Event Description
Sign up today to #RunForAustin, a virtual 5K race on Saturday, November 13, 2021.
Lace up with us and hit the road, trail or track for this Virtual 5K run/walk anytime on race day to raise awareness and show public support for journalist Austin Tice who has been unjustly detained in Syria since 2012.
Tell us you’ve registered and tag us as you train by connecting with us @PressClubDC on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Use the hashtag #RunForAustin. Share your results on race day as you proudly wear your virtual race bib available to download and print after registering.
Don’t want to run alone? No problem! Create and register a team or join an existing team. Maybe your team can’t physically run together but you want to feel power in numbers – we get it!
Austin Tice is a Marine combat veteran, a seventh-generation Texan from Houston, a graduate of Georgetown University, and an award-winning journalist who has been unjustly detained in Syria since 2012. After seeing reports of the refugee crisis unfolding in Syria, Austin picked up his camera and headed straight to the front lines as a freelance reporter. He delivered important dispatches to The Washington Post and McClatchy before he was detained at a checkpoint near Damascus on August 14, 2012. After more than nine years, Austin has endured the longest detention of any U.S. journalist to date. Keep Austin in mind by signing up to participate and spreading the word.
