Club Members and Guests, The Annual DCRRC Banquet and Awards Dinner will take place on Sunday, March 21. The banquet will be hosted by Maggiano's Little Italy in the Friendship Heights Section of Washington, DC. Maggiano's is located at 5333 Wisconsin Avenue and is accessible via METRO (Red Line). The Banquet Speaker will be Bill Reifsnyder, a former 2-time United States marathon champion and the current National Marathon Race Director. Please see the home page of DCRRC for information and to make reservations. In addition to Awards, the Election of a Board of Directors will take place.
Annual Elections. Ian Clements and Aaron Cheskis have agreed serve as the Nominating Committee to prepare a slate of officers for the club to be presented at the Annual Meeting in March. The new Board will take office in May of 2010. If you are interested in serving on the Board of Directors for DC Road Runners please contact either Ian at ianclem@yahoo.com or Aaron at aaron@dcroadrunners.org and inquire about potential positions. Feel free to nominate others that you believe would be an asset to the board as well. You can check the listing of current positions on the home page under About Us, Club Information, Board Members. If you are approached about a position please give it serious consideration as the Board is all voluntary and each of us working together is what makes the club successful. Ian and Aaron are aware of what positions will be vacant in the coming year.
Annual Awards. Ed Grant and Kerry O’Brien will be searching for nominations for Runner of the Year Male and Female as well as Masters Male and Female Runners for the past year, as well as Most Improved Male and Female and Volunteer of the year for the club. Awards will be presented at the Annual Meeting. Please send any names you feel should be considered for these awards to Ed and Kerry at edgrantnj@yahoo.com and raptorkerry@gmail.com . You are welcome to nominate yourself for any of these awards. It will be tremendously helpful to Ed and Kerry if you can send documentation as to your nominee’s accomplishments. Such as race results from previous years against this years results, or why you believe someone has achieved status as outstanding runner. Previous years runners are listed under About Us – Award Winners.
This winter has proven to be a difficult one to run in, so if you are training for a spring race, please be careful and watch for the icy patches that just do not seem to go away.
Karol
