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Join us for DCRRC Bread Run 10K and Gingerbread 2 Mile Run.A Winter Holiday Tradition.
Free Timed Race with a Contribution of bread.
A note from Race Director Delabian Rice-Thurston: What is the “Bread” contribution of “The Bread Run 10K”? We’ve had a couple of questions from people new to the race. Here’s a bit of history. When my husband Bob came up with this idea 30 years ago, our now-33-year-old was on my back in a yurt at Glen Echo for the first race, and Bob had gotten into baking bread. He wanted to do a 10K with hot drinks, fresh breads and conversation after the race for the club. He got Glen Echo as the venue, baked some 48 loaves and put on the race. Breads were given as prizes and eaten by all. It was a cold run and the first time we had a 10K “short” winter race with hot refreshments that I can remember. People thought it was a great idea and wanted to contribute their own breads to the next race. Thus, the Bread Run became a winter holiday institution!
Then the homeless crisis came, and people who didn’t know the purpose of the bread or the history of the race brought Giant/Safeway/Wonder bread. We don’t want to rename it “The Homemade Bread or Gourmet Baked Goods Run”! Anything you bake yourself qualifies. People have brought bread from places like Panera and Marvelous Market; those are fine, too. People have made cupcakes and banana bread in addition to kneaded breads of all types. We just hope you don’t bring Wonder Bread, thinking the bread is for the homeless.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
7300 MacArthur Blvd, Glen Echo, MD 20812-1200, United States
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