Healthy Strides Community 5k/10K

Burke Lake Park, April 25, 2015, 7:30 am

Head on out to Burke Lake Park on April 25 and join the Fairfax County Park Authority for the Healthy Strides Community 5k/10k!! Enjoy a scenic run around the beautiful grounds of Burke Lake Park. The 10k runs along a wooded path and takes runners around the lake. While the 5k follows a scenic tree-lined road through the park.

Burke Lake Park is located at 7315 Ox Road, Fairfax Station, VA 22039

REGISTER EARLY SPACE IS LIMITED TO THE FIRST 500 RUNNERS/WALKERS!!

Registration: 5k/10k Early Bird pricing $30 until January 31, 2015. $35 until April 8, 2015 and $40 until online registration closes on Wednesday, April 22 at 8:00 pm! There will be no race day registration, so be sure to register online before the 22nd at 8:00 pm. 

Packet pick up will be available on Friday April 24 from 4:00-7:30 pm at the Healthy Strides Health and Fitness Expo, located at the South Run RECenter Fieldhouse, 7550 Reservation Dr. Springfield, VA 22153 and on race day starting at 6:30 am at the race site.

Registrants will receive a commemorative race Tech Shirt in gender specific sizes. There will be additional raffles prizes and race day bag check made available for participants. Raffle winners must be present to win. 

Awards will be given to the top three over all male and female winners and the top 2 in the following age groups; 19 & Under, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69 and 70 & Over.

The 5k route is wheelchair and stroller accessible and race walkers are welcome. There are campsites available in the park campground on a first come first serve basis. A portion of the proceeds from the Healthy Strides Community 5k/10k will help fund summer camp opportunities for children living in homeless shelters and transitional housing in Fairfax County. The Healthy Strides Community 5k/10k and Healthy Strides Health and Fitness Expo are Take 12 Steps for Health Events.

FCPA Take 12 Program Information

We care about our community!  We have made several upgrades to our race, in an effort to conserve resources and to pay it forward.  A few changes that we have made for 2015 include: 

•          A portion of the proceeds from the Healthy Strides Community 5k/10k will help fund summer camp opportunities for children living in homeless shelters and transitional housing in Fairfax County.
•          We will be participating in the Nike Reuse-a-Shoe Program.  Bring your old, worn-out athletic shoes to the Health Expo or on race day.   Nike Reuse-a-Shoe will grind them down to create a new material called Nike Grind, which is used to make high-quality sports surfaces including courts, turf fields, tracks and more.  Nike will accept any brand of shoe.
•          We will cut down on paper waste with “virtual race bags”, so that you can access coupons and flyers online.  You will still get a great reusable bag, but it will only be filled with goodies!
•          Your timing sensor will be attached to your biodegradable bib!
•          Our comfy tech tees are locally made in Fairfax, VA!

Don’t forget your camera so that you can use our new “Selfie Station”!  You can take a selfie in front of our special race banner, or one of our green-shirted volunteers or race staff members would love to take one for you!  We’d love for you to share your pics with us on our Facebook page!

If you have any questions about this event, or would like information about how to become one of our event sponsors, please contact the Race Director, Julie Frederickson at Julie.frederickson@fairfaxcounty.gov.

The park roads will reopen either when the last runner finishes or 9am (whichever comes first).  If a runner will need to leave the park prior to 9am they should let the front gate staff know so they can direct the runner to park in the ice cream parlor lot.  For the safety of other runners, drivers will not be permitted to leave the other parking lots during the race.  We encourage all runners to enjoy the award ceremony, prize drawings, and post-race refreshments, while cheering on their fellow runners.