Dashing through the Lights Fun Run/Walk
About this race
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.
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.
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Running
Adult Fun Run/Walk
Participants can run as many laps as they choose as long as off the course by 5:45pm.
Student Fun Run/Walk (5-15 years old)
Participants can run as many laps as they choose as long as off the course by 5:45pm.
Typical race-day weather
Based on 5 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Evansville, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:56 AM and sets at 4:31 PM local time (CST) in Evansville on December 12, 2026 — 9h 34m of daylight.
Course
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Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.
- Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
- Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
- Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
- Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 37 Evansville events
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