Every Wednesday night, runners gather along the Trinity River levee in Dallas for Kairos Run Club’s weekly run.
After the work day is done, and before the sun sets, hundreds of runners gather at the Trinity River Levee in Dallas and start lacing up their shoes.
“When you come to Kairos, you’re gonna get a good run and you’re gonna meet really good people,” Kairos Run Club founder Marco Lopez said into a megaphone. “We’re about to get started.”
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Kairos Run Club founder Marco Lopez talks to the crowd with a megaphone.
Lopez started Kairos earlier this year with a mission that goes beyond physical fitness. He wants runners to think about goals and dreams, and act on them.
“So the word Kairos is actually a Greek word, and when you translate it, it means the right opportune time, meaning like the right window of time to take action,” Lopez said.
“I just wanted to be a part of something. I had this lonely chapter for so long, exiting out of the military,” Kairos Run Club member Kevin Kilby said. “We have deeper struggles, I feel like whenever you’re running and doing something active, that kinda just, it’s very blissful, very euphoric in a way, where everything calms down.”
Lopez’s club started with just a few runners. Now, on a good night, hundreds of runners join the route that takes them through the Sylvan/Thirty neighborhood, then over the Margaret McDermott Bridge, and back the same way across the Trinity River levee.
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Runners along Kairos Run Club’s route takes them through the Sylvan/Thirty neighborhood, then over the Margaret McDermott Bridge, and back the same way across the Trinity River levee.
“I’ve just been wanting to get out of my comfort zone and do different things. I’ll be 40 next year, and it’s just kinda like one of those things I want to do more for myself,” first-time Kairos runner Irais Galeana said. “Moving out here a couple of years ago, it was kind of hard to connect with the Hispanic community, and it was intentional to reach out to little groups that are Hispanic, so I can feel more in touch with my culture.”
No matter the language, culture, or background, everyone is welcome at Kairos Run Club.
“There’s a certain, like, magic to it,” Lopez said. “I really believe if you’re doing things that you love, that you’re very passionate about, you will encounter people that you absolutely need to meet to improve your life.”
A big part of the run club is the conversations and connections made before, during, and after the run.
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“I think it’s the idea that you’re suffering alongside someone else and you’re both experiencing the same thing. It kinda makes the action a little bit easier,” Lopez said. “It’s very special to see strangers come together and get to know each other.”
Kairos Run Club runs every Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. People usually start gathering at 6:30 at 2350 N. Beckley Ave. for a warmup before the run.