Events
Place
101 E. Centerville Rd.
Garland, TX US 75041
Description
IT'S 2025, and you know what that means! Join us for this special event that only happens once every twenty-five years, the QUARTER QUELL! Get ready for a special celebration and an even greater level of extravagance! Run or walk either our 5K or 10K distance and receive one of our 6 INCH STATE-OF-THE-ART FINISHER MEDALS! Place top three in you age group and win an ADDITIONAL MEDAL!
Sign your kiddos up for our BRAND NEW KID'S DASH! This is a short 100-200 meter sprint prior to the start of the race to give our little ones the opportunity to experience the racing environment without the pressure of a seemingly long, endless course. Dashers receive participation shirts, and will have the option to add finisher medal to their registration.
Registration Includes:
- Event-themed participation t-shirt
- 6 INCH Finisher Medal (5K | 10K ONLY)
- Eligibility for Age Group Awards (5K | 10K ONLY)
Age groups will be awarded 3 deep in the following divisions: M/F 0-9, M/F 10-14, M/F 15-19, M/F 20-29, M/F 30-39, M/F 40-49, M/F 50-59, M/F 60-69, M/F 70+.
Our OVERALL MALE & FEMALE, MALE & FEMALE MASTERS (40+), & MALE & FEMALE GRAND MASTERS (60+) will not only receive their gold medals, but will also win a copy of THE HUNGER GAME: THE BALLARD OF SONGBIRDS & SNAKES!
Triple Dipper Challenge
Sign up for our Triple Dipper Challenge and receive a 25% DISCOUNT on each event! Lock in your spot at our THREE January races and earn these luxurious medals!
Volunteers
Do you want to be a part of our Race-Day team with no long-term commitment? Do you want the oppurtunity to earn free race entries and not have to burn through your budget? Then volunteering is right for you! You pick whichever task best suits you, spend a couple hours performing that task, and BOOM! You're done! As a thank you, we will send you a code for a FREE RACE! It's that easy!
Race Day Schedule
Early Packet Pick-Up:
- Thursday 01/23 @ Wynne Park - 11am to 3pm
- Friday 01/24 @ Wynne Park - 5pm to 7pm
Race-Day Packet Pick-Up: 6:30AM
National Anthem & Announcements: 7:30AM
Kids' Dash Start: 7:45AM
10K Start: 8:00AM
5K Start: 8:05AM
Awards Ceremony: 9:00AM
Course Closes: 10:30AM
Finisher Medals
Participation T-Shirt
Run for a Purpose
Good Semaritines of Garland (Garland):
Good Samaritans of Garland, known locally as “Good Sam”, was formed in 1983 from an alliance of several Garland faith communities with the intent to provide a broad range of services, centrally located for neighbors in need of assistance. In 2016, the Board of Directors elected to narrow Good Sam’s focus to providing supplemental food assistance to our hungry and food-insecure neighbors living in Garland, Rowlett, and Sachse. Today, we are providing nutritious food to anyone needing food with no residency or income eligibility requirements.
Through our partnership with North Texas Food Bank, local retail partners, and donations from the community, we are able to provide supplemental food assistance to families and individuals.
Our guests receiving food may be a one-time emergency situation, temporary need, or an on-going need as result of disability, injury/illness, job loss, or simply not enough money to cover bills. Providing supplemental food assistance is extremely valuable in helping families and individuals move forward through a difficult time, short or long term.
How we provide food is of highest priority. Good Sam’s staff and volunteers welcome all guests with kindness and respect and without judgement, assuring our guests we are available to help them navigate through a difficult time with food and/or other resource referral assistance. People are our #1 priority!
Encounter Church (Fate):
We believe strongly in sharing the Gospel of Jesus and doing our part to reach the lost and point them to Jesus. Encounter Church - Fate is the home church of Run Different and we are honored to donate 10% of all profits and 100% of all donations to this church and they're amazing cause.
Encounter Church (Quinlan):
Our home church has recently expanded! We are thrilled to support this expansion by donating 5% of all profits and 100% of all donations to this new church and they're inspirational journey to save souls.
Feed My Sheep Today:
Feed My Sheep Today is a nonprofit faith based organization created to offer charitable humanitarian relief to foreign countries like India, Pakistan, Kenya as well as locally within the United States, to distribute bibles, supplies, clothing’s, water and food to orphan’s and widows to feed and to collaborate with other organization working to offer distress and health aids; Religious to provide worldwide evangelism to countries overseas.
To offer educational teaching of the word of faith to build a worship education centers and support mobile media teams to offer various programs, projects, and activities as warrant.
Earn Points!
Finally! Run Different wants you to be rewarded for all the races you log year-round!
We are excited to introduce a brand new concept into the racing world! Starting in 2025, you will EARN POINTS FOR EVERY RACE YOU RUN WITH US! These points can be use to gain a FREE or DISCOUNTED ENTRY into our CHAMPIONS' RUN!
Collecting points is simple! You gain 1 point for every kilometer ran!
- 5K = 5 Points
- 10K = 10 Points
- Half-Marathon = 21 Points
You can also earn ADDITIONAL POINTS based on how you perform on race day!
- 1st Overall (Male & Female) = 100 Points
- 1st Masters (Male & Female) = 40 Points
- 1st Age Group = 10 Points
- 2nd Age Group = 5 Points
- 3rd Age Group = 3 Points
Your points accumulate all year long! And once you have enough points, you can earn either a DISCOUNTED or FREE ENTRY into our 2025 CHAMPIONS' RUN!
- 100 Points = 25% OFF 5K
- 250 Points = 50% OFF 5K or 25% OFF 10K
- 400 Points = FREE 5K or 50% OFF 10K or 25% OFF HALF
- 650 POINTS = FREE 5K or FREE 10K or 50% OFF HALF
- 800 POINTS = FREE 5K or FREE 10K or FREE HALF
- 1000+ POINTS = FREE ENTRY + EXCLUSIVE RACING SHIRT
The MAN and WOMAN with the MOST POINTS at the end of 2025 will be rewarded with a FREE ENTRY IN ALL OF OUR 2026 EVENTS!!
So, lace up your shoes and get ready to RUN DIFFERENT with us!!
Champions' Run
Wouldn't it be nice if all the hard work you put in preparing for an event netted you more than just a medal and a t-shirt? Then, this is the event for you!
Our 2025 CHAMPIONS' RUN offers all the prestige of a typical Run Different event, but with an added incentive! WE REWARD OUR WINNERS VERY GENEROUSLY! Run hard and earn more races!!
- 1st Overall (Male & Female) = FREE ENTRY INTO EVERY 2026 RUN DIFFERENT EVENT
- 1st Masters (Male & Female) = FREE ENTRY INTO 3 2026 RUN DIFFERENT EVENT
- 1st Age = FREE ENTRY INTO ANY 2026 RUN DIFFERENT EVENT
- 2nd Age = 50% OFF ANY 2026 RUN DIFFERENT EVENT
- 3rd Age = 40% OFF ANY 2026 RUN DIFFERENT EVENT
- Finishers = 25% OFF ANY 2026 RUN DIFFERENT EVENT
We understand that runners and walkers work hard to accomplish their goals, and we certainly believe in rewarding you for those accomplishments! Be sure you attend our 2025 CHAMPIONS' RUN and earn your future race entries!!
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