Judges often sit for hours at a time, hearing arguments or trials from the bench and writing decisions in their chambers. The life of a judge doesn't lend itself to much aerobic activity.

On Wednesday morning, a group of federal and local judges in Washington got a chance to stretch their legs. The judges—along with members of Congress, executive branch officials and reporters—laced up their sneakers for the 34th annual ACLI Capital Challenge, a three-mile race along the Anacostia River.

Joined by law clerks and other supporters, the judges led teams with names such as “D.C. Circuitry,” “Article III-Minute Mile” and “BanaAppeals.”

Judges Brett Kavanaugh and Nina Pillard of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit were the fastest judges this year, with Kavanaugh taking home his fifth title. Kavanaugh, who ran the Boston Marathon in April, completed the course in 21 minutes, 24 seconds. Pillard came in at 22 minutes, 54 seconds.

“This is such a fun race and all my clerks and I came out, and some of them are first-time runners and first-time racers, and we just had such a blast,” Pillard said after the race, sporting a T-shirt with her team's name, “Failure to Exhaust.”

Kavanaugh and Pillard's teams collectively had the fastest times in the judiciary group. Pillard's clerks who ran with her: Diana Cieslak, a University of Michigan Law School grad; Andrew Tutt, who graduated from Yale Law School; Eduardo Santacana, who graduated from Harvard Law School; and Matthew Miller, another Michigan Law grad.

Kavanaugh's team, “D.C. Circuitry,” featured four D.C. Circuit clerks: one of Kavanaugh's clerks, Katie Wellington, who graduated from Harvard Law School; Thomas Fu, who graduated from Stanford Law School and clerks for Chief Judge Merrick Garland; Chad Mizelle, who graduated from Cornell Law School and clerks for Judge David Sentelle; and Sean Childers, a New York University School of Law grad who clerks for Judge Stephen Williams.

The annual race, hosted by the American Council of Life Insurers, raised money this year for the Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation, a nonprofit that trains seeing eye dogs.

A team from the judiciary has never fielded an overall winner in the event's history, according to the race announcer on Wednesday—giving new meaning to the name of U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss' team, “Justice Delayed.”

Other judges who participated: D.C. Circuit judges Patricia Millett, Sri Srinivasan and Robert Wilkins; U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan; Federal Circuit judges Raymond Chen and Jimmie Reyna; D.C. Court of Appeals judges Catharine Easterly and Roy McLeese; U.S. Tax Court Judge Kathleen Kerrigan; and D.C. Superior Court judges Russell Canan and Florence Pan.

The full results of Wednesday's run are available here.

Updated with a link to the full results of the race.