Resolution Run 5K full of prizes, suprizes, fun
Are you ready to run off those extra holiday pounds?
Runners will their chance at Freedom Aquatic and Fitness Center’s Resolution Run 5K on New Year’s Day.
The inaugural 5K run will be held at the Prince William Campus of George Mason University. A 5K run will start at 10 a.m. and a 1-mile fun run and walk will begin at 11 a.m.
The course will take runners from the Freedom Aquatic and Fitness Center to the Hylton Performing Arts Center, and then to University Boulevard where they’ll turn around and head back to the finish line at the fitness center.
Fitting with New Years tradition, all of the race bibs will come pre-printed with “I resolve to” on them. Runners will then write in their resolution, and prizes will be given out for the most creative resolutions.
“It’s time to break old habits and start new ones,” said Freedom Aquatic and Fitness Center General Manager Don Jones.
The Resolution Run is the latest in a series of competition races held at the fitness center on the George Mason campus. A “turkey trot” run held at Freedom on Thanksgiving Day attracted 1,200 runners and raised $15,000 for the Bull Run Rotary charities.
In July, Freedom held its annual Freedom Firecracker Run 5K run and also raised money for local charities.
The Resolution Run 5K is expected to attract 300 runners to the course. A weather forecast that includes partly sunny skies and a very slight chance of rain will, hopefully, attract even more runners, said Jones.
The run is being orchestrated by Fun Run Racing, a company that facilitates various runs around the area. The cost to participate in the Resolution Run is $40 per runner for the 5K and $12.50 for the 1 mile run and walk. The top men and women in the run will win Running Store gift cards between $25 and $100. Random runners will receive “golden ticket” awards to encourage continued to participation in the event.
All 5K runners will get a long-sleeve race t-shirt and commemorative race bib. Those who do the 1-mile course will also receive a race t-shirt and will be able to keep their race bib.
