Bread Run 10K & Gingerbread 2-Miler

Bread Run 10K & Gingerbread 2-Miler

December 7, 2025

Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD 20812 US

This will be race #2 of the Snowball Series.

Race Director(s): Bob Thurston and Delabian Rice-Thurston

Event Schedule:

• 10:00am -- 2 Mile Fun Run (FREE race)
• 10:30am -- 10K Race

Registration and Fees:

Online advance registration through 8 PM the day before the race:

• $0 for club members (with or without Bread)
• $0 for non-members (with a contribution of Bread)
• $10 for non-members (with no bread contribution)

On-site (day-of-race) Registration: If you wish to register on race day, YOU MUST enter with a loaf of bread. There are no exceptions!

Bread Contribution: Entry fee is a loaf of home-baked (not store-bought!) bread.

Contact race directors Bob Thurston and Delabian Rice-Thurston, if you need clarification as to what qualifies as "home-baked."

If you signed up for the race and can no longer run please email [email protected] to inform us of your cancelation. There will be no refund for canceling but you will open up a spot for a fellow runner.

If you would like information about our club membership and the many benefits, go to DCRRC membership page.

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-35-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! If you’d like getting what you brought as a prize, then it’s fine to bring it. That’s it in a nutshell.

Course:

USATF certified 10K loop course on Macarthur Boulevard and the C&O Canal Towpath. Click here for the course map