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SLR September 7 - Mock MCM

Hello Saturday Runners!

This week's route on Saturday, September 7, will give you a chance to demo most of the middle miles of the Marine Corps Marathon race course with 16 miles of Mock MCM (downloads: cue sheet and GPS). If you'd like to lengthen this run to 20 miles while making it even more like the race course, after about 1/2 mile take a left up Lee Highway, which will take you up and then down again on the race's biggest hill, and then a few miles later add a second out and back on Rock Creek Park, as shown on this map. I'm going to be out of town again this week, but Jill will be filling in for me to kick off both SLR and MTP.

Also this Saturday morning, we'll have Valencia from Ragnar Relays visiting both before and after the run! If you'd like to learn more about this fun race series, pick up some extra post-run refreshments/breakfast items, or try to land some give-aways, be sure either get to SLR a few minutes early, or hang out afterwards.

Thanks this week to Emily & Kenneth Riley for post-run drinks, and Paul Martinovich for mid-run drinks! Mid-run drinks will be located at about 8 miles, just after you pass the Tidal Basin paddle boat parking area, trailside at the parking exit and before the Kutz Bridge. We're now actually completely covered for drinks volunteers up through 10/12, so thank you to everyone who has gotten in touch with me! If you can help with post-run drinks on 10/19 and beyond, please feel free to send me an email to pre-claim your slot before I post an extended schedule. 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.

Reminder - if you have not recently renewed your club membership, it expired last Saturday (Aug 31)! To check your current status or renew if necessary, log in to the club website and go to the My Membership page.

Happy running,

Mike

SLR August 31 - Normanstone Klingle

Hello Saturday Runners!

Our route this week for Saturday, August 31, will be 13 miles long to the loop of Normanstone Klingle (downloads: cue sheet and GPS). If your training schedule calls for a longer run this week, you can extend it by adding a second 3.5 mile loop of Normanstone-Klingle, or continue a little further up Rock Creek after the loop before turning around to head back. For less than 13 miles, I'd suggest simply running out & back on Rock Creek. Jonny and I are both out of town this week actually, but Rich will be introducing the route for me, after Big Guy and Jill cover the coaching part of things beforehand.

Thanks this week to Jill Brasky for post-run drinks, and Katherine & Madelyn Zeller for mid-run drinks! Mid-run drinks will be located at about 6.5 miles, at the bottom of the Klingle Valley Trail, after you've run down the big hill and are entering Rock Creek Park near Porter St. We're now actually completely covered for drinks volunteers up through 10/12, so thank you to everyone who has gotten in touch with me! If you can help with post-run drinks on 10/19 and beyond, please feel free to send me an email to pre-claim your slot before I post an extended schedule. 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.

Reminder - if you have not recently renewed your club membership, it expires on Saturday (Aug 31)! To check your current status or renew if necessary, log in to the club website and go to the My Membership page.

Later this weekend on Sunday, September 1, we'll be holding our big end-of-summer, back-to-school race! The Larry Noel 15K Race and 3K Fun Run will be run in Greenbelt, featuring great courses and a great T-shirt. Click here for complete information and online registration.

In other news, we have a new club apparel store, which is now up and running! For members who are on DCRRC race teams, you will still be provided with a free navy blue singlet as in the past, but you can now order a number of other additional items if you'd like.

Happy running,

Mike