^9th Annual Festival of Lights 5k Run

December 31, 2015

Start time: 3:00 pm 

Come join us at the 9^th Annual Festival of Lights 5k at Bull Run Regional Park in Centreville, VA on December 31, 2015. Follow the signs on Bull Run Drive to the race site.The race is inside the main entrance to Bull Run Regional Park at the Large Barn. The race will start close to the holiday wreath. Note; the roads will close at 2:50 to prepare for the race. Plan to get there early! 

Registration Fees:

$28 through December 1 (guaranteed T-shirt)

Special Family Fee through December 1: Family of 4: $100, each additional family member $25

$30 from December 1-December 13 (guaranteed T-shirt)

$35 from December 14 – December 29 (online registration will close on December 29 at 8:00 pm)

$40 Race Day (Cash or Checks only, checks payable to Bull Run Runners)

Packet Pick up (bring driver’s license):  

Wednesday, December 30 from 3:00-6:00 pm at the Potomac River Running Store, 11895 Grand Commons Ave.

Thursday, December 31 at the race site from 11:00-2:15 pm. 

Awards:

Awards will got to the overall top male & female winner and the top two male & female in the following age groups: 5-9, 10-14, 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75 & older 

Every year the race proceeds are allocated so that 25% goes to Bull Run Regional Park and then 75% goes to a charity that Bull Run Runners has not donated to in the past. This year the beneficiary of the Festival of Lights 5k will be NAMI Northern Virginia located in Reston, VA. NAMI (National Alliance of Mental Illness) is a non-profit chairty which will provide education and support to more than 6,000 Northern Virginian individuals, family members and friends and members of our community. Through their powerful "In Our Own Voice" progam, people living with mental health conditions are afforded opportunities to raise awareness about mental illness and to support their own recovery through the sharing of their own personal journeys. Our community benefits from this program by allowing participants to better understand mental health conditions and to learn that there is hope and that everyone can move toward wellness.

If you have time, visit their website and see what a differences they are making. 

The 5k race will run through a portion of the light show. The entire race event will be all outside. This is a wonderful time to enjoy friends and family while getting an evening of exercise in before the New Year starts. We will have refreshments and awards following the race. All winners will need to be present to receive their awards. I look forward to seeing those that have run this race in the past and meeting all the new runners that haven’t had the pleasure of feeling so good after completing a 5k race on New Year’s Eve. It is a wonderful feeling to know you can complete a 5k race. 

Happy Holiday’s and Hope we see YOU New Year’s Eve 2015!!!