DC Park Runs!
Hey!
Did you know? There are free weekly timed 5K events around DC on Saturday mornings (at 9:00am), organised by Parkrun volunteer teams.
Parkrun is a huuuuuge deal in the UK and there are literally hundreds of events around the country, but it has spread around the world now, check out this map of locations!
It isn’t technically a race, but you do get a time! You can either go super speedy or just have a chill 5K. You do need to sign up on the Parkrun website though!
You get your results sent to you afterwards and you can track your times and distances on the Parkrun app, which also has all sorts of challenges and achievements which some people take very seriously. And if you do 25/50/100 etc parkruns, you get milestone T-shirts!
The locations in DC are Roosevelt Island, Fletcher’s Cove, Anacostia, College Park MD and Kensington MD, each of which see ~100 runners each week.
If you’d potentially be up for a squad Parkrun (maybe on an off-week from main squad Saturday distance runs), express your interest in the comments! Happy to lead a group trip one week. Definitely sign up ahead of time!!
- Aidan
Did you know? There are free weekly timed 5K events around DC on Saturday mornings (at 9:00am), organised by Parkrun volunteer teams.
Parkrun is a huuuuuge deal in the UK and there are literally hundreds of events around the country, but it has spread around the world now, check out this map of locations!
It isn’t technically a race, but you do get a time! You can either go super speedy or just have a chill 5K. You do need to sign up on the Parkrun website though!
You get your results sent to you afterwards and you can track your times and distances on the Parkrun app, which also has all sorts of challenges and achievements which some people take very seriously. And if you do 25/50/100 etc parkruns, you get milestone T-shirts!
The locations in DC are Roosevelt Island, Fletcher’s Cove, Anacostia, College Park MD and Kensington MD, each of which see ~100 runners each week.
If you’d potentially be up for a squad Parkrun (maybe on an off-week from main squad Saturday distance runs), express your interest in the comments! Happy to lead a group trip one week. Definitely sign up ahead of time!!
- Aidan