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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 August 12 - Long Bridge Park
Hello Saturday Runners!
Our route this weekend, on Saturday August 12, will be the 15 mile loop through Long Bridge Park (downloads: cue sheet and gpx). If you'd like to run a similar but shorter loop, there are a few options to jump over to the Mt Vernon trail early. For about 8.5 miles, take a left off of Crystal Drive at the Crystal City Water Park trail, which brings you over to the Mt Vernon Trail at the airport. For 11 miles, take a right off of Potomac Ave at S Glebe Rd, cross to the far side of Rt 1 (Jefferson Davis Hwy), turn left, and then get on the Four Mile Run Trail back towards the bottom of the airport and Mt Vernon Trail.
The annual club picnic is also this Saturday evening (activities start at 5:30 pm) at the Landon School in Bethesda, MD, including a kids' race, cross country 3 mile race, plus Gaupos Mexican food and an ice cream truck for everyone! This is a really fun event, and is free for all club members if you register online in advance up through tomorrow (Friday) at 6:00 pm. If you'd like to attend the picnic but skip the race, you can do that as well, but please still register and select this option so that we can get an accurate headcount.
Thanks this week go to Jerry McEnerney for post-run drinks, and Matthew & Emily Chesnes for mid-run drinks! Mid-run drinks will be located on Slaters Lane, between miles 7 and 8, on the left side of the road just before you get to a group of shops that includes Buzz Bakeshop.
I'd like to also send an extra special THANK YOU this week to everyone who has volunteered for SLR drinks this summer, or signed up to do so! We're now completely covered up through the Marine Corps Marathon in October! There will still be more opportunities to volunteer in the fall, and sometime within the next few weeks I'll be posting a route and distance schedule to bridge the gap from the summer Marathon Training Program to the winter Marathon Training Program.
Happy running!
Mike
SLR August 5 - Piney Branch
Hello Saturday Runners!
This Saturday, on August 5, we will be running the Piney Branch route (downloads: cue sheet and gpx) for just under 12 miles. This route can be shortened to about 10 miles by going left off of 16th St. onto Columbia Rd and then across Rock Creek at Calvert, and descending onto the trail via Shoreham. An option to extend this route to 16 miles is to keep going on 16th St. all the way up to the first left after Military Rd, descending onto Beach Drive (and/or Ross Drive) via Joyce Rd. Either one of these modifications would cause you to miss the mid-run drink station this week though, so keep that in mind if you plan to follow either option. We should have some nicer weather coming our way this weekend with clear skies and dew point dropping into the 50s, but it's still summertime so keep on carrying your own fluids!
Thanks this week to Jerry McEnerney for post-run drinks, and Katie Poore for mid-run drinks! Mid-run drinks will be located on Piney Branch Pkwy, at the roadside parallel parking near the picnic area. We're now down to only two more slots that need to be filled for mid-run drinks this summer, so many thanks to all of our volunteers, and please get in touch with me if you're able to help out on either September 2 or September 9!
Volunteer needs along with the weekly route & distance schedule are always kept up-to-date on the SLR web page, and you can email me any time to schedule your slot. Post-run volunteers are typically scheduled for at least 2 consecutive weeks to cut down on handoffs of the bins, while mid-run drinks can be booked on a week by week basis. SLR drinks are entirely volunteer supported, so if you regularly enjoy this perk, do your part to keep it going! Volunteering is easy, doesn't take a lot of time, and all restocking expenses will be reimbursed by the club.
Happy running!
Mike
SLR July 29 - Battery Kemble Loops
Hello Saturday Runners!
On Saturday, July 29, our long run route will be Battery Kemble Loops (downloads: cue sheet and gpx) for 16 miles. You can shorten it to 14 miles by going to the base of the park, and then without doing any loops re-tracing your steps back to the start. To add extra distance, the Capital Crescent Trail, where you'll aready be running, is an easy place to extend. It looks like we're going to have wet weather on Friday and Saturday, so if things are too mushy on the trail, another option instead of the regular loop is to keep going all the way up Chain Bridge Rd, take a right on Nebraska, and then loop back down to MacArthur on Foxhall Rd to Garfield and then 49th St.
Thank you Amy Bush for post-run drinks, and Ted Logothetti for mid-run drinks this week! Mid-run drinks will be located at the base of Battery Kemble Park, near the intersection of MacArthur Blvd NW and Chain Bridge Rd NW. We're now down to only three more slots that need to be filled for mid-run drinks this summer, so please get in touch with me if you're able to help out with any Saturday from 8/26 to 9/9!
Volunteer needs along with the weekly route & distance schedule are always kept up-to-date on the SLR web page, and you can email me any time to schedule your slot. Post-run volunteers are typically scheduled for at least 2 consecutive weeks to cut down on handoffs of the bins, while mid-run drinks can be booked on a week by week basis. SLR drinks are entirely volunteer supported, so if you regularly enjoy this perk, do your part to keep it going! Volunteering is easy, doesn't take a lot of time, and all restocking expenses will be reimbursed by the club.
Happy running!
Mike
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