From Memorial Day weekend through Columbus Day / Indigenous Peoples’ Day weekend (28 May – 8 October 8 2023) the WRC Distance runs will shift to a 7am start time. The meetup location remains the same, at 3307 M Street NW, Washington DC 20002.

Washington Running Club is proud to recognize John Kendra as the 2022 recipient of the Alfred tomFelde trophy. This trophy has a long tradition in the club and is awarded for “Exceptional Service to the WRC”. John is a previous President and veteran member who continues to serve on the club’s Officer Board.

At the presentation of the trophy during the membership meeting on May 13 2023, outgoing President Christine Hackman hailed John for his many years of active service for the club, relentless recruitment efforts, consistent presence at Sunday distance runs, and continued impressive marathon performances. She especially thanked John for his creative initiatives to sustain the club during the pandemic months.

More information about the Alfred tomFelde trophy and its history is available here.

Here’s the WRC 8am lineup on the first Sunday of May.  It was a great day for a long run!

Join us this Saturday (5/13) 4-6:30P for the WRC Annual Meeting/Social! Info’s in the post below. The food will be out at 4P; we’ll start club business + raffles! around 4:45P. If you’re not current on your membership, you can either join online (see below) or with cash/check at the meeting. Hope to see you there!

Join your WRC friends – or make new ones – at this year’s annual meeting/social! We’ll have free food – cash bar (with happy-hour pricing) – and it’ll be right across the Potomac at Assembly in Rosslyn. Details below:

Date/time: Saturday 13 May 2023, 4-6:30P
Location: Assembly, 1700 N Moore St, Arlington VA 22209
Cost: free for current (2023) WRC members, $10 for guests
Food/drink: nice appetizers provided, cash bar (happy-hour pricing!)
RSVP (for head-count purposes): washrunclub2@gmail.com < But show up even if you don’t 😀

Need to renew your membership? It’s quick and easy here!
See you at the meeting! 

As the April 2 run was a DYI event with several members running the Cherry Blossom Ten Miler, here is the official First Sunday photo of April!

Thanks to all who came out to run! Photography props to WRC VP Frithjov Iversen, who managed to take a great photo and be in it simultaneously.