Thank you for visiting the Girls on the Run of the DFW Metroplex website.  We hope this website provides you with all the information you will need about this exciting program.  As you explore our website, please be sure to sign up for our free on-line newsletter and check out our current up-coming events for opportunities to get involved.  Girls on the Run of the DFW Metroplex includes the counties of Dallas, Tarrant, Collin, Rockwall and Denton.  If you have any questions or comments please feel free to contact us and we will get back to you with answers as soon as possible.

Girls on the Run is a life-changing, experiential learning program for girls ages eight to thirteen years old. The programs combine training for a 3.1 mile running event with self-esteem enhancing, uplifting workouts. The goals of the program are to encourage positive emotional, social, mental, spiritual, and physical development.

Girls on the Run of the DFW Metroplex is an Independent Council of Girls on the Run International, which has a network of over 140 locations across the United States and Canada.

The Good News...

• Girls who participate in physical activities are 40% less likely to smoke, have higher levels of self-esteem, better body images, and lower levels of depression.
• Girls who have experienced emotional trauma respond positively to physical fitness programs.
• Girls who participate in physical activities are less likely to engage in risky sexual behavior during adolescence.
• Girls who participate in physical exercise have better relationships with parents, get better grades, are less likely to use drugs and are less depressed than girls who don’t.