Iwo Jima Memorial

Welcome! This is the home of the world-famous (well, maybe locally well-known) SLR.

Our start time is at 8:00 AM for the rest of the year. 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
3/23 12 Water Route - Cherry Blossoms!! Cue Sheet & GPS  Jerry M. 
3/30 14 Southeast DC Cue Sheet & GPS  Jerry M.
4/6 15 Iron Triangle Cue Sheet & GPS Mid: Brian Y.
Post: Erik P.
4/13 14 Long Bridge Park Cue Sheet & GPS  
4/20 12 Piney Branch Cue Sheet & GPS  
4/27 18 Arboretum - Azaleas!! Cue Sheet & GPS  

First SLR of 2010, Jan 2

This week's run is the Army Navy Pentagon route, at about 12 miles.  Run 12 good miles for 12 good months in 2010!

 

Please thank Hannah Belec for providing our post-run beverages.  If you can bring the beverages for January 16, please let me know!

 

Also, please let me know which routes you'd like to run in upcoming weeks.  Anyone can request a route, but I'd especially encourage you to do so if you are training for a spring marathon and need to run a certain distance for your weekly long run-- then you can have all of the group running what works best for your own training schedule!

 

Happy New Year, and see you Saturday!

 

Kristin

 

First SLR of 2010, Jan 2

This week's run is the Army Navy Pentagon route, at about 12 miles.  Run 12 good miles for 12 good months in 2010!

 

Please thank Hannah Belec for providing our post-run beverages.  If you can bring the beverages for January 16, please let me know!

 

Also, please let me know which routes you'd like to run in upcoming weeks.  Anyone can request a route, but I'd especially encourage you to do so if you are training for a spring marathon and need to run a certain distance for your weekly long run-- then you can have all of the group running what works best for your own training schedule!

 

Happy New Year, and see you Saturday!

 

Kristin

 

Post Christmas SLR

Hello Everyone,

This weeks SLR route will be the 13.5 mile Christmas Tree route we missed because of last week's snow-pocalipse.
See at Iwo Jima 8:00 sharp.

 

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