2025 Book It for Books 5k/10k

Name: 2025 Book It for Books 5k/10k
Start: 2025-10-25T08:00:00-04:00
Location: Lake Accotink Park

Schedule

Sat, 25 Oct, 2025 at 08:00 am

UTC-04:00

Location

Lake Accotink Park | Springfield, VA

https://bishopsevents.com/event/2025-book-it-for-books-5k-10k/

Points count towards our Year-Long 5k, 10k, & Back of the Pack Series. Points will also count towards our Fall Series. Find more info about the series here.
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Please note that Bishop’s Events promo/discount codes cannot be used to register for this event.
Be part of the action as a sponsor or runner/walker to help provide needed books and literacy activity programming for area children. Every $4.00 donation purchases one book for one child…so to provide one new book each for 20,000 children means an annual need to raise approximately $80,000. Any additional funding supports additional books for our students either directly or through special active learning programming such as RIF NOVA’s STEAM It Up! and Authors in Our Schools.

Virtual Race Option
We now offer a virtual run option for those who cannot make it on race day. Find more information about our virtual option on our Virtual Races page.

Runners Receive
Finisher’s Medal, Technical (Drifit) Event Shirt, & A Chip Timed Event

Charity Information
Reading is Fundamental of Northern Virginia (RIF NOVA) is an all-volunteer 501(3)c nonprofit, totally supported by our community! For over 50 years, RIF NOVA has been providing books to deserving children in our community — the City of Alexandria and Arlington, Fairfax, and Prince William counties. During that time, we have given hundreds of thousands of new books to children who need them the most. All RIF NOVA elementary schools are Title 1 schools, which means that the school has high numbers of low-income students. Each child served is able to choose at least one book to take home annually — important because children who choose their own books are three times more likely to be frequent readers. According to the U.S. Department of Education, “The only behavior measure that correlates significantly with reading scores is the number of books in the home. The RIF NOVA Books for Keeps program helps to address this critical need.
Be part of the action as a sponsor or runner/walker to help provide needed books and literacy activity programming for area children. Every $4.00 donation purchases one book for one child…so to provide one new book each for 20,000 children means an annual need to raise approximately $80,000. Any additional funding supports additional books for our students either directly or through special active learning programming such as RIF NOVA’s STEAM It Up! and Authors in Our Schools.

Race Start Times
10k – 8am
5k – 8:30am
1 mile fun run – 8:30am

Registration Fees
5k – $30, until Sept 30 ($35)
10k – $45, until Sept 30 ($50)
***Price will increase on race morning by $5 for each distance
T-shirts guaranteed to runners registered before Oct 15. We will order extra t-shirts for those who register after that date, but it is on a first-come first-served basis.

T-Shirt Design
T-shirt design for the race is available here as soon as it has been approved.

Race Medal Design
Race medal designs can be viewed on the Friday before the race on the Bishops Events Facebook page or our Instagram page.

Course Maps can be found at

This is an out-and-back trail run on the south side of the lake for the 5k. The 10k is out-and-back on the north side for half the race, then does an out-and-back on the south side. The 10k will be mostly trail, but there is a good section of pavement as well along the route. Check the elevation gain on the course maps page.
Back of the Pack time: 11:30

Live Race Results
Live results will be posted on Athlinks.com. Additionally, there will be a QR code at the race for you to scan to immediately view your results. Final race results with series points will be posted to our website on the Monday following your race.
Runner tracking is now available when you sign up for a race with Bishop’s Events. Click on the green SMS button (see example below) at the end of your registration and have your race updates sent to your mobile device as well as those of your friends & family so they can track your race progress.

Awards
We award the top 3 men and women overall during our awards ceremony post-race. We also award the 1st & 2nd place Male and Female in these categories: 19&Under, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, & 70+. Runners who place top 3 overall in their race are not eligible to also win their age groups.

Photos
We will post any photos taken by staff on our Facebook page by Tuesday after the event.

Social Media Challenge
On Tuesdays, we pick our favorite Instagram or Facebook post from the previous race weekend. The winner will receive 50% off a future race! Make sure to tag us in your race photos at:
Instagram: BishopsEventsLLC
Facebook: BishopsEvents

Packet Pickup
Packet pickup is available at the event. We recommend arriving one hour before your event start time to check-in.

Race Day Registration
There will be race day registration. Participants should plan to arrive approximately one hour before the race to get registered for the event. T-shirts sizes cannot be guaranteed for race day registers.
***Price will increase on race morning by $5 for each distance

Water Stations
Three water stations will be along the 10k course at approximately mile markers 1.55, 3.1 & 4.65. One water station will be along the 5k course at approximately mile marker 1.55. Gatorade will be available at some water stations. Water stations are subject to change as deemed necessary.

Restrooms
Restrooms can be located at the top of the hill near the beach.

Volunteers
Volunteers should arrive approximately 60 minutes before the first race kicks off. We will assign volunteer tasks on race morning (water station, course marshals, finish line support, etc). You can find parking information under “Directions to Parking” with a latitude and longitude pin for where to meet.

Weather Policy
We are an all-weather race company (rain or shine or sleet or snow). We will email registered runners and post on social media if the race is cancelled, but this is quite rare, otherwise assume the race is taking place as scheduled.
Weekly weather reports are posted on the Thursday before race weekends on our Facebook page by Chad Merrill with the Hagerstown Almanack. Race officials may delay, change or postpone the event due to weather conditions. All registered runners will be notified via email of any changes. In most cases, a decision is not made until the night before the race, and a decision could come as late as the morning of the event.

Refunds & Transfer
To view our full refund/transfer policy, click here.

Directions to Parking
Use 7500 Accotink Park Rd, Springfield, VA 22150 for directions to Lake Accotink Park. The best way to locate this event is via GPS using this latitudinal and longitudinal pin: 38.792723, -77.218023