk. One Tribe Foundation will not be responsible for the loss of any items.

If you'd like to volunteer, email JJ@1tribefoundation.org.

TEXAS HISTORY

Sam Houston could not have predicted the events leading up to March 2, 1836, the day the Texas Declaration of Independence was signed (and Houston was named the Commander-in-Chief), nor could he have anticipated all that would take place before the conclusion

of the Texas Revolution.

The beginning of the revolution is recognized to have taken place 5 months earlier, on October 2, 1835, in Gonzales. Mexican soldiers attempted to retrieve a cannon that was previously given to the American colonists by the Mexican government. Already demonstrating the spirit of independence, the colonists replied about the small cannon behind them, “Come and take it!” A skirmish ensued, sparking the revolution and the long road to Texas independence.

One week later, General Martin Perfecto de Cos led an initiative to reestablish Mexican control over the Gulf Coast, but this was thwarted by Texian dissenters who seized a fort at Goliad. Shortly thereafter, the Battle of Concepcion and the small surprise attack called the Grass Fight went beyond simply straining relations.

For the better part of a week, from December 5th to 9th, the Siege of Bexar became the first serious engagement that resulted in surrender by General Cos and the Mexican Calvary. It also greatly added to General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna’s conviction to drive

the settlers out of Texas.

While Houston was signing the Texas Declaration of Independence at Washington-on-the-Brazos, Colonel James Bowie, Lt. Colonel William Barrett Travis, and Davy Crockett led over 200 Texians during their last stand at the Alamo. They were outnumbered by the Mexican army by a ratio of greater than 10:1, yet they held the fort for 13 days until the siege ended on March 6, 1836. All of the Texian fighters were executed and the surviving women and children were told to spread word to the settlers to get out of Texas.

On March 13, General Houston ordered everyone to leave their homes and belongings and to burn them all (so the Mexican army wouldn’t benefit from usage). The settlers fled eastward, and their flight became known as the Runaway Scrape.

Two weeks later, Santa Anna ordered the execution of 345 men at Goliad. Similar outcomes occurred at the battles of Refugio and Coleto.

In all, 400 were executed.

On April 21, 1836, General Houston and his modestly-sized volunteer army surprised and defeated the Mexican army at the Battle of San Jacinto amidst cries of “Remember the Alamo!” and “Remember Goliad!”

Excerpt from LoneStarRelays.com

“You can all go to Hell, and I will go to Texas” - Davy Crockett