3800 Montlake Blvd NE, Seattle WA
Saturday, May 10th, 2025
🏃♂️ Event Overview
Beat the Bridge to Beat Diabetes is a fundraiser for JDRF — the leading global organization funding type 1 diabetes (T1D) research.
🏁 Event Details
- Date: 2025-05-10
- Location: 3800 Montlake Blvd NE, Seattle, WA
- Events: 8K run and wheelchair race, 3-mile walk, 1-mile fun run, and the Diaper Derby for toddlers.
🌉 Course Information
The event is called Beat the Bridge because the course travels over Seattle's University Bridge, which is raised during the race. Participants try to cross the bridge before it is raised.
🎉 Entertainment
- Live Band: Those who don't beat the bridge must wait, with a live band and entertainment, for the bridge to come back down.
- Bridge Lowering: After a few minutes, the bridge lowers and everyone can finish the race.
💙 History and Impact
Since the first Beat the Bridge race in 1983, Nordstrom has partnered with JDRF to raise funds to cure, prevent and better treat T1D.
🌍 JDRF One Walk Program
Beat the Bridge is part of the JDRF One Walk program, which holds annual charitable walks in more than 200 locations in 13 countries. JDRF One Walk has raised more than $1 billion for T1D research!
📅 Join Us!
We hope you will join us on May 19, 2024 for the 42nd Anniversary Beat the Bridge to Beat Diabetes, benefiting JDRF - presented by the Boyle Family and Nordstrom.
🔗 More Information
For more details and to register, visit our official race page.
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