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September 28, 2003 People news, member race results, marathon games, happy hour report, on the red oval, and Sunday distance run |
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Mike Proulx, 28, Arlington, VA. Mike recently moved here from Colorado though he originally hails from Canton, CT, which was once the hometown of former olympic decathlon gold medalist, Bruce Jenner. Mike's running has been improving through his dedication to the track workouts and distance run. While perhaps not a decathlete like his fellow hometown mate Bruce, Mike has nonetheless shown his adept skill in charming his way into other people's hotel rooms at out-of-town races as witnessed in Philly. Joseph Pires, 22, stationed at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland. Joe holds pr's of 68 minutes for 10 miles and 18 minutes for 5k. Joe showed up this past Sunday for the club distance run and advanced his usual 4 to 5 mile run distance of late to a pr distance of 14 miles. See what showing up will get you? Yep, running comaraderie and sore legs. We welcome Mike and Joe into the WRC! Returned! |
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Two firsts in age divisions...cool! 6th Sarah Buckheit 43 22:02 (1st master) 20th Jay Wind 53 19:27 (1st over 50) Fairlakes 8k (9/07) WRC women took 2nd through 5th on this rolling course. Vice president Casey Smith led the way. 2nd
Casey Smith 24 28:43
Jay
Wind 53 31:40
Philadelphia Distance Run, Philadelphia, PA (9/21) WRC takes 3d and 4th team places at Philly Half! Mixed
open team 3d!
18th
Mike Wardian 1:06:28
Courtney
Fulton 137:36
Dave Keating reported that most of the WRCers enjoyed a tasty italian supper out at one of Philadelphia's eateries, Bella Mia, the night before the race where team strategy was discussed. Dave wouldn't divulge details but did summerize the discussions as "do this as fast as possible...left right, left right, or if you prefer right left, right left for 13.1 miles." It seemed to have worked wonders given the grand performances. Some pics from the cheese steak city...  
Erica and Bryon cruising on in...  
Mike and Courtney striding on...nope, they didn't collide...
1st
Casey Smith 24 29:32
36th
Jay Wind 53 32:41
This event attracked a number of world class athletes...and some impressive performances by a few WRCers were part of the deal. 4th Maria Kozloski 38 18:35 (3d age
group and a pr as well we understand....congrats Maria!)
13th Sarah Buckheit 43 22:32 (4th age group) 41st James Scarborough 45 22:35
Sarah moving on in...with James (right) in pursuit... Pennsylvania Mile, DC (9/27) Hey hey hey....we are happy to report that Kyle Yost took 2nd place overall in the "run with your pooch race," barely edged out by some dude with a more experienced Lab. Way to go Kyle and friend! In
the future, if you run a race out of town and want to see your results
posted, please send any info in. Interesting quotes or observations are
very welcome too.
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Again, we report on our members who are planning fall marathons. This may not be 100% accurate, but alas, we try. Detroit Marathon: Michael Wardian Chicago Marathon: Casey Smith, Sharon Donovan, Maria Kozloski, Lisa Thomas, Marie Sandrock, Courtney Fulton, Steve Baker, Frank Sprtel, Steve Amter, and moved associates - Todd Martin, Carly Vynne, Susan Wunderly, Nikki Underwood Marine Corps Marathon: Erica Morton, Al Han, Challice Bonifant, Mike Proulx, Russell Crandall, Beth Klee Philadelphia Marathon: Dave Keating Party on, run on, dudes and dudettes! Happy Hour The WRC held a happy hour on Friday, September 19, at the Rock Bottom Brewery in the Ballston Common Mall in Arlington. Member turnout was a bit down due to Isabel, who wasn't invited, but who tormented many out of electricity and their sanity. Still, the hearty that showed had a beer-hefting good time! On
the Red Oval
We continue to get great turnouts at the Tuesday evening track workouts, including some new folks (5 this past week). For more info on WRC track workouts, the track page tells a story or two. It's beginning to get quite dark now. We'll remain on Tuesdays for a couple of weeks yet...we may switch to Wednesday's soon to partake of the one night where they put on the lights. Stay tuned... Sunday Distance Run A bunch of us meet on Sunday mornings to run distances of 10-18 miles (if you want/need to go shorter, you can turn around and head back at any point to your liking since our runs are almost always out and back courses). We start at 8 am in Georgetown on M Street (3300 Block, across the street from the Staples Store with the red awnings). Distance run info and directions After running we regroup at Dean & DeLuca (3276 M Street, NW) for refreshments and to gross out the rich and famous with our soiled running duds, tired legs, and tales of sojourn. Okay, hey, most of us do change our shirts after the run so it isn't quite that bad! Nineteen showed this past Sunday so we did a grand job taking over a significant part of the towpath and then the D&D coffee joint. The pretty and handsome (well, the guys can dream can't they?) countenances included: Erica, Adina, Win, Courtney, Julia, Challice, Gerry, Steve, Tris, Mike, Mike, Dave, Steve, Joe, Jim, Jim, Chris, Ed, and Ryan. Then, we were lucky enough to have club consultant Ed Doheny join us at D&D to make our coffee and gab experience complete. |
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Disclaimer: Club News is designed to inform, enlighten, and amuse. We make no guarantee that this stuff is completely accurate, or even bears a passing resemblance to reality. We also don't guarantee that your sense of humor will be tickled. But alas, we try.
