Racing Towards Kidney Health
Join us in celebrating National Kidney Disease Awareness this March by participating in our Lucky Kidney Run!
We host our Lucky Kidney Run every single year as part of Knox Shamrock Fest. During this event we help educate the community about kidney disease and help raise awareness promoting early detection. Participants can choose from a 6K run or a 1 mile walk that can be timed or not timed.
East Tennessee Kidney Foundation (ETKF) is bringing you a one of a kind race and festival to the downtown scene in Knoxville! This race will start and end in the heart of downtown Knoxville from the Worlds Fair Park where runners can hop right into the Knoxville Shamrock Festival after finishing their run/ walk. You wont want to miss this spring morning downtown with all the festivities of St. Patricks day! The Knox Shamrock Fest begins at 10am, so be sure to bring friends and family to run or walk, then PARTY WITH ALL THINGS GREEN AND IRISH!
RACE COURSE UPDATE –> Due to peaking construction projects in South Knoxville the course has been relocated to Worlds Fair Park.
Thats right, this race kicks off from Worlds Fair Park! The course will be an out and back along 2nd Creek Greenway, feature the Neyland Drive greenway before spinning around to repeat it all back again into the Worlds Fair Park Lawn where the festivities will await your finish!
RUN FOR A CAUSE
Lucky Kidney Run
Join us this March as we come together as a community to celebrate National Kidney Disease Month with our Lucky Kidney Run! Runners can choose to participate in a 6K run or 1 mile walk depending on their preferences (timed and non-timed options available. Awards will be given to the top finshers, top fundraising teams, and largest teams.
Get your team together today and join us for an afternoon raising awareness about this “silent” disease and what YOU can do to prevent it.
World’s Fair Performance Lawn
9:00am
Kidney Disease Awareness: The Numbers
1 in 7
Americans have chronic kidney disease
90%
of those with early kidney disease (stages 1 and 2) don’t even know they have CKD
33%
of those with severely reduced kidney function, (stage 4) but not on dialysis, are not aware they have the disease
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