Brian (Athlinks, E-Mail) joined DC Road Runners in the spring of 2007 with the hope of overcoming his inherent lack of long distance running talent, and to train for the 2007 New York Marathon.

He quickly became involved in many club activities including being a regular presence at Saturday Long Runs and Wednesday Track Workouts, as well as volunteering at many races and club events.

In the spring of 2008 Brian took on many club projects; including a complete upgrade dcroadrunners.org, giving the site a new front-end look, as well as a new collaboration and financial processing back-end. Additionally, Brian restructured club operations with the purchase of a chip timing system, and new van, all leading to the creation of DCRR’s race management services department.

Brian is a Rosslyn resident, and can often be found running on the Custis and Mount Vernon Trails, or completing loops on shady Roosevelt Island.

Ben (E-mail) started running winter track in high school as a way to avoid wrestling class, and has been on the roads ever since.

He has completed over 50 marathons, including Boston, Honolulu, New York City, Marine Corps, Kilauea Volcano Trails, Big Sur and Austin.

Shortly after moving to D.C. in autumn 1999, he began regular participation in the Saturday Long Run and credits it for getting him to Boston.

Ben has directed the Larry Noel Greenbelt 15K Race since 2005 and has been a sub-group coach with the club’s Marathon Training Program for several years.

When not in running attire, George worked as an IT specialist at the Navy Federal Credit Union in Vienna, Virginia. Recently retired, George resides in Burke, Virginia, with Ellen, his bride of 33 years, and continues his community involvements.

Lynn (E-mail) joined DC Roadrunners as a participant in the 10K Training Program not long after moving to DC in 2002.  Going with the mantra – “if one mile is good then 26.2 miles are better” – she continued with the club’s Fall Marathon Training Program to prepare for her first MCM.

Lynn continues to be an active member of the club.  She’s a regular at SLR, has volunteered with the Marathon Training Program, and has hawked club merchandise at local expos.  Lynn has run 6 marathons (including one Goofy Challenge) as well as dozens of 10 milers and half-marathons.

She runs wherever her travels take her, which include routes around the country as well as around the world.  Her favorite run in the US is in the backcountry of Denali National Park with views of Wonder Lake and Mt. McKinley (but no bears in sight!) and abroad is on the Tel Aviv boardwalk along the Mediterranean.

Aaron (E-mail) has been a club member since fall of 2000. He started out as a regular at SLR and track workouts before volunteering at races and other club activities.

Aaron served as Club Team Coordinator from Fall of 2001 to 2008, served as the Representative from Virginia and now Maryland for several years. With his wife Sharone, he has been a race co-director of the Al Lewis/Kensington Ten Miler (his "hometown" race) since the 2006 edition.

During the day, Aaron is a project engineer for Dewberry, mainly working on transportation and road improvement projects. Even though some nagging injuries have taken their toll, he still vows to make a good showing at the Bunion Series each year.

After three decades as a solitary runner, Sasha Sibert (Email) joined the DCRRC in the summer of 2006 to train for the Army 10-Miler (ATM), fell in love with the club, and the rest is history.

A satisfied program participant, Ms. Sibert returned to the ATM program the next year as a volunteer coach, and since then has helped coach several other programs, including, and most recently, the Reebok SunTrust National Half-Marathon Program program out of Fleet Feet - the newly added DC venue - where she served as Head Coach.

Having run her first marathon in the Fall of 2008, and with less than 6 minutes to compensate for, she looks forward to qualifying for Boston this fall for the Spring 2010.

Aside from running, Sasha enjoys hashing, yoga, pilates and rock climbing. In addition to being a certified running coach, she is trained as a holistic health counselor. She lives in DC and leads the Monday Night FootMall run from her place in Foggy Bottom along the Mall.

Mike (Athlinks, E-Mail) joined the club in 2008 and wasted no time getting involved in the website revamp.

A runner in high school (Oakton), he gave his legs a seven year rest before getting back in to the sport in 2007. Since that time, he has run 25 races ranging from one mile to the marathon.

An Arlington resident, he can most often be found doing an out and back on the W&OD between 50 and Falls Church in the early evening. Occasionally, he'll get adventurous and make his way up Custis Trail. Weekend favorites are anything on the C&O Canal and various loops in Rock Creek Park.

Mike works at a small software company in Ballston performing Quality Assurance. He can be found commuting by bike every morning on the side of Glebe Road.

Elizabeth (Athlinks, E-mail) has been a member of the DC Road Runners Club since 2003, and has participated in numerous club and outside races, ranging from 5K to marathon.

She credits SLR and track workouts with getting her back to Boston in 2007, after a nine-year “dry spell” in marathon times. She has completed 18 marathons, including Boston ’98 and Boston ’07.

Elizabeth lives in Arlington, and works as a lobbyist for the American Association for Justice.

In 2008, Elizabeth became certified by the RRCA as an adult running coach, and looks forward to utilizing her new-found credentials as a way to help club members achieve training goals.

Lauren (Athlinks, E-mail) ran his first marathon in 1998 and is perpetually training for the next marathon.  With 13 marathons under his belt, he has his sights set on Boston and hopes to qualify in the fall of 2010.

He has been a member of DC Roadrunners since 1999 and has done track and SLR over the years, but his main passion has been coaching.  He became a RRCA certified coach in 2009 and has coached multiple DCRRC training programs beginning with the 2006 ATM program.

He is a proud Vermonter who was transplanted to Arlington 15+ years ago.  Now a Clarendon resident, he can be found quite often running the hills on the Custis trail.

He has been a corporate accountant for 16 years but considers himself to be a recovering CPA seeking endeavors a bit more charitable.

Katie (E-mail) joined DC Roadrunners in 2006 as a participant in the Fall Marathon Training program. She liked it so much that she followed up with the National Marathon program that winter.

After running several races of varying distances, she decided to take on the role of coach. After being a volunteer coach for the Ten Mile Training program, she was hooked on coaching. Since then she has been a coach in another Ten Mile Training program and has been a coach for the last two National Marathon programs. She became an RRCA certified coach this past fall. When not coaching, you can catch Katie at SLR and the Tuesday Night Run.

In her spare time, Katie also enjoys yoga, traveling, watching bad tv, and hanging out with her husband and dog.