RICHMOND, Va. — Summer may be coming to a close, but there’s still time left to complete one challenge found exclusively on the Capital Trail.
That challenge is just one of many reasons you’ll find six women from Black Girls Run (BGR) on the move.
“We are challenge oriented runners,” said Cynthia Lewis.
Lewis. the group’s run ambassador, said that staying physically fit is enough of a challenge on its own, but when the Capital Trail Foundation introduced its Summer Challenge run, she and the other five women of the Dorey Park Chapter of BGR decided to test their mettle.
“We decided to do the trail,” Lewis said.
The Summer Challenge is a call to runners across Virginia to conquer the Capital Trail.
Runners, walkers, and bikers had from May 25 to September 9 to complete one of three distances: 51.7 miles, 103.4 miles, and 465.3 miles.
Lewis said their specific challenge took them to Williamsburg and back.
The Dorey Park chapter of Black Girls Run blew past their 50-plus mile distance with time to spare over the course of the Summer.