I cannot pretend I understand the runner’s mindset, though working with one – aka News Editor Maggie Quinlan – has made me sympathetic to y’all’s particular speedy sickness. Go ahead and treat these urges within by participating in this, as the organizers call it, “quintessentially Austin race.” Adults can get into teams of three for a relay that stretches over the Shoal Creek Trail, while kids can join either a 1-mile elementary jaunt, a 500-meter run for the pre-K set, or a wee 25-meter toddler trot. Registration fees – $10-105 depending on the race and date you register – all go toward funding the David Phillips Foundation’s free afterschool physical recreation programming. – James Scott