Come beat the heat this July with Flash Dash Series 1st annual ‘Keeping it Kool Dash. ‘
This themed 5k fun run will take place on Saturday, July 27th in Utah @ Sugarhouse Park @ 8:00AM. Check in and same day registration will begin at 7:00AM at the Big Field Pavilion. Charity TBA.
Location in NYC – TBD.
Bring your own water gun to keep yourself and other runners cool on the course.
We will also have a Slip ‘n Slide at the finish line. Oh yeah! #best finish line photos ever!
Flash Dash means fun and our Keeping it Kool Dash will be no exception. Come prepared to win our Costume Contest. You’ll want these prizes. Be creative! Retro bathing suits anyone?
$5 discounts for teams (bring your friends or family) or $5 discounts to share your registration on your Facebook!
Can’t run? Volunteer for a free entry into a future Flash Dash of your choice.
Our good friend and fellow runner, Steve Mosier lost his mother a few days ago to lung cancer and organized a run scheduled for this Sunday to honor Mothers and raise awareness for lung cancer prevention. Please join us for a casual and fun run in his behalf! Keep in mind, you can run a 5k anywhere. (Run with you Mother, run for your mother, upload to Facebook & tag ‘Flash Dash Series.’) Check out the following from Steve for details.
Sunday we are organizing a great Mothers Day 5k, titled, Mrs. M.Dash!! This is to honor all mothers for what they do for us, the inspiration was because I lost my mother recently.
My mother was diagnosed with Lung Cancer April 1. Since the cancer spread so fast to her brain and liver we lost her April 29 at age 59. This was caused by 46 year addiction to cigarette smoke, and also environmental lung issues. I miss my mother, and I plan to educate and help prevent this type of cancer.
Run: 10:00am Start@ Hudson River Park (14th Street access)
Post Run: Enjoy a free beer for donations $25+ (Donate HERE & bring a copy of your print out) Note: The bar will be available for usual purchased items If you don’t want to run, donate to the cause and still come out for a post run beer.
If you would like to purchase a T-shirt you can do so HERE:
An AMAZING Thank you to all runners who came out to last Saturday’s Dodo Dash 5k benefiting the Utah Food Bank.
We had a wonderful group to kick off this annual event! A huge Thank you to all of our sponsors including 2nd Tracks for the skis! They made the Best prizes ever!
We will see everyone next year…. until then, next Dash will be our July 27th ‘Keeping it Kool’ (byo water gun – 5k) in Salt Lake City & New York City. Click HERE to register!
Saturday, May 4th we will hold the first annual Dodo Dash 5k in Sugarhouse Park!
This fantastic family friendly event is the perfect opportunity to spend a beautiful Saturday morning outside with the entire family. Breathe in the fresh spring air and celebrate the opening of The Dodo’s new deck! This Saturday will be about fitness, sunshine and service as proceeds will be donated to the Utah Food Bank.
Help us “Put an Extinction to Hunger” by bringing your canned food or non perishable items to Sugarhouse Park Big Field Pavilion or The Dodo on Saturday, May 4th (8:00-11:00AM). We have amazing prizes for this event including skis, new running shoes, and free massages for everyone!
* Note: T-shirts are an additional $10 per person.
This perfect family event (children 12 and under are free!) will be a fundraiser, canned food drive, and party at the The Dodo all in one! We will have masseuses at the Big Field Pavilion, kids races, tons of fresh fruit, snacks and lemonade and amazing prizes! 2nd Tracks has donated 2 pairs of skis and Salt Lake Running Co has donated 2 pairs of new running shoes! It’s going to be an amazing event! Get Registered!!!
The Utah Food Bank invited us to tour their facilities a few weeks ago and share their life long mission to “put an extinction to hunger.” I was amazed by the complexity and grand scale of their operations! From food rotation (top avoid spoilage), sorting, volunteer services, huge kitchen, cooking meals for hungry kids; the sheer amount of good they do is mind boggling! I walked away proud to be fundraising for such a wonderful organization, and happy in my heart that so many wonderful people exist to serve and give. (Utah is such a wonderful place!)
Keep reading to see our photos from the tour & familiarize yourselves with some amazing facts of all the good Utah Food Bank does year round.
Note: The most needed items are high protein, low sodium: peanut butter or canned tuna.
Since 1904, Utah Food Bank has been dedicated to Fighting Hunger Statewide by providing programs and services that address the immediate needs of low-income individuals and families. Last year, Utah Food Bank distributed 34.4 million pounds of food to more than 129 emergency food pantries and agencies throughout the entire state. In addition, the organization utilized 95,166 volunteer hours – the equivalent of 46 full-time employees.
Utah Hunger Facts:
1 in 10 Utahns live in poverty. A family of four living in poverty brings home $23,550 a year to cover health care expenses, shelter, food and other household expenses (U.S. Census Bureau: Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2009).
1 in 5 Utah children lives in poverty and is at risk of hunger. (MTMG 2010)
1 in 6 Utah seniors live in poverty. An average UFB client lives on $800 a month.
