A new award has been established to honor former Fairfax firefighter and distance runner Nicole Mittendorff who died two months ago. Mittendorff participated in the Woodrow Wilson Bridge Half Marathon & 6k a number of times, and ran once with her husband Steven.
The first Nicole Mittendorff Award will be presented to the first female firefighter to complete the half marathon course, which now begins at the Woodrow Wilson Bridge and ends under the bridge in Old Town Alexandria. Steve Nearman, founder and event director of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge Half Marathon & 6k, said he hopes that firefighters as well as police and EMS personnel from around the metropolitan area will come to the Oct. 2 race to honor Mittendorf.
Register for the Woodrow Wilson Bridge Half Marathon & 6k at www.wilsonbridgehalf.com.