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SLR October 27 - Upton Hill

Hello Saturday Runners!

Good luck to all of you who are running the Marine Corps Marathon this Sunday! For those of you who will be there as runners, friends, spectators, or volunteers, DCRRC has partnered again this year with Hope for Warriors! As a DCRRC member, you can access the race via the Charity Village. As a partner, you can leave your gear at their tent and rest easy before the race, enjoying snacks and easy access to porty-potties, and pizza at 11:00! The tent is a convenient walk to the start. Additional details and full info is available on our website at the volunteer page.

If you aren't marathoning this weekend and will be at SLR instead, this week's route is 12 miles to Upton Hill (downloads: cue sheet and GPS). This is an out & back route, so it can easily be shortened to any distance you like by turning around early. If you'd like extra distance, you can add on by going further out along the Custis and W&OD trails after returning from Upton Hill.

Thank you Abbey Gibson for providing post-run drinks over the last few weeks! We'll need more volunteers post-run drinks in just a few weeks, so please let me know if you help. The weekly schedule of volunteers, routes, and distances is always kept up-to-date on the SLR web page, and you can email me any time to book your slot. For general info on how volunteering works see the SLR FAQ or send me an email if you have any other specific questions.

Unfortunately I've been sidelined with a broken foot, so I'm not going to be at SLR for a little while. The posted weekly schedule of routes and volunteers now includes a new (temporary!) column to track who will be filling in for me to lead the runs in my absence, and after a few months of recovery I fully intend and expect to be back at it with you all again!

Happy running,

Mike

SLR October 20 - Chain Bridge Loop

Hello Saturday Runners!

In case you missed last week's run, one more reminder that our meeting time is now 8:00 am, where it will remain until next summer.

For those of you training for MCM, tomorrow will be your last tapering long run before the race! We have the 10 mile Chain Bridge Loop (downloads: cue sheet and GPS) on the schedule for this, which will stretch your legs in the first half on some hills and then smooth out in the back half along the canal. If you're training for a later race and would like to add distance, an easy way to do this is to take a left at Taylor park onto the Marymount Chain Bridge route (downloads: cue sheet and GPS), and then return via either the Key Bridge, Memorial Bridge, or 14th St Bridge, for 12, 14, or 16 miles respectively.

For those of you who are running the Marine Coprs Marathon, or will be there as family, friends, spectators, or volunteers, DCRRC has partnered again this year with Hope for Warriors! As a DCRRC member, you can access the race via the Charity Village. As a partner, you can leave your gear at their tent and rest easy before the race, enjoying snacks and easy access to porty-potties, and pizza at 11:00! The tent is a convenient walk to the start. Additional details and full info is available on our website at the volunteer page.

Thank you Abbey Gibson for providing this week's post-run drinks! I've now posted the upcoming route and distance schedule to bridge the gap between summer and winter marathon training blocks, so four more weeks of volunteer coverage are now needed starting after next week. Please let me know if you can volunteer for any or all of these days! The weekly schedule of volunteers, routes, and distances is always kept up-to-date on the SLR web page, and you can email me any time to book your slot. For general info on how volunteering works see the SLR FAQ or send me an email if you have any other specific questions.

Remember that we will now no longer have organized SLR mid-run drink stations until next summer, so please be sure to carry your own water if you need it. You can look for water fountains that may be located along any week's route using its interactive map. Select the "OpenCycle" map overlay type from among the available options (map, satellite, etc.), and zoom in a few steps until you can see blue faucet icons located around the map, which are public water fountains. Not all of these are guaranteed to be functional at any given time though (particularly in winter), so do carry water if it's important to you.

Happy running,

Mike