Club News, May 29, 2006 | Washington Running Club

WRC Club News
Weekly Email Archives of May 2006

This page contains archives of the weekly email updates for the Month of May, 2006. To recieve the email updates at the time they are sent out, you must be a current member of the WRC.

WRC UPDATE – WEEK OF May 1st 2006

Hello Washington Running Club Members!

1. Membership Items
2. Member Race Results
3. Trail Workout, Tuesday (5/2)
4. Sunday Distance Run (5/7)
5. Race Teams for Capitol Hill Classic 10k
6. Email Updates Now Archived
7. Banner Ordered, Secretary Working on Shirts
8. Potomac River Run Marathon – Press Release

1. MEMBERSHIP ITEMS

We bid farewell to Dave Oberholtzer, who left us and moved to the Detroit area. Dave reported that he had found a running club to run with and also an underwater pool hockey group to play with…both activities that he enjoyed here in the DC area. We’ll miss you Dave…best of luck in Detroit and in your new career move!

We have had 30 new members in 2006 thus far! 14 women and 16 men. Since the last online club news, new members include:

Sasha Vanessa-Brenes
Lauren Coughlin
Ryan Dent
Madeline Dolente
Frank Estes
Brooke Heaton
Anthony Kriendler
Brian McBreen
Taite McDonald
Kara Mulroy
Dion Mulvihill
Rudi Ottina
Shawn Rowley
Paul Rushing
Kevin Thomas
Paul Zovodnyik

We welcome all of these new member into the WRC!

Select Stats of the Membership
Location by State:
DC: 41%
VA: 43%
MD: 11%
Other states & overseas: 5%

Gender:
Male: 53%
Female: 47%

Dues: many have renewed their dues for 2006 and we thank them for that. However, some remain tardy. A special email will be sent to those who have yet to renew…if you get that, please consider keeping your membership in the WRC…we want ya!! Cheers!
2. MEMBER RACE RESULTS

Country Music ï¿½ Marathon & Marathon, TN, 4/29/06

Will and Brian travel to Nashville to sang some miles away in the hills…

1/2 Marathon: Will Ellison 40 1:34:32

Marathon: Brian McBreen 36 4:32:51
Strides for Success 5K, VA, 4/29/06
On a hilly loop, but a perfect morn, a few WRCers went to Fairfax.

3d Adina Wadsworth 38 21:57 (3rd overall)

7th Jim Wadsworth 49 18:22 (2nd age)
15th Michael Mills 34 19:53 (2nd age)

Frederick Marathon, MD, 4/30/06
Iron Mike wins another one, and goes under 2:30 AGAIN!

1st Michael Wardian 32 2:26:42
Dane Rauschenburg 29 3:19:56 (#17 of fiddy2 done)
Rob Toonkel 31 3:25:11* (Rob gets a PR!)

Frederick Half-Marathon, MD, 4/30/06

Michael Mills 34 1:29:43 (3rd age)

Sallie Mae 10K, DC, 4/30/06
Casey captures 8th place in a talented field leading the WRC!

8th Casey Smith 26    36:19
Amy Sullivan 34    53:25
Sasha Vanessa Brenes 32   56:7
M-J Oboroceanu 43 58:50

Tom O’Reilly 29 42:43
Jay Wind 56 46:21

Great running all…we apologize if we missed any races or places.
3. TRAIL WORKOUT, Tuesday (tonight 5/2). The track appears to be closed again, and next week too…so it’s a trail run. We meet near the parking lot at Washington-Lee High School. The workout begins at 6:20pm, where we warmup and then go right into the fartlek sessions.

This week’s suggested workout:

6 x 1/2 mile with 3 minute recovery

Track coordinator Erica Morton: mortonej@yahoo.com

4. SUNDAY DISTANCE RUN (5/7). For a run ranging from 8-14 miles at various paces, we meet at the 3300 block of M Street in Georgetown at 8:00 a.m. (1.5 blocks down from the Key Bridge).

Parking is plentiful on M Street. See the website (washrun.org) for directions to the run if you need them.

