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Welcome! This is the home of the world-famous (well, maybe locally well-known) SLR.
Our start time is at 8:00 AM until next summer! 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 |
| 4/5 | 14 | Marymount Chain Bridge | Cue Sheet & GPS | |
| 4/12 | 12 | Pentagon Army Navy | Cue Sheet & GPS | |
| 4/19 | 13 | Cathedral Clintons | Cue Sheet & GPS | |
| 4/26 | 18 | National Arboretum | Cue Sheet & GPS | |
| 5/3 | 12 | Potomac Overlook Loops | Cue Sheet & GPS | |
| 5/10 | 13 | Southeast DC | Cue Sheet & GPS | |
| 5/17 | 16 | Around the World in Fourteen Miles | Cue Sheet & GPS | 62 Embassies! New Route! |
| 5/24 | 14 | Ross Drive | Cue Sheet & GPS | |
| 5/31 | 15 | Long Bridge Park | Cue Sheet & GPS |
January 23 SLR
Hello everyone!
By request, this week's route is Piney Branch. http://www.dcroadrunners.org/longrun/routes/PineyBranch.html
We've got requested routes through Superbowl Eve, February 6, so if you want your favorite to get on the list, please let me know! And thanks to those who have sent suggestions-- it makes it much easier for me to choose routes that people want to run if I know at least one person wants to run it!!
Joe Emerson has also stepped up to take care of our beverages for February, so thank you to Joe, and if you want to help out in March, let me know!
Thanks to Hannah for our post-run beverages for the rest of January!
See you tomorrow!
Kristin
January 23 SLR
Hello everyone!
By request, this week's route is Piney Branch. http://www.dcroadrunners.org/longrun/routes/PineyBranch.html
We've got requested routes through Superbowl Eve, February 6, so if you want your favorite to get on the list, please let me know! And thanks to those who have sent suggestions-- it makes it much easier for me to choose routes that people want to run if I know at least one person wants to run it!!
Joe Emerson has also stepped up to take care of our beverages for February, so thank you to Joe, and if you want to help out in March, let me know!
Thanks to Hannah for our post-run beverages for the rest of January!
See you tomorrow!
Kristin
SLR for January 16
Hello Saturday Runners!
This week's route will be the Marymount Chain Bridge route, for about 14 miles. There is also a club race, so it could also be fun to swing by the Capital Crescent trailhead under the Whitehurst Freeway by the water in Georgetown and see what's going on down there (and if they need any help) if you're not already racing or volunteering (after stopping by the Iwo Jima Memorial to say hello at 8 and run over to easily be in Georgetown by 9, of course).
A couple of other notes-- we could use some suggestions for upcoming routes to round out January and February, so if you have a route we haven't done in a while that you'd like to do on a certain week, send me your requests! Also, we need a beverage volunteer for February (or even the first Saturday(s) in February), so if you can help out there, please let me know!
Thanks again everyone for helping SLR run smoothly and I hope to see you on Saturday!
Kristin
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