Hello Saturday runners! There are several items of information to communicate this week.
- route
- longer and earlier option
- MCM tent and water stop volunteers
- singlets for Training Program participants
ROUTE
This week's route is a new and improved MCM Taper route. It mimics the end of MCM without endangering you by putting you on 110, or boring you by putting you on Mt. Vernon Trail for quite as long a time as last year. Thanks to Andrew Kent for preparing the lovely and easy-to-follow cue sheet!
MCM Taper Route 2010 – 10 Miles
DCRRC Marathon Training Program
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4111154
0.0 RUN through Rosslyn, CROSS Key Bridge, RIGHT on M St
1.4 RIGHT on Wisconsin, LEFT on K St past/through Georgetown Waterfront Park.
1.9 RIGHT along Rock Creek Parkway (toward Watergate) near Thompson boathouse
2.6 Stay LEFT and proceed through volleyball courts (NOT up incline to Lincoln Memorial). FOLLOW path along river continuing down Ohio Drive past Roosevelt Memorial
3.9 LEFT at George Mason Memorial (near Jefferson Memorial), HARD RIGHT up ramp toward 14th St Bridge. Cross 14th Street Bridge
4.7 After crossing Bridge, RIGHT HEADING SOUTH on GW Parkway toward airport
6.3 RIGHT onto Crystal City Connector Trail. After tunnel, RIGHT on Crystal Drive
7.0 LEFT onto 12th, RIGHT onto Army Navy Drive
7.6 RIGHT onto Fern St (under I-395), LEFT onto Rotary Drive (around outside of Pentagon parking lot – NO CUTTING ACROSS PARKING LOT!)
8.0 CONTINUE onto path/walkway on west side of Pentagon along Washington Blvd
9.1 LEFT at Memorial Circle toward Arlington Cemetery and Iwo Jima
10.2 STOP at Iwo Jima. DRINK Gatorade. CHAT with friends. PLAN for MCM weekend!
LONGER AND EARLIER OPTION
Steve Easley will be leading a group of (mostly Philadelphia) later marathoners who still need many miles on the 23-ish mile Rock Creek/Cap Crescent route at 7am tomorrow. As always, feel free to start with them, and make it your custom out-and-back for desired distance. Otherwise, the rest of us are meeting at the brighter but not earlier 8am start time.
MCM Tent and Water Stop Volunteers
To support your fellow SLR regulars who are running MCM, including our Training Program participants, we will be providing and staffing a tent in the finish area, and a water stop along the route. Watch the site for information on both of these.
DCRRC will be sharing tent space at Charity Village with “Tuesday’s Children” We will be In ROW CV2 on the Left opposite American Cancer Society (map here).
For the tent, I will be drawing up a volunteer schedule. Club members who are running are invited to leave drop bags and food at the tent, so we would like to have volunteers in the tent to welcome runners and watch their stuff while they cruise through the MCM course. If you can sit for an hour or two (or all day if you are into that sort of thing), please email me at slr@dcroadrunners.org to let me know when you are available to help. It can be fun to be a part of the festive atmosphere at the finish! I hope to have 2-3 people at all times so volunteers can take potty breaks if needed, talk with one another in the tent, and have fun!
SINGLETS FOR TRAINING PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS
Unfortunately, we are still waiting for our vendor to get us the Men's Large and Women's Medium singlets. If you need a size other than these, I will be at the beginning of SLR with the supplies we do have. We hope to have the others sometime this week and will make arrangements for those who need their singlet by Sunday but were not able to obtain it becuase we were out of the size you needed. Otherwise, please pick up your singlet tomorrow or send someone to get yours for you!
See you tomorrow!
Kristin
