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Rachel Porter

At a small community pool out in Chantilly they run an Aquathon to close out the season. It is very low-key, no chips on the bibs, just a couple of staff with stop watches and a notes app keeping track of times. The aquathon is a snake swim up and down each lane of the pool (I think 150m), and then you do a 5k through the neighborhood and down the local running trail. We could do a similar swim + 5k with everyone going out and hooking up with the Four Mile Run trail either out and back or a loop of some kind utilizing the trails that interconnect near DH (as people would be staggered by swim times, shouldn't be too much of a load on the trails). Even with t-shirts, a small prize for winners by age group, and probably some fees for the registration system, seems like it could be a nice fundraiser for DH, with not TOO much effort (although I'm sure there's more to it than I see as a participant), and if everyone has to sign a waiver I would hope not risky to host. I am suggesting it because I want to participate, but I would also be happy to help if you ended up wanting to do this.

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