After the run, we regroup at Dean & Deluca’s on M Street to sip coffee, crunch on pricey foodstuffs, and discuss methods of madness.
5. RACE TEAMS FOR CAPITOL HILL CLASSIC. Genevieve Kiley will be coordinating the WRC mixed race team for the Capitol Hill Classic 10k race to be held on Sunday, May 21st at 8:30 a.m. Website here:

http://www.capitolhillclassic.com/

Let the club know if you’re running the race and want to be on the team. We’re defending champions of this baby! wrc03dc@yahoo.com

So far on the team (we may have two): Yancey Hall, Courtney Fulton, Adina Wadsworth, Dion Mulvihill…

6. EMAIL UPDATES NOW ARCHIVED. Rather than the usual club news, we are now archiving these weekly email updates on the website in the clubnews section. We will be doing it by month. This way, members can look up past member news, race results and other club activity stuff that has happened. Archives are now up for February/March (since last online news) and April. There will also be miscellaneous photo pages of member running and activities from time to time (there is one page up now for early 2006).

For links, check out:

7. BANNER ORDERED, SECRETARY WORKING ON NEW SHIRTS.

The club has ordered a new banner to display at big races and for other various activities. It will be in shortly. It will look much like the banner that heads our award winning webpages (washrun.org).

Secretary Bart is working on designs for a new wicking running shirt with the WRC logo. Once completed and ordered, those will available for sale by the club (at a to-be-determined subsidized price).

We still have WRC tshirts for sale for $10 each. To get one see President Baker at the Sunday run, track workout, or send him an email: swbaker@comcast.net. To see what they look like, check out: http://www.washrun.org/for-members/store/

8. POTOMAC RIVER RUN MARATHON – PRESS RELEASE. For info on the Potomac River Run Marathon and Half Marathon being run this Sunday, May 7th, go here: http://www.pvtc.org/marathonpr2006.html

Member Bruce Reynolds will be discussing cooperatives as one of the guest speakers on Saturday afternoon before the race.

We cast out a best of luck and endurance to Dane and Bryon (and any other members) who are running the marathon!

WRC UPDATE – WEEK OF May 8th 2006

Hello Washington Running Club Members!

1. Member Race Results
2. Trail Workout, Tuesday (5/9)
3. Sunday Distance Run (5/14)
4. Race Teams for Capitol Hill Classic 10k
5. Email Updates Now Archived
1. MEMBER RACE RESULTS.

ACLI Capital Challenge 3 Miler, DC, 5/3/06

Paul Durbin 41 19:47

Patriots Cup 8k, VA, 5/7/06

1st Mike Wardian 31 25:54

Brain Tumor Society Race for Hope 5k, DC, 5/7/06
VP Gen leads the WRC with 3d place!

3d Genevieve Kiley 31 18:36
Sarah Buckheit 45 22:57
Sasha-Vanessa Brenes 32 26:27
Cecilia Carmody 45 28:34

Rudi Ottina 32 19:39

Broad Street 10-Miler, PA, 5/07/06

M-J Oborceanu 43 1:33:19

Potomac River Marathon, VA, 5/7/06

One week after contributing to a winning effort in the 24-hour Adventure Trail Run in Prince William Forest, where his team ran 160 miles, beating the 2nd place team by 32 miles, Bryon Powell takes 2nd place and gets a 7 minute PR! ….Dane checks off marathon #18 on his quest for Fiddy2

*2nd Bryon Powell 28 2:47:14
*4th Dane Rauschenberg 29 3:14:35
*Results are unofficial.

Great running all…we apologize if we missed any races or places.

“Watch the time -it gives you an indication of how fast they are running.” –Ron Pickering

2. TRAIL WORKOUT, Tuesday (tonight 5/8). The track is closed again tonight, but will be open next week into the foreseeable future (we hope)…so one more trail run this week. We meet near the parking lot at Washington-Lee High School. The workout begins at 6:20pm, where we warmup and then go right into the fartlek sessions.

This week’s suggested workout:

Pick up intervals of:
1 min, 2 min, 3 min, 4 min, 5 min, 4 min, 3 min, 2 min, 1 min (equal timed rest between each)

Track coordinator Erica Morton: mortonej@yahoo.com

3. SUNDAY DISTANCE RUN (5/14). For a run ranging from 8-14 miles at various paces, we meet at the 3300 block of M Street in Georgetown at 8:00 a.m. (1.5 blocks down from the Key Bridge). p>Parking is plentiful on M Street. See the website (washrun.org) for directions to the run if you need them.

