Annual Capital Striders SOCIAL

The Capital Striders put on an annual dinner to celebrate those who have participated in the running community as well as enjoy some socializing with your fellow runners.

We invite you to join us to celebrate our club's successes. We will recap the year with some great success stories, and great food, review upcoming board member elections, and hear from a fantastic speaker.

FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 2025

2025 Event Schedule:

6:00 - 6:30 pm | Social Hour
6:30 - 8:30 pm | Dinner, Strider Presentation, Speakers
Where: Big Grove Brewery - 555 17th Street, Des Moines, IA 50309
Price: Registration Cost: $10 for Capital Striders members and $20 for non-Capital Striders members.
Registration Includes: One complimentary drink ticket, a presentation with Capital Striders club updates, awards, socializing with other runners, and our engaging, inspiring speaker.

Dinner options will be paid individually be attendees

Questions please contact Sandra@capitalstriders.org

REGISTRATION IS OPEN - REGISTER

Keynote Speaker: Mike Jay

Famous Track Announcer including Drake Relays and the Olympic Trials. Mike is also the founder of the Track Guy Foundation which is an organization committed to bringing cross country and track and field experiences to Iowa’s youth. Since October of 2018, Track Guy has gifted over 525 pairs of shoes to underprivileged children across Iowa. It is the organization's goal to bring that joy to many more student-athletes in years to come! Since 2019 the Track Guy Foundation has been able to gift 50 $500 scholarships. It is Track Guy Foundation’s goal to be able to provide financial assistance to even more graduating seniors in years to come.

All registration proceeds from this event will be donated to the Track Guy Foundation!!!

Annual picnic

Every year we have a picnic to celebrate the beginning of the summer.

Capital Striders Annual Picnic 2024:

Where: Waterworks Park - Des Moines, IA

Date: July 15, 2024

Time: 6:00PM

Come join us for a potluck at Waterworks! We will start at 6:00PM with a group run, and while everyone is running we will fire up the grill! Please feel free to bring a side to share. We will also be recognizing our 2024 scholarship winners at this event! We will have yard games and will be having a raffle!

New Year's Day Run & Potluck 2025

The Striders start the new year off right with our traditional January 1st mid-morning run followed by (the most important part) a feast of goodies brought by the members.

We meet at 10:00 a.m. at the Lions Park shelter house in Urbandale (just south of the High School), with the potluck lunch beginning at 11:00 a.m. Runners have their choice of distance, from 3 to 6 miles, and the routes wind through the streets of Urbandale. However, small groups break off and often do less or more than the mapped route. This is an un-timed and casual fun run – no racing on this day, at least officially.

We ask attendees to bring kid-sized mittens, gloves, scarves, stocking hats, boots, etc. to donate to The Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Iowa. They distribute our donations to those in need.

So please bring new (or gently used) children’s winter clothing for donation. Yes, cash and checks will also be accepted.

Members bring all sorts of great dishes for the pot luck. There’s usually a good mix of lunch and breakfast items and if you go away hungry, it’s your own fault. The Striders provide beverages and your table service – all else is brought by members.

Hook up with old friends or make a few new ones. Consider joining us next New Year’s Day for exercise, fun, friends, and food.