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May 19-Happy Hour and Sunday Run!

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Don’t forget to come out to the Happy Hour at the Sculpture Garden this evening (National Gallery of Art, Jazz in the Garden) starting at 4:30. It will be a great time and a chance to say farewell to long-time WRC member Emily Buzzell who is going back to school.

We’ll be meeting on Sunday for our weekly social run.  It looks like the weather will cooperate, so come join us outside of the CB2 in Georgetown at 8:00 am.  Stick around for coffee (almost certainly at Dean and Deluca based on the weather report).  As always, all are welcome, so bring a friend along.
It’s May Membership Drive (kind of like NPR Pledge Drive, but less annoying).  If WRC enriches your life, please become a dues-paying member.  It’s just pennies a day.  http://www.washrun.org/payments/
 
Stay tuned for a WRC survey in coming weeks, and our summer Saturday neigborhood runs, starting soon.

Movie Night Reminder and Sunday Run

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Hey all,
Another reminder that we will be seeing Boston, An American Running Story, which is playing at the Gallery Place Cinema at April 19 at 7:30 pm. We will hold a happy hour at Clyde’s of Gallery Place nearby, starting at 4 when the drinks and raw bar are half price.

And as usual, join us this Sunday at 8:00 AM in front of the Georgetown CB2 store for our weekly long run! Sweat a lot, get those endorphins roaring, and stick around for coffee, carbs, and conversation afterwards.

November 7: Happy Hour

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Come find your WRC teammates at Happy Hour!

George Washington’s other Coat of Arms

Come celebrate some awesome fall marathon performances at our next WRC Happy Hour! Join us at Nellie’s Sports Bar, 900 U St. NW right near the U St. Metro Station, at 6pm on Thursday November 7.

If you’re feeling speedy like any of the WRC MCM-ers, show up before 6 p.m., snag a table for us, and get cheaper happy hour drinks!

Date: Thursday, November 7th
Time: 6 PM till whenever
Place: Nellie’s Sports Bar
Address: 900 U Street NW, Washington DC 20001
Nearest Metro Station: U Street Metro

Calendar Event

MCM Preliminary Results

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Below is a digest of the unoffical results for WRC members at the 2013 Marine Corps Marathon:

Bib	Name			SexAge	Nettime	Pace
2824	Max Lockwood		M43	2:51:57	6:33/mi, 115th OA
19825	Andrew Killian		M34	3:03:17	6:59/mi, 280th OA
290	Daniel Yi		M33	3:03:28	6:59/mi
30560	Gareth Coville		M34	3:09:35	7:13/mi
30339	Rachel Clattenburg	F29	3:10:36	7:16/mi, 46th woman
16650	Hillary Tipton		F24	3:16:36	7:29/mi, 78th woman
31750	Mark Wright		M50	3:22:27	7:43/mi
34723	Nathan Nair		M36	3:29:20	7:58/mi
31956	Jay Jacob Wind		M63	3:30:51	8:02/mi, 11th AG
21441	Lauren Gabler		F29	 3:42:13	8:28/mi
30654	Jerold Paulson		M54	3:44:03	8:32/mi
1120	Mary Baker		F25	4:00:59	9:11/mi
30551	Patrick O'Keefe		M26	4:12:01	9:36/mi
28822	Nancy Marsillo		F55	4:36:55	10:33/mi
32516	Robert Platt		M62	4:53:53	11:12/mi
7006	Anubhuti Mishra		F26	5:43:50	13:06/mi
8100	Jamie Williams		F42	5:59:52	13:43/mi

WRC leaders Lockwood and Clattenburg paced themselves impeccably, with intermediate splits that deserve a closer look. Team competition results and awards will be determined and made available sometime later this week.

UPDATED: WRC finished third in a very close race among the Mixed Teams, with a combined time of 9:05:50 (fun fact: they would have placed second among Men’s Open Teams)! Team awards are presented to the top three teams in each division. Way to go!
Team Results

We also have some results for WRC allies hailing from the Dojo of Pain, Georgetown SFS, and Japan, respectively.

Marathon
269	Chris Pruitt		M31	2:29:41 5:42/mi, 8th OA
1768	Alan Pemberton		M60	3:03:29	6:59/mi, 1st AG
278	Matt Weisbard		M25	3:15:44	7:27/mi
MCM10K
46226	Daisuke Ogata		M38	38:47	6:14/mi

Every Cloud DOES Have a Silver Lining

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FLASH NEWS: WRC scholar-athlete Daniel Yi, and his doping liability spreading idea from 2005, gets a mention in today’s New Yorker (“Tyson Gay and How to Clean Up Track”, by Nicholas Thompson, online edition). That article is available here, and Daniel’s original paper for Legal Affairs is available here.

Volunteer Opportunity: W&OD 5K

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This comes from the desk of our tireless club treasurer, James Scarborough:

I would like to propose that WRC provide Arlington Safety and Health Foundation (Jay Wind‘s non-profit) race assistance on Sunday, 24 March, at the W&OD 5K. The race starts at 4pm and doesn’t conflict with Sunday morning. The registration starts at 2:30pm and I’m sure [Jay] can use a person or two there. There’s also a need for course sentries in several locations. Since it’s a double out and back 5K on the bike-path, nobody will out there that long.

Probably absolute maximum time commitment would be between 2:30 and 5:30 (and that’s helping to clean up). I’ll probably be running the race and probably helping with the packet pickup; last year I helped registration too, and I’ve helped at the finish line in the past as well.

So, if we can get four or five WRC people helping, that would be great. The starting point is practically next door to John Kendra, too, right in the middle of Falls Church.

Friends of the W&OD are a beneficiary, and the local Boy Scout troop usually provides volunteers.

If you would like to lend a hand on this coming Sunday, March 24th, please contact James at either treasurer@washrun.org or jbs1958 [at] comcast [dot] net. He will make sure that your talents are used either on the course or to help with other parts of the race.

And for those who are interested in racing, you can enter either online or by USPS mail.

Last chance to order your WRC racing apparel!

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Order by Friday June 22

WRC is creating singlets so we can look just as impressive as our race results. Both the men’s and women’s singlets are sleek, lightweight, and bright yellow. The artwork, printed with dark blue ink, will be similar to that used for previous versions of WRC apparel. Take a look at the designs for the front and back.

WRC is subsidizing the singlets, so each one will cost you just $15. Once we have everyone’s requests, we’ll place an order with our distributor and screen printer. So don’t miss out!

To order your singlet(s), please fill out this simple online form. Please note that the original email said the men’s singlets would be Brooks brand; we’re now using Nike as you can see in the above link.

Respond to this email with any questions! This is your last chance to pre-order, so please fill out the online form by Friday June 22. Thanks!