Message To Participants
Thank you for participating in the 2014 Holiday Sleigh 5K - Tysons event being held on Saturday, November 1, 2014 on Jones Branch Drive, Tysons, VA. We are excited and happy to bring this race to you benefiting Hope For The Warriors®, a non-profit organization whose mission is to enhance the quality of life for post-9/11 service members, their families, and families of the fallen who have sustained physical and psychological wounds in the line of duty. Hope For The Warriors® is dedicated to restoring a sense of self, restoring the family unit, and restoring hope for our service members and our military families.
General Information
Thank you for participating in the 2014 Holiday Sleigh 5K - Tysons event being held on Saturday, November 1, 2014 on Jones Branch Drive, Tysons, VA. We are excited and happy to bring this race to you benefiting Hope For The Warriors®, a non-profit organization whose mission is to enhance the quality of life for post-9/11 service members, their families, and families of the fallen who have sustained physical and psychological wounds in the line of duty. Hope For The Warriors® is dedicated to restoring a sense of self, restoring the family unit, and restoring hope for our service members and our military families.
General Information
- All entrants get a colorful 2014 Holiday Sleigh T-shirt, free refreshments and snacks.
- The course runs along Jones Branch Drive and Westpark Drive in Tysons, VA with the start and finish line at 7925 Jones Branch Drive.
- It is anticipated that hundreds of runners and walkers will be participating in this race.
- Awards and prizes will be given to the top 3 male and female runners in eight different age groups.
- Race packet pickup will be provided at local businesses prior to race day as well as on-site on race day so please refer back to this site for the latest packet pickup updates.
- Our 5K and 1 mile routes are walker-friendly and baby-stroller friendly for your safety.
Course Map
Because of its topography and human performance factors, this course may be the fastest 5K you'll ever run.
Turn-by-turn description:
- Start at 7925 Jones Branch Road on right-hand side of the left lane (southeast bound)
- Run north and west on Jones Branch, slightly uphill
- The uphill start gives you a chance to warm up, then you come zooming back into a crowd
- Cross Westbranch Drive
- Pass Freddie Mac Center on your right and Kaiser Permanente Medical Center Russell building on your left
- Cross Park Run Drive
- Stay right. At Lincoln Way, turn left around the cone and marshal
- Zoom straight back, downhill
- Pass the start line, where you are greeted by hundreds of spectators
- Continue south on Jones Branch Drive, back up slightly uphill
- Turn right on Westpark Drive
- Cross Westbranch Drive
- Stay right and turn around left at a cone about 100 meters east of Park Run Drive
- Continue in the right-hand lane straight back on Westpark Drive, mostly downhill
- Turn left at Jones Branch Drive
- Watch for the tall American flag on your left
- The finish is just around the bend
- Sprint downhill to the finish line
- The combination of a long uphill to warm up and a long downhill to surge to the finish means you hit the finish line at full strength and full speed
- We will have markers at each mile (1, 2, 3) and water stations along the way.
- Volunteers and traffic control individuals will be posted along the way to insure that runners and walkers are directed along the appropriate route as well as manage/stop traffic flow as needed.
- Since the course starts and ends at 7925 Jones Branch Drive, you will pass midpoint aid stations and water stations twice during the race.
