March 28, 2006
1.
Next Race – Arch Race For Their Future
2.
Annual Meeting and Awards Banquet – April 2, 2006
3.
New Track Workouts – Tuesday Mornings on the Mall
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 Sale
9.
Volunteers Needed
10.
Other
11.
Club Email
1.
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Avenue East. At third light, turn left on Minnesota Ave. and proceed to
Randle Circle. Turn right at the circle to the entrance at Fort Dupont Drive. |
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2.
ANNUAL MEETING AND AWARDS BANQUET – APRIL 2, 2006 AT CLARENDON GRILL
As always, the DC Road
Runner’s Club will hold an annual business meeting to review and discuss the
club’s major operational areas, to elect the officers of the club for the
upcoming year and to enjoy some camaraderie with fellow club members.
Once again, this event will be held in conjunction with the Banquet at the
Clarendon Grill in Arlington on Sunday, April 2nd. (This is
the day of the Cherry Blossom 10 Miler.) The business meeting will begin at 4
p.m.
REPORT FROM THE 2006-2007
NOMINATING COMMITTEE
The Nominating Committee has
assessed the personnel requirements and resources of the Club and proposes the
following slate for consideration by the membership at the annual meeting:
President: Ed Grant
Vice President: Kerry O'Brien
Vice President (Races): Joe
Racine
Treasurer: George Getek
Secretary: Toni Marie Diegoli
At-large reps, with State
affiliations: Judy and Rob Wolfe (DC); Aaron Cheskis (MD); Ian Clements, Max
Reid, Robin Martz (VA)
Any additional candidates
wishing to appear on the ballot must file a nominating petition signed by 25
members in good standing with the Chairman of the Nominating Committee, Paul
Thompson, prior to the annual meeting. Such petitions must be sent
to Paul Thompson, 510 N Street, SW, Suite N419, Washington, DC
20024.
Congratulations
to the following award winners for 2005:
Outstanding Female
Runner of the Year – Christine Eckstaedt
Outstanding Male
Runner of the Year – Hugh Owen
Master Female
Runner of the Year – Naomi Stanford
Master Male Runner
of the Year – Chris Sabatini
Most Improved
Female Runner of the Year – Gwen Bevis
Most Improved Male
Runner of the Year – Karsten Brown
Volunteer of the
Year – Kristin Blanchat
We’ll
also induct Paul Thompson into the DCRRC Hall of Fame.
Snowball
Series awards will also be given out.
The schedule for the evening will be as follows:
4:00 p.m. Annual Meeting
5:00 p.m. Cash Bar
5:30 p.m. Dinner
6:15 p.m. Speaker (Weldon
Johnson*)
7:00 p.m. Awards
*Weldon Johnson left Yale
University as a 30:19 10K runner in 1997, and five years later, he placed 4th
at the USA Track & Field Championships. He replicated that feat in 2003.
Along his journey, Weldon (with his twin brother Robert) created the website
LetsRun.com - a very popular running site whose goal is to "increase each
visitor's enjoyment of the world's greatest and simplest sport: running."
Join
us—you can pay $5 for dinner at the door. See you there!
3.
NEW TRACK WORKOUTS – TUESDAY MORNINGS ON THE MALL
From Eric Zander, one of the
10K program coaches: For several weeks now members of the 10K training
program have been meeting early in the morning on the Mall for speed workouts.
I would like to open this up to anyone in the club.
Here are the details:
What: TUMS (Tuesday Morning
Speed)
When: Tuesday mornings @ 6:30
am. The workouts are ALWAYS finished by 7:30 am so we can all get off to work.
Where: On the Mall by the
Carousel in front of the Smithsonian “Castle”.
Getting there/parking: Don't
forget "Metro opens doors" and if you use metro, you should get off
at the Smithsonian Station. If driving, there is plenty of metered street
parking. Don’t forget to pump the meter even though they don’t turn on until
7am.
If you are interested in
participating, please email me at ez@ericzander.com so that I can get an idea
of how many people to expect. Also, if you would like to help me direct the
workouts, let me know as I might need one or two helpers. No coaching
experience is necessary to help out – just warm clothes.
4.
