Iwo Jima Memorial

Welcome! This is the home of the world-famous (well, maybe locally well-known) SLR.

Our start time is at 8:00 AM for the rest of the year. Every Saturday we meet at North Meade Street Park, a small park northwest of the USMC War Memorial (Iwo Jima Memorial) in Rosslyn. The closest address for mapping purposes is 1300 Arlington Blvd, and street parking is available in the neighborhoods adjacent to N. Meade Street. Be mindful of parking signs, since Arlington County enforces them enthusiastically, and please do not park on Marine Memorial Circle (inside Iwo Jima), because this parking area is for memorial use only. At least one porta-john is available year-round near the Iwo Jima Memorial, and the memorial's water fountain is usually on during the summer.

We run rain or shine! In cases of extreme weather (snow, ice, thunderstorms, heat waves) we do occasionally either change our meeting time or cancel the run for safety, but the run will be held as planned unless otherwise posted via email/twitter/facebook and here on the SLR web page.

All are welcome! We're an informal group, and there are no requirements for speed, racing experience, or what distance means "long" for you, other than the suggested route that most of our group will be running each week. If you don't want to run the same distance or course as the main group, you can go out for half of your own target distance and re-trace your steps back to Iwo Jima. More specific route info and mileage options will be given in the email/post preceding each Saturday's run. SLR always features a run from our extensive Route Catalog, which gives us a wide range of options to keep things fresh for you each week. We have routes that are flat, hilly, looped, out & back, roads, sidewalks, trails, and more, reaching all around the local area of DC, VA, and MD!

For more details about Saturday Long Runs please read our Frequently Asked Questions to get a sense for what it's like to run with us, or send an email to Anna if you have any other questions that are not covered.

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Schedule:

Date Miles Route Map Navigation Downloads Post/Mid-Run Beverages
4/20 18 Arboretum - Azaleas!! Cue Sheet & GPS  
4/27 12 Piney Branch Cue Sheet & GPS  
5/4 14 MBT - Catholic Cue Sheet & GPS  
5/11 14 Capital Crescent OaB Cue Sheet & GPS  
5/18 16 Arlington Loop Cue Sheet & GPS  
5/25 14 Battery Garesche Cue Sheet & GPS  

March 5 SLR - BIG CC/Rock Creek Loop or Lop

Written by Kristin Dahling

Friday, 04 March 2011 13:59

Hello Saturday Runners!

 

This week the route is the big 22 mile Capital Crescent / Rock Creek loop.  A lot of folks training for National were planning on this kind of mileage, and our training group across the river will be doing the same, so there may be some friendly faces along the way!

 

If you, like me, are not up for 22 just now, you can pick your favorite side of trail and make it an out and back, or find a different spot to cut across.  I'm sure you'll find something that works for you, and we'll see you tomorrow!

 

Also, thanks to those who stepped up to fill some of our future beverage needs.  Thanks to Chris Miller for taking on one more week of post-run beverages, and to Colleen Marzec for rounding out the month of March for us.  Please thank them if you see them!  Gary Morgans has us covered for April, so next up-- May!!  Let me know if you can help, and thanks to everyone for helping SLR run smoothly!!

 

Kristin

 

March 5 SLR - BIG CC/Rock Creek Loop or Lop

Written by Kristin Dahling

Friday, 04 March 2011 13:59

Hello Saturday Runners!

 

This week the route is the big 22 mile Capital Crescent / Rock Creek loop.  A lot of folks training for National were planning on this kind of mileage, and our training group across the river will be doing the same, so there may be some friendly faces along the way!

 

If you, like me, are not up for 22 just now, you can pick your favorite side of trail and make it an out and back, or find a different spot to cut across.  I'm sure you'll find something that works for you, and we'll see you tomorrow!

 

Also, thanks to those who stepped up to fill some of our future beverage needs.  Thanks to Chris Miller for taking on one more week of post-run beverages, and to Colleen Marzec for rounding out the month of March for us.  Please thank them if you see them!  Gary Morgans has us covered for April, so next up-- May!!  Let me know if you can help, and thanks to everyone for helping SLR run smoothly!!

 

Kristin

 

SLR Feb 26 - Battery Kemble

Written by Kristin Dahling

Thursday, 24 February 2011 16:33

Hello Saturday Runners!

 

This week's route is the modified Battery Kemble route.  As written, it's about 16 miles, but this is arguably the most flexible and fun to customize route out there, so click the link and play with maps if you like!

 

We really, really need a volunteer for March beverages.  If you can do a few weeks and have a friend who can cover the weeks you can't, please volunteer together!  Hand-off should occur this weekend or next weekend, as next weekend is already MARCH!!  And thank you to Chris Miller for covering February!!

 

Finally, for those of you interested, I hear sign-up for MCM opened this week.  It usually fills eventually, so if you're sure you want to do MCM this fall you may as well take care of that now.

 

Hope to see you on Saturday!

Kristin

 

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