OutdoorType

Because there wasn’t much going on this past Saturday (that’s a touch of sarcasm btw), I agreed to help cover a 5K race up at the Reston Town Center.

The NOVA Girls on the Run program (read about it here) is really great and has just exploded in popularity over the past couple years. It was definitely worth the 5:55am wake up call necessary to get up to Reston in time for the festivities. Around 4,000 people registered for the 5K race and despite chilly temps and a bit of rain, the streets and sidewalks were filled with was tons smiling, excited faces.

It seems lately I can’t go anywhere without running into people I know… Jenn, of course, was there in her official capacity as Executive Director of the program and I knew Kristin was a coach for one of the local schools. But then there was also Liza, and Scud, and Vergil, all with running partners and later during the race I saw Bill and Katie too (oh and supposedly Elaine was out there as well, but I think she got sent to the hinterlands). And yes, I realise that I knew maybe as many as .02% of the people there, but it was a lot more than I was expecting to see on a cold and dreary Saturday morning.

The morning was great and I’m already looking forward to next spring’s Daisy Dash. If you’re into running even a little bit you should look into this program a bit closer.

Official Race photos will be are now available soon at Dan Hicok Photography.