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- Landon Huslig

Together with The City of Wichita

Snow Glow

Lightshow + Sledding + Food Trucks + Firepit.

This Saturday, January 11th form 6-9pm at the All-American Indian Center.

Come out and experience an unforgettable winter adventure with the magic of Snow Glow!

You can sled with your best friends while listening to a live DJ.

Make this snow truly one to remember

Check it out here.

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Run Clubs

A new year means New Year’s Resolutions.

Do you set resolutions? Goals? New habits?

Maybe you want to start working out, kudos to you!

It is not a new idea, but a trend that I’ve seen popping up all over the nation are “running clubs”.

Crazy people get together on some regularly basis and go run together. It helps you get fit. You have accountability. You build comradery.

Honestly, pretty awesome way to hang out.

Wichita has a few of these and I’d love to dive in and talk a bit about these.

The ones I have seen are the Kansas Run Club in KC (IG) or various ones in cities like Austin.

Kansas Run Club in KC

The Morning Jos in Austin

These are in no specific order other than what came to mind or I found via search:

Run 316

1st Annual RUN 316 Christmas Light Run

Run 316 Instagram

“Run Club striving to build more health and community in Wichita with good vibes and good miles!!”

Time / Location: Location varies, but currently one of the main spots is Greater Grounds on Saturday Mornings at 8am.

Founder: Jake Jindra

“We started the run club with the mindset of improving the overall health of the Wichita community through good miles and good vibes. We wanted to create a safe place for new runners or experienced runners to come out meet new people, make connections and invest in their own health. It has been an unreal experience so far, the Wichita community has been so supportive and we’ve already gained our first sponsor which will be announced soon. Our team has had the pleasure of meeting so many amazing people, hearing the stories and having the chance to create memories together

The number of people who show up varies with the winter weather, we expect more consistency in the Spring and Summer. Our best turnout was 35 people at our 1st Annual Christmas Light run. On average however we typically have 15-20 people.

Another part of our mission is supporting local businesses by starting and ending our runs there to increase potential revenue of the business.

In the future we have goals of doing charity runs, fundraisers for local businesses and providing health workshops full of a variety of health care workers who work in Wichita to provide free education and potential services to Wichita. This will be fun as our team leaders are Physical therapists” - Jake Jindra

4mi Friday Run Club

4mi Friday Instagram

“4 miles every Friday morning”

Time / Location: We run 4 miles at about a 10 min / mile pace 6am every Friday. Meet in front of SweatHouz in Bradley Fair.

Founder: Jacob O’Connor (Another Broken Egg Cafe) & Hunter Mitchem (SWTHZ)

“I partnered with Hunter Mitchem, owner of SWTHZ, on starting the run club because both of us are advocates of exercise and doing hard things. People who are willing to get up at 6am when it’s cold out and go run 4 miles— that’s the type of community that I want to be around. Folks that want to improve themselves. We didn’t immediately know of anyone doing this, so we decided to build the community ourselves

It’s been a blast! Sometimes Hunter brings an inflatable ice bath and we do an ice bath in the parking lot afterwards. Other times, for us SWTHZ members, we go into the studio and do the sauna and ice bath.

Our attendance ranges. We started just before Thanksgiving and then we had Christmas and New Years, so it’s hard to say. We probably average 5-6 people at the moment, but once it warms up we expect 20+

Folks that show up to the run club get a discount at Another Broken Egg Cafe + SweatHouz.” - Jacob O’Connor

Exploration Place Parkrun

Exploration Place parkrun Facebook Page

“A free, weekly, timed 5k run/jog/walk on a Saturday. Open to all ages and all abilities - each week we have a Tail Walker, so you will never be last. Organized by volunteers. Join us!”

Time / Location: 8am every Saturday at Exploration Place.

“Whew! #116 was a memorable one! 53 finishers braved the alternate course (the keeper bridge was wisely closed already). There were even 4 first timers out there getting icy “ - FB page on 1/4/2025

Run Wichita

Run Wichita Facebook

“Run Wichita supports, encourages, and promotes fitness through running and other healthy activities. Run Wichita is open to all, regardless of ability.”

Time / Location: Tuesday track workout - 6pm at The Independent School. Thursday social run - 6pm at various locations. Saturday long run - 8am at various locations

Learn more about the club here!

3run6

3run6 Run Club Instagram

“ Half-price smoothies after the run”

Time / Location: Wednesday | 6pm | @fartleksict 535 W Douglas Ave (Delano)

TJ’s Running

TJ’s Running (Private) Facebook Group

“Welcome to TJ's Running! This group was designed as a gathering place for our running family members. If you are interested in training locations, advice, support, and/or a page to share your accomplishments... you have come to the right place.”

Possibly inactive groups:

316 Run Club Instagram (not sure if still active)

Red Bud Run Club Instagram (not sure if still active)

Upcoming Races:

It may be helpful to put a few things on your calendar to really motivate you to start training. Here are a few races later this year:

Frigid 5k - February 1, 2025
Wichita St. Patrick's 5K Run/Walk - March 16, 2025 Old Cowtown
River Run - Week of Riverfest - May 31, 2025 Downtown
Prairie Fire Marathon, Half-Marathon, 5K - October 12, 2025 Downtown

How do you feel about running?

Board Game Clubs

Maybe running isn’t your thing, so let’s go the other way to help you meet people.

These are some board game meet ups around town.

Wichita Board Game Group on Meetup.com (1463 members)
Wichita Board Game Group discord (366 members) - meet at Pink Elephant, MakeICT and Arena Hobbies
Wichita Board Game Group on Facebook (832 members)
Wichita Board Game Discussion over on Reddit
Here are a few places to check out: Pink Elephant has a group that meets every Tuesday night, Warhammer Store, The Burrow, Wizard’s Alley, Headshots Bar & Grill

The best part of this choose your own adventure game we call life? You can do both, go for a run then go play some board games. We will cover more clubs more in depth in the future.

What do you want to see us go deep on in a future deep dive?

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