Going ahead this Saturday
No cancellation listed for Saturday 31 October.
Parkrun
Terry Hershey parkrun
A free, fun, and friendly weekly 5k community event. Walk, jog, run, volunteer or spectate – it's up to you!
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United States
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Texas
- 5 kilometres
- Terry Hershey Park
Meeting point: 29.77132, -95.62050. The interactive map loads with JavaScript. Open the same point in OpenStreetMap.
Coordinates 29.77132, -95.62050.
The course
Course description
Permanently paved, 1 lap, out and back run with good visibility at start and end points. Start and finish is close to the trail head car park (Kendall Library car park) and the coffee house and parking at Memorial Mews and Memorial Drive and Terry Hershey Park trailhead entrance. There are no roads to cross, all roads have trail underpasses on them. Course is at low risk of flooding except in the most extreme weather conditions (e.g. Hurricane Harvey). Course has some shade.
On the course
The course is 5k long. The course is at Terry Hershey Park, Houston. The course is run entirely on tarmac paths. Some sections of the course may accumulate mud, leaves and puddles after rain. Dependent on availability, marshals will be at key sections of the course, or signs will be in place.
Please remember that the parkrun uses shared paths. For the continued success of the event, please give way to other park users. This won't hurt your time, it won't stop you from getting a PB and it will make sure everyone continues to enjoy the event.
Please, wherever possible walk, jog, cycle or use public transport when attending the event. If you do have to drive, please consider car-sharing to reduce our impact on both the environment and other park users. Please also watch out for other park users when arriving and leaving. Parking may be limited so try to arrive early.
Facilities
Restrooms are available at the start/finish line. Park also has various pieces of exercise equipment, nearby play areas, outdoor showers for use in hot weather and water stations for humans and dogs.
More details
Public transport
Nearest bus stop southbound at trailhead entrance:
075
Q99G+XX Westside, Houston, TX.
Nearest bus stop north bound at trailhead entrance:
075
Q9CH+RQ Westside, Houston, TX.
On foot
Enter Terry Hershey Park from the trail head entrance North Bound, or from the car park at Memorial Drive / Memorial Mews and Terry Hershey Park. Meet at the water fountain / shower located about 200 yds west of Eldridge on the Terry Hershey trail. There will be marshalls directing to the start point at the restrooms on Terry Hershey and Eldridge.
By road
Take Eldridge south if travelling from I-10.
If traveling from 59, Westpark, Richmond, Westheimer or Briar forest take Eldridge north.
Zip code for GPS is 77077.
Parking can be found at the car park at Memorial Mews and Memorial. Use direction on foot from here.
Coffee
Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: a local café. Please come and join us!
We're friendly
Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee in a local café - please come and join us!
Course safety
Terry Hershey parkrun is a fun, free event organised by volunteers for the benefit of everyone. We wish to make the event as safe as possible, so participants, spectators and helpers are asked to take care about the following:
- Please be considerate to the park and other park users at all times.
- Children under the age of eleven must be accompanied (within arm's reach) throughout the event by a parent, guardian or appropriate adult of the parent's choice.
- Please arrive by foot, by pedal-power or by public transport if you can - your efforts help to reduce our impact on the park and the planet.
- We invite everyone to consider volunteering at parkrun. Your support helps your parkrun events remain sustainable and free for all in your community, and it’s also a wonderful way to improve your own health and happiness. Please visit the volunteer page for more information.
- Take care near roads and car parks – some vehicles drive very quickly. Please congregate away from the cars and be careful in particular if you have children. If you’re driving to the event, please drive carefully.
- Take care on uneven surfaces – whether on grass or on tarmac. Watch out for cyclists, other participants, pedestrians, children, dogs, wildlife, park animals, vehicles, park maintenance work, falling branches, bollards, posts and other obstacles around the course.
- Please ensure that you are fit enough to walk, jog, run 5k (3.1 miles) with us.
- If you see someone with a serious problem, please stop to help them out and get help as soon as possible.
- If you’re watching, keep clear of participants on the course, and look after any children and dogs you may have with you.
- It is not permitted to run with a pushchair and a dog at the same time.
- Lyme Disease is a bacterial infection spread to humans by infected ticks. Consider protecting yourself by wearing repellent when at parkrun events in grassy or wooded areas. See lymediseaseuk.com for further details.
- You are welcome to take part with one dog by your side, within reach at all times, on a short, handheld, non-extendable lead. The use of waist harnesses is prohibited. Please also see this Support Site entry for further details about parkrunning with dogs.
- parkrunners pushing buggies are welcome, but please take care of others around you and do your best to start at an appropriate place in the field for your pace.
We hope these tips help to ensure that Terry Hershey parkrun is fun and safe for everyone.
Age grading
All parkrun events use Age Grading to help parkrunners compare results.
parkrun events use Age Grading to help parkrunners see progress and compare results.
For more information, please see our Support page.
Volunteering
All parkrun events are organised by volunteers - email terryhershey@parkrun.com to help.
Safeguarding
parkrun is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk. For our full safeguarding processes and policies please see our Safeguarding Hub.
To report a safeguarding concern please email safeguarding@parkrun.com.
Event stats
- 336
- Events
- 4,841
- Finishers
- 25,404
- Finishes
- 501
- Volunteers
- 3,708
- Personal bests
- 323
- Groups
- 00:35:31
- Average finish time
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