Dashing through the Lights Fun Run/Walk

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Dashing through the Lights Fun Run/Walk runsignup.com
Date 12 Dec, 2026
Races 2 distances
Entry fee $5.00 – $8.00
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Dashing through the Lights Fun Run/Walk

About the event

Start Time: 4:00PM.  Everyone will need to be off the course at 5:45pm.  Cars will start going through the lights at 6:00pm. Check in 3:45-5:15pm

Location: Deaconess Sports Park (4300 Heckel Rd. Evansville, IN)

Course:  From the start line, around the lights and back to finish is 1 mile.  If you would like to run more than 1 lap, you will stay on the lights loop and each additional lap is .75 miles.  You will only return to the finish line once you are done.  See map below.   

Cost: $8 for adults, $5 for kids ages 5-15.  Optional race shirts are an additional $12 (adults) and $10 (Kids)
​**CC fee added at checkout
​**All sales are final, no refunds.  

Parking: Everyone who participates will park on the Geobel Soccer Complex side and walk over to the lights/course.  Check in will be by the start/finish line at Goebel Soccer Complex.
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Race Day Check-in/Late Registration:
No early check in.  Everyone who registers will need to check in when they arrive.   Check-in will begin at 3:45pm and end at 5:15pm at the Goebel Soccer side of park.  There will be same day registration.  

Awards: No awards as this is an un-timed fun run.

The race will go on rain or shine. In the event of snow/ice a make up date will be announced.

Races offered

12Dec

Adult Fun Run/Walk

Running

Distance
1.6K
Start time
16:00
Entry fee
$8.00
12Dec

Student Fun Run/Walk (5-15 years old)

Running

Distance
1.6K
Start time
16:00
Entry fee
$5.00

Weather history

3-year monthly averages for December in Evansville.

Temperature0.9° / 8.7°
Feels like-3.6° / 5.0°
Sunshine hours5h 37m
Rainfall3.0 mm
Snowfall0.1 cm
Wind12.6 km/h (Gentle breeze)
Humidity74.8%
Max UV indexLow (2.0)
Sweat lossLow
Course conditionsFirm and slightly soft
Sunrise07:58
Sunset17:33

About Evansville

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Evansville is a city in Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States, and its county seat. With a population of 118,414 at the 2020 census, it is the third-most populous city in Indiana, the most populous city in Southern Indiana, and the 249th-most populous city in the United States. It is the central city of the Evansville metropolitan area, a hub of commercial, medical, and cultural activity of southwestern Indiana and the Illinois–Indiana–Kentucky tri-state area, which is home to over 911,000 people. The 38th parallel north crosses the north side of the city and is marked on Interstate 69 immediately north of its junction with Indiana 62 within the city's east side.

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