25 running, walking, fun run, and other events in Alexandria, Virginia

The Galloway Run/Walk/Run Training Program is open to anyone who is interested in fulfilling a lifetime goal: of running a half marathon or marathon. The training group welcomes all levels, from beginners to Boston qualifiers. Pace groups are set up to ensure a comfortable and safe training pace for every ability. We would love to have you but, if you're not certain about whether to join, email us at [email protected].

Contact Program Directors Floyd Crawford & Lisa Speeder at [email protected] or 571-213-7281. We are excited to have you Run/Walk/Run with us!

Is this group right for me?

The Jeff Galloway training approach is suitable for all levels and all ages! We focus on achieving your goal distance, injury free while having fun and building fitness. Bring a friend and join us for one of our Saturday morning weekly group runs (first session is free) and experience great camaraderie, effective training and lots of support. Email us for more information.

Kick-off Run - April 5, 2025 @ 8 a.m.

Daingerfield Island Park

Join us to train for the Marine Corp Marathon.

Training Program membership does not include race entry fees.

Gold: Experienced middle school and high school

Silver: Middle school and experienced 4-6 graders

Bronze: 1st-6th graders

Email if you are uncertain as to which group your child should be in (grades aren't set in stone, just guidelines).

All selections below are for the full school year. The times and locations change because of high school season lane usage. Each numbered item is NOT three different sessions.

(1) Monday/Wednesday MORNING High School

9/8 - 5/6 — 6:00AM - 7:00AM - George Washington - Coach Scott

No Swim 10/30, 12/24, 12/31, 1/19, 2/16, 4/1, 4/6

(2) Monday/Wednesday MORNING Bronze

9/8 - 5/6 — 7:00 - 8:00 AM - George Washington Rec. Center - Coach Scott

No Swim 10/30, 12/24, 12/31, 1/19, 2/16, 4/1, 4/6

• (3) Monday/Wednesday Silver ONLY, ALL Bronze spaces full - 9 swimmers

9/8 - 5/6 — 4:30 - 5:30 PM - Mount Vernon Rec Center - Coach Scott

No Swim 10/30, 12/24, 12/31, 1/19, 2/16, 4/1, 4/6

• (4) Monday/Wednesday Silver & Bronze - 9 swimmers

9/8 - 5/6 — 5:30 - 6:30 PM - Mount Vernon Rec Center - Coach Scott

No Swim 10/30, 12/24, 12/31, 1/19, 2/16, 4/1, 4/6

• (5) Monday/Wednesday Silver - 9 swimmers

9/8 - 5/6 — 6:30 - 7:30 PM - Mount Vernon Rec Center - Coach Scott

No Swim 10/30, 12/24, 12/31, 1/19, 2/16, 4/1, 4/6

(6) Monday/Wednesday Silver & Bronze - 9 swimmers

9/8 - 5/6 — 6:00 - 7:00 PM - George Washington Rec. Center - Coach Joel

No Swim 10/30, 12/24, 12/31, 1/19, 2/16, 4/1, 4/6

(7) Monday/Wednesday Silver - 5 swimmers

9/8 - 5/6 — 7:15 - 8:15 PM - George Washington Rec. Center - Coach Joel

No Swim 10/30, 12/24, 12/31, 1/19, 2/16, 4/1, 4/6

** (8) Tuesday/Thursday Gold and Silver - 5 swimmers each

9/9 - 5/7 — 5:00 - 6:00 PM - Mount Vernon Rec. Center - Coach Scott

No Swim: 11/27, 12/23, 12/25, 4/2, 4/7

** (9) Tuesday/Thursday Gold and Silver - 5 swimmers each

9/9 - 5/7 — 4:00 - 5:00 PM - Mount Vernon Rec. Center - Coach Scott

No Swim: 11/27, 12/23, 12/25, 4/2, 4/7

(10) Friday – Bronze or Developmental - 7 swimmers

9/12 - 11/21 — 5:00 - 6:00 PM Mount Vernon Rec. Center - Coach Scott

12/5 – 1/23 — 4:15 – 5:15 – Franconia Rec Center ALL FRIDAY GROUPS, ONE LANE EACH

1/30 - 5/8 — 5:00 - 6:00 PM Mount Vernon Rec. Center

All Fridays No Swim: 12/26, 1/2, 4/3

(11) Friday – Silver and up

9/12 - 11/21 — 6:00 - 7:00 PM Mount Vernon Rec. Center - Coach Scott

12/5 – 1/23 — 4:15 – 5:15 – Franconia Rec Center ALL FRIDAY GROUPS, ONE LANE EACH

