Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Evening races grow in popularity as runners embrace the night

Bet you didn?t know that I could predict the future. But I guarantee that if you see me at the National Press Club Beat the Deadline 5K on Saturday, I?m going to be groggy. It won?t matter that trainer Tony Horton of P90X fame will have led a peppy warm-up. To make it to that 7:30 a.m. start, I?ll have to get up way earlier than any human being should have to.

And, in fact, I don?t have to. If I truly have a hankering to run in a race Saturday, I could instead choose to participate in the Potomac River Running Twilight Festival, which starts nearly 12 hours later. Also, there?s beer, Potomac River Running co-owner Ray Pugsley reminds me. ?But I recommend hydrating with clear fluids before amber ones,? says Pugsley, who promises runners a real celebration featuring live music, burritos and a moon bounce.

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