After the run, we regroup at Dean & Deluca’s on M Street to sip coffee, munch on pricey foodstuffs, and discuss myriad mundane minutia.
4. RACE TEAMS FOR CAPITOL HILL CLASSIC. Genevieve Kiley will be coordinating the WRC mixed race team for the Capitol Hill Classic 10k race to be held on Sunday, May 21st at 8:30 a.m. You will have to register yourselves but put down Washington Running Club as your team name.

Website here: http://www.capitolhillclassic.com/

Let the club know if you’re running the race and want to be on the WRC team. We’re defending champions of this baby! wrc03dc@yahoo.com

So far on the team (we will likely have two): Gen Kiley, Yancey Hall, Courtney Fulton, Adina Wadsworth, Dion Mulvihill, Bruce Reynolds, Steve Money, Diana Johnson, Will Ellison, Emily Turner…(others?).

“My parents have been there for me, ever since I was about 7.” –David Beckham

WRC UPDATE – WEEK OF May 15, 2006

Hello Washington Running Club Members!

1. Member Race Results
2. Track Workout, Tuesday (5/16)
3. Sunday Distance Run (5/21)
4. Race Teams for Capitol Hill Classic 10k
5. Email Updates Now Archived

1. MEMBER RACE RESULTS.
Potomac River Marathon, VA, 5/7/06
Official results were tardy, so here are the revised and extended
WRC finishers:
2nd Bryon Powell 28 2:47:14 (First American!)
5th Dane Rauschenberg 29 3:14:35
Robert Toonkel 31 3:27:54
Michael Mills 34 3:47:48

Potomac River Half-Marathon, VA, 5/7/06
Elizabeth scores a victory!

1st Elizabeth Jones 29 1:35:52
James Scarborough 47 1:52:20

Angel Kisses 5K, VA, 5/14/06

Elizabeth Jones 29 21:00 (third age group)

New York City Junior League Half-Marathon, NY, 5/14/06
Emily makes a showing in the Big Apple and gets a PR; Diana hangs tough after a week of grad school finals:

8th Emily Turner 24 1:29:32
Diana Johnson 24 1:50:57

Mississauga Marathon, Ontario, Canada, 5/14/06
Fiddy2 strikes again:

Dane Rauschenberg 29 3:16:36

YMCA Mother’s Day 10K, VA 5/14/06

Michael Mills 34 40:49
Bruce Reynolds 55 44:54
Jay Wind 56 48:06
James Scarborough 48 50:30
Great running all…we apologize if we missed any races or places.

2. TRACK WORKOUT, Tuesday (tonight 5/16).
After many weeks of hosting high school sporting events, the track is finally open to the public! We meet at the far end of the track, the same side as the entrance. Look for Prez Steve Baker to lead the crew.

This week’s suggested workout:
A ladder: 400, 800, 1200, 1200, 800, 400 with a 400 recovery between each.
Track coordinator Erica Morton: mortonej@yahoo.com

3. SUNDAY DISTANCE RUN (5/21). For a run ranging from 8-14 miles at various paces, we meet at the 3300 block of M Street in Georgetown at 8:00 a.m. (1.5 blocks down from the Key Bridge). Attendance may be sparse this week due to spring races (see below). Parking is plentiful on M Street. See the website (washrun.org) for directions to the run if you need them. After the run, we regroup at Dean & Deluca on M Street to sip coffee, munch on pricey foodstuffs, and discuss myriad mundane minutia.

4. RACE TEAMS FOR CAPITOL HILL CLASSIC. The Capitol Hill Classic is THIS Sunday (May 21). Genevieve Kiley is leading the WRC mixed race team for the 10K, which starts at 8:30 a.m. You will have to register yourselves but put down “Washington Running Club” as your team name. Website here: http://www.capitolhillclassic.com/ Let the club know if you’re running the race and want to be on the WRC team. We’re defending champions of this baby! wrc03dc@yahoo.com So far on the team: Gen Kiley, Yancey Hall, Courtney Fulton, Adina Wadsworth, Dion Mulvihill, Bruce Reynolds, Steve Money, Diana Johnson, Will Ellison, Emily Turner, Paul Rushing, M-J Oborsceanu…(others?). We’ll plan to meet at the center of Stanton Park, right in front of the statue (some dude on a horse) at 7:45-8:00, for those interested in a warm-up group run.
WRC UPDATE – WEEK OF May 22nd 2006

Hello Washington Running Club Members!

