Photo below: Start of the inaugural Germantown 5-Miler in 2003.

The Germantown 5-Miler is a family friendly fitness activity that will be held in Germantown, Maryland, on Saturday, May 22, 2004. The race, benefiting Germantown Boys & Girls Club, is presented by Seneca Creek Community Church in cooperation with the Capital Running Company. The event, to be held at Seneca Meadows Corporate Center of Germantown, will include a 5-mile, champion chip timed, race and a 2-mile family fun run. The fun run allows strollers and dogs. These events will culminate with awards, prize drawings, and fresh baked refreshments.

The mission of the Germantown Boys & Girls Club is to help boys and girls of all backgrounds, with an emphasis on at-risk youth, build confidence, develop character and acquire the skills needed to become productive, civic-minded, responsible adults. Today children come from families in which both parents work, in fact this situation seems to be the 'traditional' family these days. Elementary students today lack the community support required to deal with academics, extracurricular activities and social challenges. For this reason, the Germantown Boys & Girls Club provides youth with a positive and safe place to go; a way to grow in a safe and caring environment.

From the church's early beginnings in 1989, Seneca Creek Community Church (Seneca Creek) has always valued community involvement in Germantown. One of Seneca Creek's core values is to assist and influence the educational, political, and business institutions of its community while helping to care for the family. Seneca Creek admires the efforts of the Germantown Boys & Girls Club and is happy that the race committee has chosen this worthy local charity as its 2004 beneficiary.

Online registration for the race can be found at Germantown 5 Miler or runwashington and Germantown residents will receive a one-dollar discount. Here is the direct link for online registration Sign up for the race For additional information contact race director, Danny Talmage, at 301-379-8553 or at race@germantown5miler.com

Website Contacts Race - The Race
Seneca Creek - The Church
Charity - Germantown Boys & Girls Club
Timing and Scoring - Capital Running Company