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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 |
September 5 SLR
Hello Saturday runners!
Tomorrow's route will be the first 20 miler for those in the MTP training for Marine Corps. The route is the C&O Canal, so you don't have to do 20 miles unless you have a good reason for it. Mile markers match the distances from Iwo Jima, so find the one for half the mileage you want and then come on back!
Midpoint beverages will be out at Lock 7, and thank Dara for bringing them out there for us! Mary Ellen Seale has our post-run beverages, so thank her too!
Hope to see you Saturday!
Kristin
September 5 SLR
Hello Saturday runners!
Tomorrow's route will be the first 20 miler for those in the MTP training for Marine Corps. The route is the C&O Canal, so you don't have to do 20 miles unless you have a good reason for it. Mile markers match the distances from Iwo Jima, so find the one for half the mileage you want and then come on back!
Midpoint beverages will be out at Lock 7, and thank Dara for bringing them out there for us! Mary Ellen Seale has our post-run beverages, so thank her too!
Hope to see you Saturday!
Kristin
August 29 SLR - Mall and Rock Creek
Hello Saturday runners!
This week's route is new, yet familiar to most of us and pretty straightforward. Because it is new, there is no sheet in our "SLR Routes" section-- I'll have a few copies but I've posted it below as well. Basically, the route takes us across Memorial and down the Mall, then up the water into Rock Creek Park, then back across Key.
Thanks to Kristen Jaremback and Dick Conway for providing our midpoint and post-run beverages!
See you tomorrow!
Kristin
Mall to Rock Creek ~17+2/3 mi.
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=3094953
Begin at Iwo Jima, cross Memorial Bridge
Bear Left, run past Lincoln Memorial, Reflecting Pool, WWII Monument, Washington Monument, Mall.
At 3rd Street, take a right and run to other side of Mall. Run back to Lincoln Memorial.
Take a right to cross in front of Lincoln Memorial, then run toward Memorial Bridge.
Just before bridge, take a right and run along water past Kennedy Center, Watergate.
Bear right (away from water) at Thompson’s Boat House to Rock Creek Pkwy
Continue north up Rock Creek Pkwy/Beach Dr until Broad Branch (where Beach Drive closed to traffic). There are parking lots and picnic areas just before this turnaround; our midpoint stop is here (there is also water in the zoo, near the Lincoln Memorial, and on 34th and M in Georgetown).
Retrace steps south on Rock Creek Parkway. Just past C&O Canal, take a right onto Water Street.
Take a right on 34th street, run up stairs to Key Bridge.
Cross Key Bridge, stay on Lynn Street through Rosslyn, return to Iwo Jima.
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