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About the Twilight Festival 4-Miler

2009 marks the fourth year for the Twilight Festival 4-Miler.  The event has grown to become the premier evening family race event in the Virginia area, and is known for it's post-race festival and family activities.  It is the third stop in the growing Loudoun Race Series.

The Twilight Festival 4-Miler event benefits the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, as well as the PR Award for Excellence Scholarship Fund.  The PR Award for Excellence Scholarships are awarded to deserving area High School runners — based on criteria including sportsmanship, work ethic, and team contributions. Teams participating in the High School Team Registration Challenge (which challenges them to recruit race participants and "affiliate" them with each team's high school) are eligible to submit nominees. Congratulations to this 2008 winners: Daniel Haugh, Marshall HS; Bekki Misanin, Dominion HS; and Shannon Thomas, Potomac Falls HS!

About Potomac River Running

A family-run business, Potomac River Running, Inc, was founded in 2002 by Cathy and Ray Pugsley and Brendan and Margie Shapiro. Running specialty is a great fit for us – it allows us to share our passion for running (competition, coaching, teaching, etc.) with runners, walkers and triathletes of all levels, and it gives us a forum to introduce new people to the sport. It also enables us to support and continue to be involved with high school athletics, area events and races, charity groups, youth development programs, etc.

In the past five years, we have grown to become one of the area’s largest running and walking specialty retailers, with locations in Arlington, Ashburn, Burke, Cleveland Park (in DC), and Reston. We seek to share our passion with our customers by providing a broad selection of extensive products, but more importantly by focusing on service. Our highly trained staff is invested in each customer’s success and can provide advice and support above and beyond helping to select the best product. With our =PR= Training Programs arm we also provide running and fitness training programs for runners and walkers of all levels, including our popular Running 101 introductory program.
 
Potomac River Running has been recognized as a business leader at both the national and local levels. In 2006, Potomac River Running was one of four finalists for the “Running Specialty Store of the Year” award from the Independent Running Retailers Association and the Running Network. We were again recognized as one of the 50 Best Running Specialty Stores in America and both 2007 and 2008, the only business in the mid-Atlantic region to earn the award in three consecutive years. In addition, we were recognized in 2007 by the Loudoun Chamber of Commerce as a finalist for Small Business of the Year. 
 
Please visit www.potomacriverrunning.com for our store locations and hours, details on training programs, fun runs, and other events with which we are involved.
 
Contact Information
Registration inquiries: Ray Pugsley, ray@potomacriverrunning.com
Sponsorship inquiries: Kristin Idle, kristin@potomacriverrunning.com
Volunteer information: Cathy Pugsley, cathy@potomacriverrunning.com
Race Director: Ray Pugsley, ray@potomacriverrunning.com