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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 |
SLR April 16 - Arlington Triangle
Hello Saturday Runners!
I had a few requests for routes that are flatter, longer, and specifically for Arlington Triangle, so that's what's up for this Saturday. Feel free to cut by making it an out-back or by taking a neighborhood street back to Iwo Jima, or extend by running many loops around Arlington (or for smaller loops, just go to Memorial Bridge before returning, for example).
Thanks to Gary Morgans for providing our post-run beverages for April. If you can help with post-run or mid-run for June and beyond, please let me know!
Congrats to everyone who ran the GW Parkway Classic last weekend, and to everyone who ran one of our many SLR Routes last Saturday, too!
Good luck to our Boston runners this weekend; can't wait to see you when you get back! The rest of you,
See you Saturday!
SLR April 16 - Arlington Triangle
Hello Saturday Runners!
I had a few requests for routes that are flatter, longer, and specifically for Arlington Triangle, so that's what's up for this Saturday. Feel free to cut by making it an out-back or by taking a neighborhood street back to Iwo Jima, or extend by running many loops around Arlington (or for smaller loops, just go to Memorial Bridge before returning, for example).
Thanks to Gary Morgans for providing our post-run beverages for April. If you can help with post-run or mid-run for June and beyond, please let me know!
Congrats to everyone who ran the GW Parkway Classic last weekend, and to everyone who ran one of our many SLR Routes last Saturday, too!
Good luck to our Boston runners this weekend; can't wait to see you when you get back! The rest of you,
See you Saturday!
SLR - Upton Hill it is!
As you all know, speed is (at least some of the time to some of the people) important in our sport, and that was the deciding factor for tomorrow's route.
The fastest route request is in, and I believe it is dependent only upon government entities that are still operating, such as Arlington County.
And the winner is... UP Upton Hill!
Thank you Arlington County, for not locking up your running routes, and we will see you all at Iwo Jima tomorrow morning!
(Assuming there wasn't some plan to fence in and lock up the Iwo Jima Memorial area before midnight tonight or something fun like that, which I do think is a fairly safe assumption. Not that we distance runners don't enjoy a good challenge now and then, but maybe just not that particular sort of challenge early on a Saturday morning.)
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