The only maternal mental health 5K race in Virginia, Shelane’s Run , ends this weekend after 10 years.

"It does take a lot out of the family, both physically and mentally, to put on a race of this size,” said Shelane’s Run organizer and founder, Joanne Bryant. “And we really wanted, as a family, to do more as a family together."

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Bryant founded the run in honor of her late daughter, Shelane Gaydos, who was a Fairfax County police officer, wife and mother of three.

Gaydos died by suicide two weeks after learning of her miscarriage.

"We just had to do something to bring about awareness,” Bryant said. “I mean, if I had even known what to look for or what questions to ask, maybe we could've turned this thing around from

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