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Health

So You Wanna Run a Race—Which One’s Right for You?

Our area has a race for every pace.

Written by Kim Olsen
| Published on June 29, 2018
So You Wanna Run a Race—Which One’s Right for You?
Cupid's Undie Run in 2017. Photograph by Evy Mages
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Our area has a race for every pace. Follow the flow chart below to find a race to enter.

This article appeared in the June 2018 issue of Washingtonian.

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