1. Member Race Results
2. Trail Workout, Tuesday (5/23)
3. Sunday Distance Run (5/14)
4. Volunteers for Lawyers Have Heart Race
1. MEMBER RACE RESULTS.

Vienna City Marathon, Austria, 5/7/06

Paul Zavodnyik 39 4:22:15

Virginia Run Sprint Triathlon, VA, 5/14/06
(250m swim, 20k bike, 5k run)

2nd Bart Forsyth 29 54:53:50

Braemar 5k, Bristow, VA, 5/20/06
A win for Elizabeth!

1st Elizabeth Jones 29 20:39

Germantown 5 Miler, MD, 5/20/06

5th Mike Wardian 31 25:52 (1st age group)
11th Jean-Christophe Arcaz 45 28:59 (1st age group)

Triple Crown Races, Fort Hunt Park, VA, 5/20/06
Kentucky Derby 1.25 miles

James Scarborough 46 8:49

Girls on the Run 5k, Fairfax, VA, 5/20/06

Sarah Buckheit 46 22:31

Capitol Hill Classic 10k, Washington, DC, 5/21/06

WRC team unofficially wins it, with team captain Genevieve Kiley leading the way and capturing a big win for herself!

1st Genevieve Kiley 31 37:26
5th Emily Turner 24 40:51 (1st age)
Courtney Fulton 28 45:10
Jessica Elias 31 45:17
Adina Wadsworth 38 46:55
Diana Johnson 25 49:07
M-J Oboroceanu 43 57:15

6th Mike Wardian 31 32:31 (1st age)
10th Yancey Hall 37 34:12 (1st age)
Kevin Grasmick 35 35:12 (2nd age)
Steve Money 25 36:19
Will Schaffer 39 36:43
Henry Grossmann 34 37:12
Bart Forsyth 28 37:22
Alex Filides 30 37:22
Rudi Ottina 32 41:44
Bruce Reynolds 55 44:15
Jay Wind 56 45:41
Paul Rushing 49 48:55
Dion Mulvihill 39 50:02

[Photos from the Classic will be on the WRC website soon]

Mark’s Azalea Run 5k, Bethesda, MD, 5/21/06

5th Elizabeth Jones 29 21:46
Sarah Buckheit 46 25:06

Columbia Triathlon, Columbia, MD, 5/21/06
(1.5k swim, 41k bike, 10k run)

Steve Tappan 39 2:12:38
Adrian Fenty 36 2:50:44
Brian McBreen 37 2:55:48

Marie Sandrock 34 2:37:04
Maria Kozloski 41 2:58:22

Great running all…we apologize if we missed any races or places.

“It matters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.” –Weinberg
2. TRAIL WORKOUT, Tuesday (tonight 5/23). The track is closed again tonight, but we hope it’ll be open soon. For the trail run, we meet near the parking lot at Washington-Lee High School. The workout begins at 6:20pm, where we begin the warm-up and then go right into the fartlek sessions.

The parking lot above Rt 66 is open, but you have to enter it on the backside.

This week’s suggested workout:

6 x 1/2 mile (2 or 3 min rest)

Track/trail coordinator Erica Morton: mortonej@yahoo.com

“When everything’s coming your way, you’re in the wrong lane.” –anonymous
3. SUNDAY DISTANCE RUN (5/28). For a run ranging from 8-14 miles at various paces, we meet at the 3300 block of M Street in Georgetown at 8:00 a.m. (1.5 blocks down from the Key Bridge).

Parking is plentiful on M Street. See the website (washrun.org) for directions to the run if you need them.

After the run, we regroup at Dean & Deluca’s on M Street to sip coffee, munch on pricey foodstuffs, and discuss myriad mundane minutia.

