Click Link HERE to Register: https://hellshalfacre.itsyourrace.com/register/
WHAT, WHEN, WHERE
8th Annual Cox Running Club Hell's Half Acre Full Marathon, Half Marathon, 10K, & 5K
Saturday, July 13, 2024 (through Sunday, July 14, 2024)
Trinity Park Pavilion #3
2401 University Dr
Fort Worth, TX 76107
(click on Google Map to the right for exact location & to get driving directions)
5K & 10K Course - out-and-back
https://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/6142721902/
Half Marathon & Full Marathon - 3.275 mile loop
https://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/6091596799/
- 4 Laps for the Half Marathon
- 8 Laps for the Full Marathon
STARTING TIMES
- 5K (3.1 Miles) – 7:30 PM
- 10K (6.2 Miles) – 7:30 PM
- Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) – 10:00 PM
- Full Marathon (26.2 Miles) – 10:00 PM
RACE DAY PACKET PICKUP BEGINS AT 6:00 PM AT RACE SITE.
COST
Due to permits, etc. this race is limited to 500 participants total for the 5K & 10K! The cap for the Half Marathon & Full Marathon is 300 participants. Pricing is on a "tier" basis. The earlier you get in, the less you pay!
10K/5K
- Tier 1 (first 150 10K/5K runners): $35
- Tier 2 (next 150 10/K5K runners): $40
- Tier 3 (final 100 10K/5K runners): $45
All participants of the 10K/5K will receive Custom Finishers Acrylics.
10K & 5K Races shirts are Unisex Technical Fabric. (NOTE: Race shirt size & availability only guaranteed for pre-registered participants.)
Half Marathon/Full Marathon
- Tier 1 (first 150 Half Marathoners/Full Marathoners): $80
- Tier 2 (next 125 Half Marathoners/Full Marathoners): $90
- Tier 3 (next 100 Half Marathoners/Full Marathoners): $100
- Tier 4 (final 75 Half Marathoners/Full Marathoners): $110
Full Marathon Two-Person Relay
- Tier 1 (first 150 Half Marathoners/Full Marathoners): $100
- Tier 2 (next 125 Half Marathoners/Full Marathoners): $110
- Tier 3 (next 100 Half Marathoners/Full Marathoners): $120
- Tier 4 (final 75 Half Marathoners/Full Marathoners): $130
For the two-person Full Marathon relay - each participant runs four of the 3.275 mile laps (Half Marathon/ 13.1 Miles) and will get a shirt, finisher's medal, and a great workout. The relay partners will alternate laps (5K interval training) while carrying the chip-baton.
All participants of the Full Marathon & Half Marathon will receive Custom 5 Inch Finishers Medals. Register by July 9th for a personalized bib.
Full Marathon & Half Marathon Race shirts are Technical Fabric. (NOTE: Race shirt size & availability only guaranteed for pre-registered participants.)
PACKET PICK-UP:
Packet Pick-Up is RACE DAY ONLY at the Race Site
Saturday, July 13, 2024: 6:00 PM - 9:45 PM
AWARDS
10K/5K
- Overall Male & Female
- Masters Male & Female
- Top 3 in the following age groups: 12 and under, 13-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, 80 & Over
Full Marathon/Half Marathon
- Overall Male & Female
- Masters Male & Female Winner
- Grand Masters Male & Female Winner
- Top 3 in the following age groups: 19 & Under, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70 & Over
Full Marathon Two-Person Relay
RESULTS WILL BE CHIP-TIMED BY COX RACING SERVICES
The Cox Running Club is organizing our 7th Annual Hell’s Half Acre Full Marathon, Half Marathon, 10K, & 5K!
Come join us on July 8h to see old friends and make new ones. Runners and race walkers from all over the community are welcome to come out and participate in the Cox Running Club events. Come on out and bring your family and friends to run, walk, and enjoy our entertainment. Come to run and stay for the fun!
History of a portion of Fort Worth also known as Hell’s Half Acre: (Wikipedia) In which is now home of the Fort Worth Convention Center, Fort Worth City Hall, Omni Fort Worth, Fort Worth Water Gardens, and Sheraton Hotel.
Texas is a place where legends are made, die, and are revived. Fort Worth, Texas, claims its own legend – Hell’s Half Acre, Hell's Half Acre was a rough and rowdy precinct of Fort Worth, Texas originating during the early to mid-1870s in the Old Wild West.
The half-acre block was originally designated from tenth street to fifteenth street while intersecting with Houston street, Main Street, and Rusk Street with Throckmorton and Calhoun Streets established as boundaries. The Chisholm Trail and Texas and Pacific Railway were branded as the economic driving force leading to the progressive development of the rambunctious red-light district.
Hell's Half Acre consisted of boarding houses, brothels, gambling parlors, hotels, saloons, and a sparse assortment of mercantile businesses. The twenty-two thousand square foot ward caught the glimpse of such Old West personalities as Bat Masterson, Butch Cassidy, Doc Holliday, Etta Place, Luke Short, Sam Bass, Sundance Kid, and Wyatt Earp.
A 1906 newspaper headline calling the district Fort Worth's den of sin and refuge of criminals was representative of periodic efforts to clean up the district. These efforts proved unsuccessful until Army officials at Camp Bowie, established here during World War I, helped local officials shut the district down. By 1919, Fort Worth's "Third Ward" was disavowed as a den of iniquity due to the law enforcement efforts of Jim Courtright and the Protestant orations of John Franklyn Norris.