1.
Saturday – Belle Haven 25K
2.
Sunday – RRCA
3.
10K Training Program Began Last Saturday
4.
New Weeknight Group Runs (Tuesdays and Thursdays) in Partnership with Pacers
5.
Hill Workouts
6.
Saturday Long Runs
7.
Wednesday Night Track
Workouts
8.
Club Attire for
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10.
Volunteers Needed
11.
Other
12.
Club Email
1.
BELLE HAVEN 25K - SATURDAY
Saturday, February, 25th
at
Race Director: John Haubert, haubertjohn@yahoo.com
Registration: On-site
registration begins one hour before the race start.
Entry Fee: $1 for DCRRC
members; $5 for non-members; free for contributing members.
Directions: To get to Belle
Haven, take
Other information: The race
is Snowball Series Race #5 and the DCRRC Championship for 25K. At
2.
RRCA/COLUMBIA
Sunday, February 26th
at
http://www.striders.net/races/rrca/
This is the DC and MD RRCA
club challenge race at ten miles. This is scored similar to a cross country
race with at least the first 12 men and 3 women per club scoring for their
team. If each club has more than the minimum number of finishers the scoring will
then go deeper. If you are interested in running, please email me your
name, expected finishing time and tell me if you would like to carpool to
Online registration can be performed at www.racetrakonline.com.
Please follow the steps below:
Select Registration. A list of upcoming races is displayed.
Select Club Challenge. A registration screen allowing selection of Individual
Registration is displayed.
Select Individual Registration and select Continue. The Waiver screen is
displayed.
Read the Waiver and follow its instructions. Note: you must check "I
Agree" and then Continue to move to the next step.
The Registration - Individual Screen is displayed.
Complete all required fields and select “Save” when done.
To register for a team, a Team Password (unique for your club) is
required. For DCRRC, this is: cDsm55
Passwords are case sensitive, so please enter exactly as provided above.
Also, please note that you can view registrants for your club team (or any
team) by selecting the View Teams option and selecting the team you wish to
view.
Come out and support the
team! Thanks in advance to all who will participate. GO
DCRRC! (Be sure to wear your club attire.)
3.
10K TRAINING PROGRAM BEGAN LAST WEEKEND
The 2006 DCRRC/Arlington YMCA
10K Training program began last Saturday with 82 participants, divided by pace
into 7 groups. Participants met their coaches, sat through a brief
orientation, and then set off on a short introductory run. As a sign of
the success of the program in years past, we have 5 program graduates serving
as coaches this year! The groups will meet on Saturdays for long runs, and
have Tuesday morning speed workouts on the Mall at
10Ktraining@DCRoadrunners.org
4.
Tuesday nights at
Thursday nights at
We’re currently running three
pace groups – averaging
Meet at the store by
If you have any questions,
please email president@dcroadrunners.org or
call Pacers at
5.
HILL WORKOUTS
Please mark your calendar
with the following hill workouts (each beginning at
6. SATURDAY
LONG RUNS
The Club holds weekly runs
from Iwo Jima on Saturday mornings, beginning at 8 a.m. with two components—a
long run for those so inclined, and a shorter run alternative of 5-6 miles for
those who don’t want to go quite so far. For Long Run reports, go to http://www.dcroadrunners.org/longrun.
Please send questions concerning the Saturday Long Runs to David Kapson at slrguy@dcroadrunners.org.
Please plan to join us at Whitlow’s on
7.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT TRACK WORKOUTS
Here's the inside track on
setting PRs: Whether you are attempting your first half-marathon, hoping to
qualify for the Boston Marathon, or pursuing an Olympic Trials QT for 10,000
meters, our speed sessions will help you meet your running goals. To feel the
burn--and have fun doing it--join us for our Wednesday night track workouts,
starting at
Our weekly track workouts are
held at
Directions: From
Washington DC, take I-66 east to the
Glebe Road exit, turn right on Glebe, right on 15th Street for about 0.4 miles,
to Stafford Street, turn right and cross over I-66 and the school is on your
left. >From
From Alexandria, take
Metro: Washington-Lee is also a short walk from both
the
8.
