About the Charity Cooperative Northern Virginia 5k
The course loops around Frying Pan Farm Park, so you stay inside the park the whole way. The terrain is a park setting rather than roads, which keeps things quiet underfoot. Several distance options are not in play here; it is a single-distance event organized around charity teams, with individual runners welcome too.
Packet pickup and race-day registration happen at a large covered picnic shelter near the park entrance, and free parking is right there in the same lot. After the race, a bagel brunch spreads out at the same shelter, with danish, fresh fruit, yogurt, and make-your-own mimosas. A DJ plays through the awards ceremony.
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