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Your A-List: Best Outdoor Event
Austinites are known as an active lot, in love with the outdoors and the fresh air. That would help explain why we have such an abundance of outdoor events each year, some of which are relatively new — Keep Austin Weird Festival — and some — Eeyore’s Birthday — that seem to have been around since the Colorado River first flowed into town.
Of all the myriad events held each year in our fair town, however, the Austin American-Statesman’s Capitol 10K leads the way. With 30 percent of the vote, beating the Trail of Lights to the tape by a nose, the Cap 10K is the winner of the Your A-List poll for best outdoor event.
The largest 10K in Texas, the Cap 10K is an annual rite of spring in Austin. In the true spirit of our residents’ commitment to fitness and “weirdness,” the fun run attracts all levels of runners, from the costumed silly folk to the shaved-leg, steely eyed-staring folks for whom Runners’ World is scripture.
The 10K allows for various levels of competition, so everyone feels welcome, and with the spirit of camaraderie that permeates the event, everyone’s a winner.
Others receiving votes:
- Trail of Lights/Zilker tree, 26 percent
- Eeyore’s Birthday, 12 percent
- Old Pecan Street Festival, 11 percent
- Zilker Kite Festival, 6 percent
- Fourth of July fireworks at Zilker, 4 percent
- Keep Austin Weird Festival, 3 percent
- Republic of Texas biker rally, 3 percent
- Movies in the Park, 2 percent
- Gay Pride Festival, 2 percent
- Zilker Garden Festival, <1 percent
- Cinco de Mayo Festival, <1 percent
Write-ins:
- First Night Austin
- Texas Book Festival
A personal aside: For family and adult fun, as well as a total arts immersion, it’s hard to beat First Night Austin.
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