Are you running for Austin Saturday in inaugural virtual 5K?
Participants from four countries and 14 states have registered to race virtually on Saturday, Nov. 13 in the “Run For Austin Virtual 5K,” raising awareness about detained journalist Austin Tice.
Participants can create and register a team or join an existing team. They may run or walk any route, at any time, on the day of the race.
Are you running? Then share your participation on social media with the hashtags #RunForAustin and #FreeAustinTice. Upload your photos to the race website or tag @PressClubDC to share your trails, your training and your teams as race day approaches! Tag @PressClubDC on social media, too. Registered participants may download a personal race bib to print out and wear for the 5K and also can make signs and posters to raise awareness.
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 detained in Syria since 2012.
After seeing reports of the refugee crisis unfolding in Syria, Tice picked up his camera and headed straight to the front lines as a freelance reporter. He reported for The Washington Post and McClatchy newspapers before he was detained at a checkpoint near Damascus on Aug. 14, 2012. After more than nine years, Tice has endured the longest detention of any U.S. journalist to date.