SINGLETS, T-SHIRTS, HATS, RUNNING SHIRTS, SWEATSHIRTS & BRA TOPS FOR
Club singlets are available
for $25, payable to DCRRC.
Club sweatshirts are available
for $21.
Club hats are available for
purchase for $10.
Cotton t-shirts are also
available, both short ($5) and long-sleeved ($7.)
Podium t-shirts (Brooks) are
available for $15.
Shimmels (long bra tops) are
available for $27.
For details, please visit our
website at: http://www.dcroadrunners.org/merchandise.html,
or contact Kristin at DCRRC_Clothes@DCRoadRunners.org
9.
We continue to compile a list
of club members doing major races. Please send your name and race info to
Tina at tina_slivka@yahoo.com. If you would like to get in
touch with other people doing your race, please include your email address as
well. We will not list your email address unless you specify that you would
like it included.
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February |
Race
Name |
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DCRR
Member |
email |
Notes |
Results |
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Hilton
Head 1/2 |
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Shaw,
Kevin |
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Finished
5th in age group |
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Five
Points of Light 1/2 |
February
19th, 2006 |
Reaves,
Brian |
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Five
Points of Light 1/2 Marathon - Gainesville |
February
19th, 2006 |
Leslie
Graham |
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Washington's
Birthday Marathon |
February
19th, 2006 |
Chaconas, Greg |
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March |
Race
Name |
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DCRR
Member |
email |
Notes |
Results |
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National
Marathon |
March
25th, 2006 |
Borja,
Rhea |
Rhea
Borja [borjar@yahoo.com] |
1st
marathon |
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National
Marathon |
March
25th, 2006 |
Dopart,
Kevin |
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National
Marathon |
March
25th, 2006 |
Chaconas,
Greg |
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National
1/2 Marathon |
March
25th, 2006 |
Reaves,
Brian |
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National
1/2 Marathon |
March
25th, 2006 |
Leslie
Graham |
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Shamrock
Marathon |
March
19th, 2006 |
Shaw,
Kevin |
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8K day
prior = Whale Challenge |
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Los
Angeles Marathon |
March
19th, 2006 |
Leventhal,
Mark |
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April |
Race
Name |
Race
Date |
DCRR
Member |
email |
Notes |
Results |
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Boston
Marathon |
April
17th, 2006 |
Heaney, Patrick |
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May |
Race
Name |
Race
Date |
DCRR
Member |
email |
Notes |
Results |
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Potomac
River Marathon |
May 7th,
2006 |
Chaconas,
Greg |
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June |
Race
Name |
Race
Date |
DCRR
Member |
email |
Notes |
Results |
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San Diego
Rock&Roll Marathon |
June 4th,
2006 |
Kapson,
David |
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Please send additions or
corrections to Tina at tina.slivka@nextel.com.
** We have a strong suspicion
that our members have been under-reporting their races this spring! Let
us know what you are doing so we can CHEER YOU ON. Thanks.
10.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Belle Haven 25K Volunteers –
If you can help out on the morning of Saturday, February 25th,
please contact race director John Haubert at Haubertjohn@yahoo.com.
SLR Beverage Managers – Our
Saturday Morning Long Run group is looking for people to be responsible for beverages
for one month terms. Particularly if you are an “SLR Regular”, please
consider signing up for a month and giving a little back to the group that
gives you so much! If you are willing to be a one-month beverage manager,
please contact David at SLRguy@dcroardunners.org.
Thanks in advance for helping out.
DCRRC Board Members – It’s
not too early to begin to consider whether you might be a future board member
of the DC Road Runners Club. If you are interested in serving as
president or a different board position, please contact Susan at president@dcroadrunners.org
or Paul at Thompsonp@ndu.edu. It’s a great time to get involved.
Awards Chairman – Pat Finn
has dutifully held this position for a decade. He says it’s time to pass
the baton. Are you interested? Please contact Susan at President@dcroadrunners.org
if you wish to keep our club supplied with awards for our events. Thank
you.
