Houston Run For Recovery

The Houston Run For Recovery celebrates the community in recovery from drug and alcohol use.

The Houston Run for Recovery, now entering its sixth year with its annual race and community celebration scheduled for September 27, 2015, is showing its staying power in a community known as one of the strongest in the nation’s burgeoning recovery movement. "The Houston Run for Recovery highlights the fact that recovery from alcohol and drug addiction is achievable and celebrates the joy of livin

g a full and healthy life free from substance use.” states Nadine Scamp, co-chair of the 2015 Houston Run for Recovery and CEO of Santa Maria Hostel. “In this National Recovery month celebration, our goal is to reach out to the community and say that everyone knows someone who has been impacted by addiction. We want to change the place of darkness and shame that those impacted by substance use disorder so often experience to one of hope and healing in recovery. Recovery is a life long process, and by running and walking together we show our support for all of our neighbors and loved ones who are making that daily effort to maintain long term recovery.”

Participants are not necessarily individuals who have experienced recovery personally. However, anyone who has seen the benefits of recovery in someone they know and love can understand and share the joy of celebrating it. New this year is the ability to honor a loved one or one’s own recovery by writing a name on a special place on the race T-shirt. While the race celebrates recovery, its goal is to also embrace the entire running community. “As more serious runners become involved, we continue to build our numbers and also help others see the promise of a holistic approach to health in all areas of our lives,” adds Kay Austin, Run for Recovery Committee member and Board Chair of the Houston Recovery Center. Austin and Keith Liles, founding committee members, explain that the idea for the race originated when Austin was attending a national conference focused on the social aspects of recovery, where she heard stories of successful runs in other communities. Liles had a prior history with the InterFirst Symphony Run back in the 90s and together they embarked on their mission of developing Houston’s largest recovery event of the year. In the process of planning the event, the organizers discovered that many people in the recovery movement also are active in the running community, which proved to be a huge catalyst for getting the race up and running. Volunteers from the running community were instrumental in setting up the race to accommodate everyone from the professional runner striving to set a new official time to casual walkers supporting those in recovery. (Walkers are asked to start near the back of the pack to allow serious runners to achieve their best time.) The event will begin with a non-competitive 1K Kids Fun Run at 8:00am followed by a competitive and non-competitive 5K Run/Walk at 8:30am at 501 Prairie, Houston, Texas. Post race festivities and activities for the children will be held at Fish Plaza, Wortham Theater Center, Downtown Houston. Registration is available online, in person September 25th (10:00am-7:00pm) and 26th (10:00am-6:00pm) at Luke’s Locker, 1953 West Gray Street, Houston, TX 77019, or on-site at 7:00am on the day of the event. Proceeds will go to recovery-based scholarships benefiting program participants at Santa Maria Hostel, Extended Aftercare Alumni, and The Council on Recovery, the three Founding Sponsors of this event.

12/05/2023

Give a magical Holiday this year to a family participating in Santa Maria’s Hope Housing program. Hope Housing participants are continuing to live a life of recovery after residential treatment and need assistance from Santa Maria for safe and stable housing. Santa Maria needs 12 generous donors to provide a magical Holiday for Hope Housing families. To participate email Marcia Chaney for a wish list for a family at [email protected] or make donation of $250 via the Santa Maria website www.santamariahostel.org with the message Holiday for family in the gift notes.

11/23/2022

Say YES! I’d like to GIVE and go to our website: www.santamariahostel.org or copy/paste this link in your browser: https://www.santamariahostel.org/buildroadmaps/

01/31/2019

Please enjoy a recap video of the 9th Annual Houston Run For Recovery!

Thank you to all the participants, sponsors and volunteers for making this event possible!

Click to watch highlights video...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1pAARatjs0

12/24/2018

Merry Christmas to you all!!!

12/19/2018

A HUGE "THANK YOU" to all of our sponsors who supported us this year in 9th Annual Run for Recovery. We sincerely appreciate your contributions!

We look forward to partner with you again in 2019. Next year we'll be celebrating our 10th anniversary!

12/10/2018

Congratulations to the winners of the 2018 Houston Run for Recovery! And thank you to everyone who participated and came out to support us!!!!!

You can check the results of the run here:

runhoustontiming.net

About - Houston Run For Recovery - 5K Run Houston

11/29/2018

Our 5k Run/Walk and 1k Kids Fun Run is only 3 days away. -You can still register!

About - Houston Run For Recovery - 5K Run Houston The Houston Run For Recovery, now entering its sixth year with its annual race and community celebration scheduled for September 27, 2015, is showing its staying power in a community known as one of the strongest in the nation’s burgeoning recovery movement.

11/24/2018

Houston Recovery Center, Young Addiction Professionals, A T Plumbing & Heating Inc, Jake's Finer Foods are Bronze Sponsors for the 2018 Houston Run for Recovery Thank you for your support!

This 5K run/walk is coming up on December 2nd. Only 8 days away! But you can still register!

Click here http://houstonrunforrecovery.com

11/22/2018

Happy Thanksgiving Day!

We look forward to seeing you on December 2nd.

11/20/2018

We want to send our sincere appreciation to Sobriety Matters, Serenity Light Recovery, Memorial Hermann PARC - Prevention and Recovery Center and Judge Steven Kirkland for their Bronze Sponsorship to the 2018 Houston Run for Recovery coming up on December 2nd.

There is still time to register for the 5K and 1K Kids Fun Run, click here for more details: http://houstonrunforrecovery.com

11/17/2018

This is a great race!! Hope you can join us and celebrate the recovery community!

One more SILVER sponsorship to the 2018 Houston Run for Recovery from Sober-Living Houston. Our sincere appreciation for showing your support to the Community in Recovery!

Join us for the 5k on December 2nd, click here to learn more about the event: http://houstonrunforrecovery.com

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