Clifton Caboose Twilight Run

This is where Summer Vibes Meet Good Times!

Kick off summer with the most laid-back fitness event of the year! This isn't your typical race - it's a celebration of sunshine, good vibes, and island spirit. Grab your sunscreen and join us for a day that feels more like a beach party than a workout.

Choose Your Summer Adventure:

• Cruise through our scenic 5K route

• Enjoy a relaxing 2K stroll

We're bringing all the best parts of summer to this event. Cool off at our tropical refreshment stations, groove to steel drum beats, and soak in the festive atmosphere. Rock your favorite summer outfit - from Hawaiian shirts to sundresses - and join the most colorful crowd in town!

This is where memories are made. Bring your friends, bring your family, or just bring yourself and make new friends along the way. We've got steel drum bands, fresh fruit stations, and plenty of summer surprises to keep you smiling every step of the way.

Whether you're a dedicated runner or just looking for a fun way to welcome summer, this event has your name written all over it. Come be part of the season's biggest celebration - where every step feels like you're walking on sunshine!

Sign up now for your dose of summer fun. After all, the best memories are made when we're having too much fun to check our pace!

All proceeds from the run support the mission outreach of Crossroads UMC – local, regional and international. This includes providing food and emergency financial assistance, coats and boots to the unhoused, offering English as a 2nd Language classes, mission trips to help build homes in Guatemala, and continuing to support students in Uganda.

Join us for the 20th Annual StarKid 5K and Family Fun Run on Sunday, June 7, 2026, at the Fairfax Corner Shopping Center! It's a fun-filled morning of fitness, music, and community. All ages are welcome to run, jog, walk, or cheer on participants—strollers and pets included! You can even create or join a team for some friendly competition.

Since 2006, the StarKid 5K has supported Inova Children’s. Originally supporting the Pediatric Heart Program, proceeds now benefit pediatric services across Inova Health System, with this year’s funds supporting the Joe Cassella Pediatric Patient and Family Support Fund!

The Joe Cassella Pediatric Patient and Family Support Fund provides critical financial assistance to families facing childhood illness or injury—covering needs such as medical bills, utilities, transportation, respite care, and more. 100% funded by philanthropy, this fund helps families focus on what matters most: healing—while honoring the compassionate legacy of Joe Cassella.

Your support of StarKid helps make a lasting impact on pediatric care at Inova Children’s. Let’s continue the tradition and make this year’s event a success!

Event Schedule:

8:00 am - Family Fun Run Start

8:30 am - 5K Start

9:30 am - Awards and Prizes

Friday, June 12, 2026

George Mason University | Fairfax, VA

DMR • 800 • Mile • 5000 • Steeplechase

Community-to-Pro Racing

An electrifying night of racing under the lights.

Run Unbridled Track Fest brings together open runners, youth, high school and collegiate athletes, post-collegiates, and pros for one of the DMV’s most exciting track nights.

Come for your event. Stay for the atmosphere.

SANCTIONING

This meet is USATF and World Athletics sanctioned, making it eligible for:

Verified marks

Rankings

Qualifying standards

WHAT TO EXPECT

🎧 DJ spinning all night

🎤 Live professional announcing

🌮 Food trucks + ice cream truck

🍺 Aslin beer available on site

⚡ Community races → Select races → Championship DMR

This is where grassroots racing meets pro-level energy.

FEATURED EVENTS

Steeple Madness:

Open 2K & 3K Steeplechase

Select / Pro 3K Steeplechase

Select Championship Races:

800m

Mile

5000m

3K Steeplechase

Closing Event:

Distance Medley Relay (DMR)

DMV Club Championships

PRIZE MONEY

Select 3K Steeplechase

🥇 $350 | 🥈 $100 | 🥉 $50

(Men’s & Women’s)

DMR – DMV Club Championships

💰 $400 — Winner Take All

(Top Men’s & Women’s Teams)

RACE INFORMATION

All ages welcome (must be able to maintain a 10:00/mile pace)

Heats seeded by qualifying times

High school & collegiate athletes may compete in select/pro heats

Youth Mile (13 & under): FREE

PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE

Open races early. Championship racing under the lights.

(Subject to change. Final schedule posted on meet website.)

4:30 PM – Women’s Pole Vault

5:00 PM – Open Mile (10:00 cutoff)

5:40 PM – Free Youth Mile (15:00 cutoff)

5:55 PM – Open 5000m (30:00 cutoff)

6:25 PM – Open 800m (4:00 cutoff)

6:30 PM – Men’s Pole Vault

6:55 PM – Open 2K & 3K Steeplechase

🌙 Under the Lights

7:50 PM – Pugsley 3K Steeplechase

8:17 PM – Select 800m

8:28 PM – Select Mile

8:42 PM – Select 5000m

9:22 PM – Distance Medley Relay (DMR)

Schedule subject to change. Youth Mile: 13 & under (boys & girls combined). Open races: men’s, women’s, and nonbinary combined (except steeplechase). Select heats: women’s race followed by men’s race

NOT RACING? GET INVOLVED.

We’re always looking for volunteers and pacers.

Pacing needs: All distances and sections — from select fields to 10:00/mile pace.

Perks: Coaches, volunteers, and pacers receive free entry.

📧 Email: [email protected]

☁️ Weather Policy: In the event of inclement weather, races may be delayed until conditions are deemed unsafe to continue.

✨ Fast times. Big energy. Community to pro.

Let’s Run Unbridled. ✨

Join ASHRAE National Capital Chapter for the Run for Research 5K on Sunday, June 14 in Fairfax, Virginia.

ASHRAE is the international society of heating, refrigerating, and air-conditioning professionals. Founded in 1894, ASHRAE is dedicated to advancing human well-being through sustainable technology for the built environment. The Society and its members focus on building systems, energy efficiency, indoor air quality, refrigeration, and sustainability within the industry. Through research, standards writing, publishing, and continuing education, ASHRAE shapes tomorrow's built environment today. For more information, please visit www.ashrae.org

ASHRAE's Mission is to "serve humanity by advancing the arts and sciences of heating, ventilating, air conditioning, refrigeration, and their allied fields." Their vision is of a "healthy and sustainable environment for all."

ASHRAE invites members of the community to run or walk with members and volunteers of the local chapter of ASHRAE. All proceeds will help to directly support the chapter's contribution to ASHRAE research.

Location & Time:

Fairfax Corner Shopping Center

4100 Monument Corner

Fairfax, VA 22030

Sunday, June 14 at 8:00 AM

Registration Fees:

5K: $30 through March 31

$35 through May 31

$40 through Race Day

Online registration will remain OPEN through Race Morning. All registrants must register online.

Packet pick up will be at the BURKE =PR= Run and Walk store (5715 Burke Centre Pkwy, Burke, VA 22015) on Saturday, June 13, from 12:00-3:00 pm, and then at the Fairfax Corner Plaza on race day starting at 7:00 am.

Participants will receive a commemorative performance shirt.

Since 1960, ASHRAE has sponsored research studies at universities and research firms. The results of these studies have been used to prepare chapters in the ASHRAE Handbook series; as foundational material in special publications, in the formulation of standards; to train university students as they prepare for the service in the HVAC&R industry; and to spread the knowledge gained through presentation at Society Conferences and publication in ASHRAE Transactions or conference proceedings. For more information, please visit ASHRAERP