11.
OTHER
From DC Road Runners Club:
Many, many thank yous to ALL who made last weekend’s Washington’s Birthday Marathon a big success. First and foremost, thanks to PAT BROWN, our race director for more than a decade. Pat, we really couldn’t do it without you. You do an amazing job year after year. We know it’s a tough job. THANK YOU. Club, a standing ovation for Pat, please! Thank you also to Bob Platt, our relay director. Thanks to ALL who give their Saturday to help with the set-up and/or their Sunday to be out there with us. It was a 19 degree morning and it wasn’t easy, we know. It’s TRULY heartening to see how this club comes together on days like that. To our registration staff, those who marked the course, those who stood on corners, passed out water, passed out chili, kept times, worked the finish line, the bag check, followed the runners around the course, laundered the relay sashes, worked with the radio club, opened the gate, yelled go, did the results and the awards, THANK YOU. Pat Brown, the last word goes to you: THANKS.
This year’s Annual Meeting and Awards Banquet will again be help consecutively on the afternoon and evening of the Cherry Blossom 10 Mile—Sunday, April 2—at the Clarendon Grill in Arlington. Please mark you calendars and we’ll pass along more information very soon!
From DC Road Runners Club and Pacers:
Pacers has two stores—one in Arlington, one in Alexandria. Both stores now offer club members a 15% discount on anything in the store. Just show them your DCRRC membership card and you’ll receive the discount.
From The Montgomery County Recreation Department:
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Strength Training and Stretching for
Runners Space is Limited! |
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STARTS
THURSDAY, April 20, 2006
The Montgomery County Recreation Department will hold STRENGTH TRAINING AND STRETCHING FOR RUNNERS at the Potomac Community Center. Course #: 145890 REGISTRATION BEGINS FEBRUARY 20, 2006 For more information see: STRENGTH TRAINING FOR RUNNERS Steven Horwitz, DC, CCSP, CSCS, USAW Email: runner@youcanbefit.com Telephone:
301-622-9000 |
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From the National Marathon and Half Marathon, March 25, 2006
Run to register for the
National Marathon and Half Marathon at www.NationalMarathon.com. Race
participants can look forward to 13.1 or 26.2 miles of roadways and parkland
through the Nations Capitol and Prince George's County. Both events will start
at RFK Stadium and tour our country’s most famous landmarks, monuments and
memorials that include the National Mall.
With the sun rising over RFK
and the Cherry Blossoms set to bloom this will be the most beautiful half
marathon in the country!
Participate in this new event—be a part of history as DC starts a new marathon and half marathon tradition!
As a note – If a runner was registered for the 2003 DC Marathon that was cancelled at the last second (a different race than the National Marathon), they get a free entry into the National Marathon. The National Marathon staff attempted to contact those who had registered, but they weren’t able to reach everyone. If you would like to know more, please call 866-RUN- 0262 for more information
From Aaron Cheskis, Teams Coordinator
I am looking for masters
women for the coed Cherry Blossom teams. Right now we are short runners
in that demographic which makes forming coed masters teams difficult.
Cherry Blossom only has coed masters teams (no single gender master teams.) If
you fit in this category and plan to run in the race, please contact me at
A_cheskis@comcast.net.
From RRCA:
The RRCA will be offering
another coaching certification course in Montgomery County on the weekend of
June 10-11, 2006. The course will be conducted at Philbin's Athletic Training
Center on Gaither Road in Gaithersburg.
Registration is open now
through the RRCA website at the link below:
Please note that registration
is limited to 30 participants and this class has always filled early, so do not
delay if you would like to take the course.
We are grateful for the
continued support of the NSPA and Philbin's
If you have any questions,
please contact Mike Broderick, NSCA-
ASEP/RRCA Coaching
Instructor,
From
Terri Hennessy, Penguin Group,
Last year Dean
Karnazes released a book called Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an
All-night Runner, which became an international bestseller. The book is coming
out in paperback in March and Dean is going to be speaking and signing books at
Olsson’s (
Sent to you only as an FYI…
12.
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