Utah Food Bank provides food to a statewide network of 129 emergency food pantries and agencies. Last fiscal year, Utah Food Bank distributed 34.4 million pounds of food and goods, the equivalent of over 28 million meals for families and individuals in need. Utah Food Bank also served 181,579 Kids Cafe meals to children, delivered 43,740 food boxes and filled 43,033 kids’ backpacks for weekends and school holidays. For more information about Utah Food Bank, visit www.utahfoodbank.org. Find them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/UtahFoodBank and Twitter as UtahFoodBank.
A HUGE THANK YOU to the Utah Food Bank. For inviting us into their home and allowing Flash Dash Series to be a part of their yearly fundraising and community outreach!
Salt Lake City, Utah – For those who have ‘Flash Dashed’ with us. You know how much we hate having fun!
We are pleased to announce our partnership with another SLC based organization that values a good time nearly as much just as much as us! And that’s no small feat! (Spoiler – their logo is prominently displayed at the top of this page!)
If you need a formal introduction, let us announce: BEEHIVE SPORTS and SOCIAL CLUB, Utah’s first adult coed social sports club. “Meet people, play sports, have fun” is a motto we can get behind. The leagues you’ll rush to join include, “kickball, sand volleyball, cornhole, inner tube water polo, dodgeball, skeeball, flag football and CHARITY 5Ks? Wait! That’s US! You’ll find our philanthropic, fun 5ks on their website under “Leagues” -> “Charity 5ks”
They also boast a “shenanigan series” – no idea what this is, but sign us up! And beer Olympics! (Sold! Sounds like the potential name of a summer Flash Dash to us!)
THANK YOU to everyone who came to last night’s Run for Boston in NYC. We raised $507 for the www.onefundboston.org. You are amazing!
Together, we are changing the world one run at a time! #RunforBoston
A huge Thank you for those who came out for our Earth Day Dash. It was a chilly April morning, but we still managed to have a great time! (Something to do with fantastic company and food!)
Finger’s crossed that it will be sunny and warm for our next race! New York, we will see you on May 5th @ Bakehouse for our Cinco de Mayo Dash! CLICK HERE to REGISTER!
p.s. There are more photos on our Facebook page. (give us a “like” and tag yourselves!)
Running stores and clubs across the nation will fun run Monday night for Boston.
Please come show your support for the victims and their family members of the Boston Marathon bombing by bringing your friends and family members to a fun run. This run is FREE! $0 No charge.
We will be gathering CASH ONLY donations. No credit cards as we do not want any portion of your donations to go to anywhere but directly to the victims and their families.
CASH collected will be used to purchase a money order to send to One Fund Boston. http://onefundboston.org/
Location will be downtown (Meatpacking area) near the West Side Highway. We will run 5k or whatever distance you choose.
Location update: We will meet at the Equinox at 17th & 10th Ave (100 Tenth Ave @ 17th St) @ 7:30PM on Monday 4/22. (Thank you Equinox!)
Thank you to everyone to coming out to our Dodgeball Dash in Liberty Park benefiting Best Friends Animal Society. We had a blast & hope you did as well!
Your un-official race times are available: CLICK HERE. Photos are online: CLICK HERE.
Find more photos on our website: FlashDashSeries.com. Sign up for our next two Utah races!
- May 4th – The Dodo Dash 5k* (sponsored by The Dodo Restaurant fundraising for the Utah Food Bank) * We’re giving away free skis & running shoes! -July 27th – Keeping it Kool (5k & water gun fight!)
(2013 is going to be a fun year of Flash Dashes! Check our website for our October, November & December races!)
A special thank you to our sponsors: (Merry Pets Utah, Le Fur, Whole Foods, Vox Marketing, Lifetime Television, Jackie Z Rock LLC Counseling, Rezalution Fitness, Paw Paws Grooming and Boutique, Wasatch Running, and Salt Lake Running Company).
And to Instructor Coleman from Bootcamp with Jess Charlie Company for conducting our warm up!
Welcome to our new partnership with Beehive Sports. More on this later…….
Our volunteers rocked it and were awesome! Shout out to our official volunteers Amber and her sons Henry & Alex.
$25 registration includes one post race frosty beer*, and a donation to Earth Day. org. *ID is REQUIRED for drinking.
There will be a prize for best dressed so be creative. This is a Flash Dash (ie Flash Mob style running) so no timing or numbers. Just FUN! (Plus, fun running is GREEN!)
Proceeds will be donated to the Earth Day Network http://www.earthday.org/ Every year on April 22, more than one billion people take part in Earth Day. Across the globe, individuals, communities, organizations, and governments acknowledge the amazing planet we call home and take action to protect it. Earth Day 2013′s these is The Face of Climate Change. Read about it http://www.earthday.org/2013/about.html
1. Register by clicking here
2. Invite your friends, family, and running buddies register.
3. Run, Jog or Walk our 5k @ 10AM, Check in begins @ 9AM
4. Enjoy your 1st post race beer on us* ID required!
Start & Finish will be at stylish Bakehouse Bistro & Bar @ 113 Horatio St http://bakehousenyc.com/
