The Office 5K season three kicks off

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — For fans of the mockumentary sitcom “The Office”, what happened in Lackawanna County was not exactly “Michael Scott’s Dunder Mifflin Scranton Meredith Palmer Memorial celebrity rabies awareness pro-am fun-run race for the cure”.

Runners hit the pavement in the Electric City for “The Office 5k”.

The annual race took participants past familiar landmarks like the Penn Paper building which are highlighted in the show.

The race also brought out actor Andy Buckley who played Dunder Mifflin’s former CFO David Wallace.

Super fans ran in various costumes from the show with the best one running home with a “Fundie”, but it was a University of Scranton athlete who won the race.

“Good course. It was cool seeing everyone in their costumes and stuff, just really fun,” said Joseph Kilpatrick a student-athlete at the University of Scranton.

“It’s such a fun beautiful show. The Michael Scott heart is the thing that sort of sets the tone for everything,” added Buckley.

Organizers say 1500 runners took part in today’s “The Office 5k” the most in the three years they have held it.

28/22 News is a proud sponsor of “The Office 5k”.

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