NEW WEEKNIGHT GROUP RUNS – IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PACERS
Tuesday nights at 7 p.m. –
Pacers Arlington (3100 Clarendon Boulevard)
Thursday nights at 7 p.m. –
Pacers Alexandria (1301 King Street)
We’re currently running three
pace groups – averaging 7:30, 9:00, 10:30/11:00. JOIN US!
Meet at the store by 7 p.m.,
run 5-7 miles with some friends, go home and shower! It doesn’t get any
easier than that.
If you have any questions,
please email president@dcroadrunners.org or call Pacers at
703-836-1463.
5.
HILL WORKOUTS
The 10K Training Group has
scheduled a Hill Workout for Sunday, April 9th at 8 a.m. in Falls
Church. They’ll run the Highland Avenue route, a pre-existing workout
plan and directions are on the Hill Workout page. This is the same
workout as was conducted on November 13th, 2005. All members
are encouraged to attend.
Please mark your calendar with
the next “regular” hill workout—April 30th, beginning at 9
a.m. We’ll send out details soon. If you have questions or wish to
host a future hill workout, please contact Robin at rmartz@umich.edu.
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. This week’s run is a C&O
Canal Out and Back… any distance is possible (up to, say, a couple hundred
miles for those of you training to run cross country!) but suggested distances
are 7 and 13 miles.) 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 Wilson for breakfast after the run!
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 7:15 p.m. Personal training advice is available from the USA
Track & Field-certified coach, as well as from the many other
"regulars" who have experienced the highs and lows of training,
injuries, and competition. Novice runners are always given a workout
suitable to their level of fitness. This is the best place in town to meet
other committed runners dedicated to improving their level of performance.
Our weekly track workouts are
held at Washington-Lee High School in Arlington.
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 Vienna and points west in Virginia, take I-66 east to the Fairfax Drive
exit, follow Fairfax Drive for about 0.8 mile to Stafford Street, turn left for
about 0.3 miles and the school is on your right.
From Alexandria, take Glebe Road going north until turning right on
15th Street, and proceed as from DC.
Metro: Washington-Lee is also a short walk from both
the Virginia Square and Ballston Metro stations on the Orange Line.
8.
SINGLETS, T-SHIRTS, HATS, RUNNING SHIRTS, SWEATSHIRTS & BRA TOPS FOR SALE
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.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Club Attire Coordinator -
DCRRC is looking for someone to sell club merchandise. This involves
maintaining a stock of the club’s attire, coordinating shipping or delivery of
attire to club members interested in purchasing it. It also involves
accepting checks and sending them to the club treasurer. Ideally, the
coordinator of the club’s attire would also attend some DCRRC events to display
clothing to club members, but this is not required. Anyone interested
should email president@dcroadrunners.org.
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.
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.
10.
OTHER
From DC Road Runners
Club:
Bill Bondurant has taken
over as the webmaster for the DC Road Runners Club website. You can expect
major changes in the website’s appearance soon. Anyone wishing to provide
Bill with input and feedback should send an email to webmaster@dcroadrunners.org. We thank Bill
for taking on this job and we thank Myrna Snyder who served as our webmaster
prior to Bill.
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 George Palmer, Club
Member:
I am a club member who is
leading a two week trip sponsored by Habitat for Humanity to build housing in
Anchorage, Alaska. The trip is June 3-17 and concludes with the running
of the Mayor's Midnight Sun Marathon on June 17. I am recruiting
runners who would like to volunteer to participate in this trip.
Complete information on the trip is available at http://www.habitat.org/cd/gv/trip_desc.aspx?type=1&code=GV6017.
Let me know if you have any
questions or if you are interested in participating!
George Palmer
703-768-4859
From Kathy Crowder, Club
Member
Brand new Alexandria townhouse
to share with professional female, 2,400 sq ft. Kitchen features: granite
countertops/stainless steel appliances/gas range. 2 door garage. Fireplace. 3
bedrooms/2 half baths/2 full baths. Across from Huntington Metro (walk to
metro!) For $1250 plus half utilities you get 2 bedrooms, private bathroom and
garage parking. Available May 1 or earlier. No smoking, no pets, female
roommate preferred. Incredible deal because I know the owner. Anyone
interested or with questions, please contact Kathy at Kathycrowder@gmail.com.
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.
If you have any questions,
please contact Mike Broderick, NSCA-CPT & NSPA-CPT, RRCA Certified Running
Coach
ASEP/RRCA Coaching Instructor,
301-921-1086
11.
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