DCRRC Members --
Wrote a longer blog at noon today, but it vanished in transmission. Sigh. Well, here is a shorter version. Keep in mind that earlier blogs are accessible by clicking on Archive below.
1. Board Meeting tonight at 7:00 at Silver Diner in Clarendon. Agenda items are in blog posted last Friday. Board Meetings will now be held every second month on the second Monday of the month.
2. Track workout this week will be on the Custis Trail due to high school game in the Washington-Lee Stadium. However, we do have access to the Stadium on Thursday, when we will host our One-Hour Track Run. You can run a workout by fitting it into the 1-Hour event. See Track Workout discussion under "Forum" for details and suggestions.
3. Thursday night's 1-Hour track run is free to all, and starts promptly at 7:00. Thanks to race director Kerry O'Brien. Kerry would greatly appreciate it if you can bring along a large jug of water or Gatorade to the race!
.4. Sunday's Mother's Day 10K, at the Arlington Y, caps off our 10K training program. Please come out to run, work the finish line, and/or cheer on the runners.
5. We all complain at times about the lack of attention our great sport receives in the media, so when that deficit is corrected, we should notice and give acknowledgment. Write a short email to sports@washpost.com to thank them for the following:
a. Jim Hage's greast on-site coverage of the Boston Marathon, include excellent preview story and event coverage.
b. Sean Flynn's excellent coverage of the Penn Relays, which included a front-page preview that superbly summed up the difficulty of winning at this extremely competitive meet, and great 3-day event coverage. (Take note that the NY Times barely printed a word about this year's Relays -- despite American and Kenyan teams setting two relay world records, and a host of other outstanding performances.)
c. Good coverage of the Cherry Blossom, Sallie Mae, and Bay Bridge races.
d. And last but certainly not least, today's superb front-page feature on our own sextet of octogenarian athletes: Bill Osburn, Ray Blue, Walt Washburn, Dixon Hemphill, Bill Morrison, and Paul Lackey. Waking up to that story this morning was an inspiration to me, and an affirmation both of the greatness of our sport, and of the shoulders we all stand on as we enjoy the well-developed program of workouts and races that are the legacy of DCRRC pioneers such as Dixon Hemphill. Catch the story at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/07/AR2006050701048.html
Have a great running week!
Coach Ed
