Registration opened for Maudie’s Moonlight Margarita Run

Registration opened for Maudie’s Moonlight Margarita Run

Runners take off at the start of the Maudie’s Moonlight Margarita Run. Photo courtesy The Trail Foundation

Registration is open for the 17th annual Maudie’s Moonlight Margarita Run, and if you’re one of the first 100 to register, you’ll get $10 off your entry fee.

The best part about this 5K race? A margarita and tiny tacos at the finish line party. Plus, you don’t have to get up early. The run takes place in the evening, and finishes with a party under the stars in front of the Seaholm Power Plant.

The run is scheduled for 8 p.m. Thursday, June 4. It begins and ends at the Seaholm Power Plant, 800 West Cesar Chavez Street, and the course takes runners alongside Lady Bird Lake. This year, everyone is encouraged to wear neon attire. Register at  thetrailfoundation.org.

Proceeds from the run benefit The Trail Foundation, which works to maintain and enhance the Butler Trail around Lady Bird Lake. 

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The Trail Foundation’s fund-raiser, Twilight on the Trail, set for Nov. 3

The Trail Foundation’s fund-raiser, Twilight on the Trail, set for Nov. 3

This year’s Twilight on the Trail fund-raiser and (semi) gala, is set for Nov. 3 at the Four Seasons. Photo courtesy The Trail Foundation.

I plod down its gravel expanse every weekend, and wheel a bike along its curves and bridges at least a couple of times a week.

Like many folks who live in Austin, I think of the Butler Hike and Bike Trail as an extension of my backyard. I stop on the Pfluger Pedestrian Bridge to admire a sunset, look down the tunnel of green when I’m running alongside Barton Creek and use it as a vantage point to take in incredible views of the ever-changing Austin skyline.

I’m not alone. The trail gets more than 2.6 million visits every year.

On Nov. 3, The Trail Foundation will celebrate its work in protecting, maintaining and enhancing that trail at the Twilight on the Trail celebration at the Four Seasons Hotel.

Not familiar with the foundation’s work? Credit them for creation of the boardwalk underneath Interstate 35, the observation deck below the Ann Richards-Congress Avenue Bridge and native plantings all along the 10-mile loop around Lady Bird Lake. Now in its 16thyear, the organization needs funds for its next round of projects, including improvements at Drake Bridge (First Street), a new trailhead at Rainey Street and a restroom at Festival Beach.

That’s what the Nov. 3 event is all about. Dress is trail style – dresses or suits on top and running shoes on the bottom. (I stepped out in a dress and sneakers last year.) The party begins on the lawn behind the hotel and moves into the ballroom for dinner, drinks and entertainment.

The event is scheduled for 5-8 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 3 at The Four Seasons Hotel Austin, 98 San Jacinto Boulevard. Tables and a limited number of individual tickets are on sale at https://thetrailfoundation.org/twilight-on-the-trail/ .

 

 

 

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