1/30 - 5/8 — 6:00 - 7:00 PM Mount Vernon Rec. Center

All Fridays No Swim: 12/26, 1/2, 4/3

(12) NEW! - SUMMER Gold, Silver and Silvery Bronze

Tuesday / Thursday AM

6/10 - 8/5 — 6:30 - 7:30 AM Riverside Gardens Pool - Coach Scott

(13) Summer Bike/Run

Wednesday 6:00 - 7:00 PM

6/11 - 7/30 Location TBD in Ft. Hunt Area

• IMPORTANT: These times have not been approved by the County. I have requested additional time which will allow these practices to be at the times shown here. If the County does not approve the additional time, the Monday/Wednesday practices 3 and 4 will be shortened by 10 minutes, practices from #4 will share cool down swimming with warm-up swimming for the last group which will remain a 60 minute practice.

** IMPORTANT: I have requested additional time to make this schedule. If it is not approved, the Bronze and Developmental group's practice will be significantly shortened to 30-40 minutes. If I am unable to find some additional practice time for you, you will receive a prorated refund for the shortened swimming time.

Please note: Depending on biking interest, we may need to add a second biking group after everyone runs. This mean more skilled/experienced bikers will bike after running as opposed to biking prior to running. If this happens, it is likely everything will shift forward 30 minutes...unless I can find another qualified coach or coaches to split the group. Everything will still need to end by 4:15

9/21 - 11/23 Bike/Run training will be 3:00-4:15 at Ft. Hunt Park

9/21 - 11/23 Run only training will be 3:30-4:15 at Ft. Hunt Park

12/7 - 3/8 all training is RUN only 3:30-4:13 at Carl Sandburg track

3/15 - 5/10 Bike/Run training will be 3:00-4:15 at Ft. Hunt Park

3/15 - 5/10 Run only training will be 3:30-4:15 at Ft. Hunt Park

Thaw your frozen feet by walking or running this great 5K on the beautiful Episcopal High School Campus in Alexandria, Virginia!

All ages welcome.

The first 200 racers will receive a JTI headband or stadium cup. Hot Chocolate for all finishers! This race will be professionally timed.

JUST TRYAN IT provides financial assistance to families with a child in cancer treatment. All funds raised by this event will support local families struggling to pay the bills while their child is in treatment for cancer. Register to race then claim and share your fundraising page to encourage your friends and family to donate and help families in need.

Who We Are: Healthy Kids Running Series is a five (5) week running program in the spring and fall for kids Pre-K through 8th grade. Each HKRS Series takes place once a week and offers age-appropriate running events including the 50 & 75 yard dashes, the 1/4 mile, the 1/2 mile and the 1 mile run. Kids will earn points for each race they complete based on their finish.

Pricing: The registration fee covers the entire five (5) weeks of the Series which includes race bibs for each week, a runner shirt, a finisher medal and any sponsor giveaways. Registration is non-refundable and non-transferable. Online Early Bird registration increases three weeks prior to the first race event.

Challenger: This Series offers a Challenger Division which is an adaptive 75 yard race for children with disabilities and/or special needs. This allows for parents, siblings, and friends to be on the course with runners to provide support as well as bringing their own supportive devices such as crutches, braces, wheelchairs, etc. to be used by runners.

Makeup Date Information: 5/17/2026

Single Day Racing: Single day race registration opens one hour prior to the start of each race. The registration fee covers one single race to be run on the day of registration. ALL single day registrations should be completed onsite at the race location. Single day racers will have the option to upgrade to the full series (see tab on the left side of the page for instructions). There is a strict no-refund and no-transfer policy.

Awards: All participants receive a medal on Week 5! Trophies will be awarded to the overall top finishers in each of the divisions listed below (broken out by boys and girls respectively):

Kindergarten & 1st Grade

2nd & 3rd Grade

4th & 5th Grade

6th to 8th Grade

Challenger

Share your running photos with our community! Find us on Facebook @HealthyKidsRunning or Instagram @healthykidsrs!

#GetUpandGo

Please join Old Town Run Club (OTRC) for our "May the Force be with you" Kids 1 Miler and 5K at Cameron Run Regional Park, Alexandria VA. We will honor National Star Wars Day on Sunday May 3rd, and we are looking forward to a fun day of races with lots of kids and silly adults dressed up as their favorite Star Wars character. We will have awesome prizes for best costumes. The course is a picturesque wooded run through one of the prettiest parks in NOVA. Strollers and dogs (on leashes) are most welcome.

