All photos copyright Bob Mallet

Captions

1. Bagpiper Michael Scott


2. Members of the Washington RunHers provided course marshalling services


3. An Irish princess and her retinue


4. (l-r) Katya Chopivsky, Jen Crane & Kylie Yoder painted their faces green


5. The Sarge warmed up the crowd pre-race at Freedom Plaza


6. Funny hats were the uniform of the day for John Macris and friend


7. And they're off . . .


8. It took more than four minutes for the 4,000+ runners to clear the starting line


9. The kids lined up for the Leprechauns Leap after the 10K race started


10. These kids are showing good form as they come back to the finish line

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