Healthy Strides 5K 10K

🏃‍♂️ Event Overview

The Fairfax County Park Authority invites you to join your community and friends for the Healthy Strides 5K/10K on May 3, 2025. Experience the sights and sounds of this Fantasy Forest while you enjoy a scenic run, walk, or roll in the 5K (3.1 Miles), or run through the trails for a more competitive 10K (6.2 Miles). Runners in the 10K must be able to maintain faster than a 17-minute mile and finish by 9:30am.

📝 Registration Details

• Max Participants: 500 max participants – reserve your spot, today!
• Technical Tee: Register early to reserve your spot and technical tee.
• Size Info: Ladies' sizes are fitted and run small. When in doubt, we recommend sizing up.
• Registration Closing: Online registration closes on March 31st. Race registration may close early upon sell out.

🏅 Children's Dash

The event also features a Tots/Kids Dash (2-5 & 6-10 years old). This is a short dash to the finish line for 5K participants' kids. Tots/Kids Dash participants and their family and friends must wait until the 5K and 10K are over before leaving Burke Lake Park. We welcome you to enjoy the playground or cheer for the 5K/10K runners, as well as partake in the post-5K/10K refreshments and party!

💵 Registration Fees

• 5K/10K: November 1st-December 31st: $35: January 1st-March 31st: $40
• Tots/Kids Dash: November 1st-December 31st: $15: January 1st-March 31st: $20
• Timing Chip: Kids registered in the Tots/Kids Dash will not receive a timing chip on their bib.
• Road Safety: Roads will be closed until it is safe for ALL runners.

🗺️ Course Information

The 5K course follows a tree-lined, paved road through the park and is wheelchair and stroller accessible. Runners who want to step up their challenge can take on the 6.2-mile wooded trail that circles the lake. Runners in the 10K must be able to maintain faster than a 17-minute mile and finish by 9:30 am.

📅 Event Schedule

Friday, May 2, 2025 - Festivities Begin! Packet pick-up opens at the Burke Lake Park Ice Cream Parlor from 2-7pm. Registrants will receive a Healthy Strides 5K/10K reusable grocery tote at packet pickup.

Saturday, May 3, 2025-Race Day! 6:20am – Burke Lake Park Opens to Healthy Strides Participants. Do not park in the Shelter A lot*-this is the finish line and event area.

🏆 Awards and SWAG

The awards ceremony will conclude our event. All finishers will earn a commemorative finisher medal. Awards and bragging rights go to the top 3 overall male and female finishers in each the 5K and the 10K, then the top 3 male and female finishers in both the 5K and the 10K for the following age groups: 19 & under, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, and 70 & over.

🌧️ Weather Policy

This is a rain-or-shine event. This event is non-refundable. No refunds will be given in the event of bad weather.

🚗 Parking Information

Park roads close to traffic at 7:30am. Please allow plenty of time on the morning of the race so that you and your spectators are parked before 7:30am. Please allow for 5-10 minutes to walk from the parking lot to the start line at Shelter A. Race Participant parking in Shelter A lot is prohibited. Healthy Strides parking staff will direct you to open parking lots.

⏱️ Timing and Results

Healthy Strides 5K/10K is professionally timed by Commonwealth Race Management using the ChronoTrack B disposable tag system. Your tag will be attached to your bib. Results are available immediately after the race and are posted on www.prraces.com.

💖 Support Our Parks

A portion of the proceeds go to the Fairfax County Park Foundation to support beautiful Burke Lake Park. Support our event by volunteering. Race webpage with updates, volunteering opportunities, and sponsorship information on the Race webpage at https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/healthy-strides/10k5k.