DWS is proud to announce our continued charity partner, Working for Whitewater’s Wellness, Inc (W3)! W3 is a Whitewater based organization that strives to increase the community’s life expectancy and quality of life. Some of the projects W3 is working on are encouraging more people to garden, DWS’s Fit Kid Shuffle and increasing the publics […]
Thank You Sponsors
DWS would like to give a special thank you to all our sponsors this past year. As we start to further focus on this year’s race, we wanted to again share our gratitude to the sponsors that helped us in the 2018 DWS. The generosity from our sponsors directly helps our local charity partners and […]
Sooner Than You Think
It’s important that leading up to the race you are training properly to help avoid injury. Here are some tips on how to properly train in preparation for race day: 1. Keep a runner’s log. This could be things like how far you run, how fast you run, your future goals and how you felt […]
Calling All Superheroes!
Swoop into action by attending W3’s Fit Kid Shuffle! The DWS team is excited to announce its first ever superhero themed one-mile fun run! Check in is before 9 a.m. and take off is scheduled for 9:15 a.m. on race day (Sept. 22). This FREE event is welcome to all children ages six months old […]
Fort HealthCare – Title Sponsor
Fort HealthCare has recommitted as a DWS title sponsor for the seventh year in a row! Striving to provide the best consistent health care, Fort HealthCare’s ambition is for their community to become the healthiest in Wisconsin. Activity and fitness are considered preventive measures for fighting illnesses. Fort HealthCare understands that prevention, early detection and […]
Free Childcare on Race Day
DWS is proud to announce that we will be hosting the Kids Korral for another year! Kids Korral is a FREE childcare service for the children of all runners and volunteers during the race day activities. Any child from the age of six months old to 10 years old is welcome to join! Kids Korral […]
Brittney’s Last Day
Brittney McConnohie started working with the DWS team in April 2018. Just one short year later, she is finishing up her work with the team on May 10th and is looking for a digital marketing job in the Greater Milwaukee Area. Brittney has been a vital member to the DWS operations. In preparation for the race, she was […]
Kathrine Switzer and the Boston Marathon
Kathrine Switzer was born on January 5, 1947. Starting at a young age Switzer would run 1 mile every day, and upon reaching college she upped this to 3 miles a day. In 1966, a male team track coach asked her to run the 880 and by the time she finished, Switzer had decided that […]
More Pacers
Exciting news for the 2019 race! We are adding eight more pacers for a total of 16! The pacers will be running in groups of two during the half marathon. Having two pacers keep time together will ensure timing accuracy. The two pacers that are running together will be switching off the pacer signs to […]
Whitewater Manufacturing – Title Sponsor
DWS is proud to announce that Whitewater Manufacturing will be a Title Sponsor for the seventh year in a row! Whitewater Manufacturing is a fourth-generation family run business and the DWS team could not be happier to work with them yet again. Last year with the help from Whitewater Manufacturing and other DWS sponsors, $27,500 […]