Post race celebration will be held at Atlas Brew Works, 2429 Mandeville Lane, Alexandria VA 22332. Join in the fun, great beer, Andy's Pizza on site. Recommend you catch up on the movies as their will be Star Wars Team Trivia at Atlas. The winning team will receive a $100.00 Gift Card, prizes for second and third place. Check out Atlas and Andy's Pizza @ facebook.com/atlasbrewworks.

Package Pick-up will be at Atlas Brew Works on Saturday 2 May 2026 from 1-5 PM. On site registration and packet pick up will be available on the day of the event.

All registered runners who have signed up before 17 April 2026, will receive a Dry-fit short sleeve shirt. You can pick "Empire" (Black) or "Rebellion" (Olive). All registered runners or walkers who finish the race will receive a Light Sword. With your registration your race bib will have x2 vouchers redeemable for pizza and a drink post race at Atlas Brew-works and Andy’s Pizza.

This event is part of a series of runs that Old Town Run Club host's on behalf of our Charity, Tunnel to Towers (T2T.org). The mission of the foundation is to honor the sacrifice of firefighter Stephen Siller who laid down his life to save others on September 11, 2001. The charity tirelessly continues to honor and support our military and first responders who continue to make the supreme sacrifice of life and limb for our country. Please help us in raising awareness and donations for Tunnel to Towers, and the incredible impact they make everyday for our beloved military service members, our firefighters, our police officers and all our first responders. All profits from the event will go to Tunnel to Towers.

Please donate if you can, sharing our direct link to T2T:

http://dogood.t2t.org/OldTownRunClub25

If you have a minute, we invite you to read "Stephens Story" https://t2t.org/stephens-story/

Stephens life and heroic death serve as a reminder to us all to live life to the fullest and to spend our time here on earth doing good - this is his legacy.

One of Stephens favorite sayings and the motto he lived by; "While we have time, let us do good!" - St Francis of Assisi

*Old Town Run Club Inc. is a 501(c)3 non profit public charity registered in the US under EIN 99-1978309

Visit us at Oldtownrunclub.org

BEST Kids is a local nonprofit organization with a mission to connect with youth in foster care and youth who are at risk to build healthy and successful futures through long-lasting mentoring relationships.

Join us Saturday May 9th, 2026 for our 14th Annual Superhero 5K and Fun Run!

The Fun Run distance is 0.5 miles and is geared toward our younger runners. Parents/Guardians should help their smaller Superheroes through the fun run.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE:

Step 1 – REGISTER for the race

Step 2 – Show up at Fort Hunt Park on May 9th!

OTHER WAYS TO GET INVOLVED:

SHARE our event with your friends and family throughout the DMV area. Follow on social media at @bestkidsdc for all event details.

CREATE run teams – Creating a team allows you to implement team time goals, or simply empower your friends to remain active during this time of social distancing. Feel free to come up with creative themes and team names.

PARTICIPATE in our fun, family-friendly engagement activities on race day!

INDIVIDUAL FUNDRAISING - We encourage you to BECOME AN INDIVIDUAL FUNDRAISER if you are willing and able.

We are excited about this engaging opportunity and hope you will join in on the fun. Please remember that not only does this run promote fun and health, but it is also a major contributing factor to positively impacting the youth that we serve. YOUR PARTICIPATION MAKES A DIFFERENCE!

THANK YOU for helping us support our community by helping youth in foster care and youth who are at-risk.

5K (In-Person Race) Details and Updates:

Hello BEST Kids Superheroes!

We are so excited to be with you in person for our 14th Annual Superhero 5K and Fun Run this Saturday, May 9th at Fort Hunt Park, Alexandria, VA. We wanted to provide you with some information in preparation for the race. Check-in will be from 7:00AM – 7:45AM. The Fun Run will start at 8:00AM The adult and youth 5K race will begin promptly at 8:30AM. . This is a rain or shine event, therefore the event will still take place even if it rains. Lastly, we encourage you to dress up like your favorite superhero. It is not mandatory, but we would love for you to join in on the fun!

Parking

Parking lots are located near the start of the event. We will be at Pavilion A.

Again, we are so excited to see all of you. Thank you for your support and cooperation in advance. We expect this to be a fun-filled and safe event all in support of our youth in foster care.

If you’d like to share any photos of your participation please email them to [email protected] or you can tag us on social media @bestkidsdc.

Again, we are so excited for you to support BEST Kids' youth in this way. You are running for a great cause. We encourage you to have fun and be safe.