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Schedule of Events
Thursday, June 7 |
6:30 p.m. | Tony Horton workout |
Friday, June 8 |
Noon - 7 p.m. | Packet pick-up and registration, National Press Club |
Saturday, June 9 - Race Day |
6:15 - 7:15 a.m. | On-site Registration (Corner of 14th and F Street, NW) |
7:30 a.m. | Race Begins |
Immediately following the race, all runners are invited to the National Press Club Ballroom for the NPC Health & Fitness Fair, post-race pancake breakfast and awards ceremony.
Entry Fees
NPC members and students: $25 until 5/25
General: $30 until 5/25
$35 for all runners after 5/25
$40 for all runners on race day
All entry fees include official 5K shirt and entrance to the post-race pancake breakfast.
Cash prizes for top finishers and medals for top age group finishers.
Race Prizes
$200 each for first place, male and female
$100 each for 2nd place, male and female
$50 each for 3rd place, male and female
$100 each for 1st place male and female masters (over 40)
$50 each for top male and female NPC member
Medals for top age group finishers and everyone can win one of the many random door prizes!
Team categories include:
- Largest or Fastest media team
- Largest Fastest team
- Each team member must submit an individual form and indicate team name on form.
- Minimum 3 runners per team and top 3 finishers count toward team time.
Honorary Marshalls
Tony Horton
 The 5K Committee welcomes exercise trainer Tony Horton, creator of the P90X extreme fitness program, as this year's honorary Race Marshall. Horton will lead an audience in a workout session at the National Press Club on Thursday, June 7 at 6:30 p.m., and an open workout for attendants on race day. Horton has trained professional athletes, U.S. military personnel, members of Congress and celebrities such as Bruce Springsteen, Usher, Tom Petty, Billy Idol, and Annie Lennox. Find out more about Tony and the P90X fitness program at www.beachbody.com.
Cynné Simpson
 Cynné Simpson is an Emmy Award and Edward R Murrow Award winning anchor for ABC7/WJLA-TV. She’s covered worldwide news and entertainment stories from the historic wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton in London to the Red Carpet of the 2011 Oscars. She has done exclusive interviews with Michelle Obama at the White House, Diane Sawyer, Maya Angelou, Muhammad Ali and countless others. When Cynné isn't working, she's usually traveling to remote parts of the world. She loves adventure sports and is constantly looking for places to hang glide, rock climb, swim with sharks or try something new.
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