“Am I getting smart with you? How would you know?” –anonymous

4. VOLUNTEER CALL FOR LAWYERS HAVE HEART RACE. President Baker puts out the call for volunteers to help with finish line duties for the Lawyers Have Heart 10k being held on Saturday, June 10th in Georgetown. We help with start and finish line duties and get a stipend per worker. If you’re not running the race and want to help the club out (beginning at 7:30 a.m.), let Steve know you want to help at: swbaker@comcast.net

WRC UPDATE – WEEK OF May 29th 2006

Hello Washington Running Club Members!

1. Member Race Results
2. Track Workout, Tuesday (5/30)
3. Sunday Distance Run (6/04)
4. Volunteers for Lawyers Have Heart Race
5. Member News

1. MEMBER RACE RESULTS.

Delaware Marathon, Wilmington, DE, 5/21/06

Dane Rauschenberg 29 3:13:57
Rob Toonkel 31 3:34:32

Cascades 10k Firechase, Sterling, VA 5/27/06

3d Al Han 32 35:57
4th Jean-Christophe Arcaz 45 37:08 (1st age group)

Bayshore Marathon, Traverse City, MI, 5/27/06

Rob Toonkel 31 3:22:57 (a new PR!)

Buffalo Marathon, Buffalo, NY, 5/28/06

Dane Rauschenberg 29 3:29:06

Great running all…we apologize if we missed any races or places.
2. TRACK WORKOUT, Tuesday (tonight 5/30). At the Washington-Lee High School track. The speed workout begins at 6:30pm. Show up earlier to warm up a couple of miles if you can. See the website for directions. Parking is a bit difficult because the school is being renovated and the parking lot is closed. Park on the streets nearby, but be respectful of those that live in the neighborhood please. Of course, the school is metro accessable (Ballston metro stop).

This weeks suggested workout:

3 x ( 400m, 800m, 400m) with 400m recovery.
Track coordinator Erica Morton: mortonej@yahoo.com

We meet at the bleachers on the same side of the main track entrance gate. Be sure to hydrate and bring drink for it’s hot out!.
3. SUNDAY DISTANCE RUN (5/28). For a run ranging from 8-14 miles at various paces, we meet at the 3300 block of M Street in Georgetown at 8:00 a.m. (1.5 blocks down from the Key Bridge).

Parking is plentiful on M Street. See the website (washrun.org) for directions to the run if you need them.

After the run, we regroup at Dean & Deluca’s on M Street to relax and sip various drinks and munch foodstuffs.

“Ooh, I love your magazine. Especially the ‘Enrich Your Wordpower’ section. I think it’s really…really…really…good.” –Homer Simpson
4. VOLUNTEER CALL FOR LAWYERS HAVE HEART RACE. President Baker has put out a call for volunteers to help with finish line duties for the Lawyers Have Heart 10k being held on Saturday, June 10th in Georgetown. We help with start and finish line duties (handing out water, collecting chips) and get a stipend per worker. If you’re not running the race and want to help the club out (beginning at 7:30 a.m.), let Steve know you want to help at: swbaker@comcast.net

5. MEMBER NEWS. We continue on our new member trek with 34 new members in 2006 thus far! 16 women and 18 men. Since the last new member name update, new members include:

Young Kim 37 M
Elizabeth Moody 24 F
Ryan Dent 26 M
Madelene Dolente 29 F

We welcome Young, Elizabeth, Ryan, and Madelene into the WRC!

Other News:

Bryon Powell has gone off to Park City, Utah for the summer to study for the bar exam and run in his spare time, or rather, we suppose it’s to run (training for the Western States 100 Miler) and study in his spare time. In either case, he’s on the lam from DC.

Diana Johnson is off to Turkey this summer for an archaeological dig. Dig on Diana…and learn something too!

Genevieve Kiley will be leaving the DC area soon with her job to return to Utah and then ultimately to San Francisco in the Fall. We’ll be losing our VP and will greatly miss her leadership and of course her great running as well!

Emily Turner will be off to law school at Penn in the Fall. So many schools, such a big decision. But ultimately Penn prevailed!

We wish all these fine members the best with their summer travels, moves, and career enhancing endeavors!

“I’m hitting the road. Maybe I’ll drop you a line some day from wherever I wind up in this crazy old world.” –Homer Simpson