DDR Dash

Swag

Each participant will receive a registration for the DDR Dash, a race t-shirt, and finisher medal.

Early Packet Pickup

Race packets may be picked up early at Columbus Running Company's Dublin location (6465 Perimeter Drive) on Thursday, October 17 (10AM-8PM) and Friday, October 18 (10AM-8PM). You may also pick up your packets at the race beginning at 8:00 AM on Saturday, October 19.

Parking

There is ample parking at the Dublin Rec Center (5600 Post Rd 43017). Please park in the lots to the northwest first. Thank you!

Event Day Timeline

8:00 AM: Race day registration begins

9:30 AM: DDR Dash Start

Event "don'ts"

This event is for running, walking, and wheelchairs only. Participation by bicycle, scooter, hoverboard, etc. is prohibited. Participation with pets is also prohibited for the following reasons:

• Not everybody loves dogs, some people don't even like them. And some are downright scared of dogs. We try not to put any portion of our participants at our race in positions where they feel uncomfortable. 
• This is an out-and-back route on an open course, which means that every participant will experience two-way event traffic during portions of their run/walk and there may be non-participants out enjoying their day. Even on leashes, dogs can be unpredictable and accidentally become a tripping/safety hazard.

Thank you for your cooperation!

Who are the Young Marines?

Enrique (Kiki) S. Camarena was born on July 26, 1947, in Mexicali, Mexico. He graduated from Calexico High School in Calexico, California in 1966, and in 1968 he joined the U.S. Marine Corps. After serving in the Marine Corps for two years, Kiki was a Calexico fireman, Calexico police officer, and an Imperial County Deputy Sheriff.  Kiki joined the Drug Enforcement Administration in June of 1974. His first assignment as a Special Agent with DEA was in a familiar place - Calexico, California.

In 1977, after three years in Calexico, he was reassigned to the Fresno District Office in Northern California. Four years later, Kiki received transfer orders to Mexico, where he would work out of the Guadalajara Resident Office. For more than four years in Mexico, Kiki remained on the trail of the country's biggest marijuana and cocaine traffickers. In early 1985, he was extremely close to unlocking a multi-billion dollar drug pipeline. However, before he was able to expose the drug trafficking operations to the public, he was kidnapped on February 7, 1985. On that fateful day, while headed to a luncheon with his wife, Mika, Kiki was surrounded by five armed men who threw him into a car and sped away. That was the last time anyone but his kidnappers would see him alive.

It is believed that Special Agent Camarena's death actually occurred two days later, but his body was not discovered until March 5, 1985. He was 37 years old and was survived by his wife Mika and their three children—Enrique, Daniel, and Erik. During his 11 years with DEA, Kiki received two Sustained Superior Performance Awards, a Special Achievement Award and, posthumously, the Administrator’s Award of Honor, the highest award granted by DEA.

Red Ribbon Week eventually gained momentum throughout California and later across the United States. In 1985, club members presented the "Camarena Club Proclamation" to then First Lady Nancy Reagan, bringing it national attention. Later that summer, parent groups in California, Illinois, and Virginia began promoting the wearing of red ribbons nationwide during late October. The campaign was then formalized in 1988 by the National Family Partnership, with President and Mrs. Reagan serving as honorary chairpersons. Today, the eight-day celebration is an annual catalyst to show intolerance for drugs in our schools, workplaces, and communities. Each year, on October 23-31, more than 80 million young people and adults show their commitment to a healthy, drug-free lifestyle by wearing or displaying the red ribbon.