March 7-8, 2009

Our Team

Thanks so much to generous sponsors!





When you run the Texas Independence Relay, you’ll experience the thrill of striving towards and accomplishing a significant and unique athletic achievement within an engaging team environment. While you swiftly advance over beautiful Texas countryside, through scenic quaint towns as well as one of the country’s premier metropolitan areas, you’ll appreciate that you’re tracing the very footsteps of the brave men and women who came before us - fighting for Texas’ Independence and helping shape all that we see! We hope you'll be inspired to help us benefit the Ronald McDonald House and the San Jacinto Museum of History Association so that they can continue to help others with their challenges and preserve the history we’ve inherited. Lastly, we look forward to you having a LOT of fun over the first weekend in March of 2008... an absolute blast, in fact. Because of who you are, we're very confident that will happen!

We’ve been running for more than a lifetime – and we hope that’s just the beginning! We look forward to putting on an event that we know you will love because we KNOW we would love it. Throughout our running experience, while it’s been grand to test ourselves physically, we’ve benefited from the experiences and the friendships made through running even more. I guess you could say we’re just runners looking to provide a special venue where MANY exquisite memories are made! Indeed, we look forward to meeting you as it is our goal to create a fun and challenging experience that you will savor for years to come… or at least until you get to run it again.

This event would not be possible without everyone who has joined our team! This includes all the towns, parks, and jurisdictions that have enthusiastically encouraged this endeavor. We're thankful for individual teammates who continue to provide thoughtful insights, and we appreciate the companies who have come alongside us by providing sponsorship funding. If you are interested in joining our team in making this event even better, please let us know at ourteam@TexasIndependenceRelay.com.

          - Jay & Joy Hilscher (Lone Star Relays, LLC)