It’s Summer! Looks like the rain will be done by 0700 tomorrow, so should be pretty decent running weather. The planned route will be ~15 miles through Rock Creek park. Something similar to the Nature Center – Bingham Loop:
http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/210871445
Meet in front of CB2 (33rd and M) at 0700!
Tomorrow marks our return to 0700 start time! The planned SDR route is a 14.5 mile trek out the Towpath, turn off at Glen Echo, and back down with combination of MacArthur & CCT. The route map can be reviewed at: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6329675
There is water at Fletcher’s (miles 2.5 & 12.5) and Glen Echo (mile 7.5).
See everyone bright and early!
The planned run for tomorrow will be around 15 miles that will include a few trails. We will connect with the Glover-Archbold trail route off of the CCT. This will take us around to Peirce Mill where we will take the (upper) Western Ridge Trail past the stables to Bingham Drive. We will take Bingham to Beach Drive where we will proceed back down on the Valley Trail. The segment from Peirce Mill, up, around, and back down to Georgetown can be viewed here.
In-House descriptions of both parts are also available here:
Glover-Archbold Trail (9.9 Miles)
Bingham Drive – Valley Trail Loop (5.8 miles)
The maps are intended to be general idea of the trail routes, but some improvisation may be required. If you are uncertain about the directions (which may be most of us), then please stay within shouting distance of the trail master! We will stop for water at Peirce Mill (in both directions).
Yes, still meeting at 8:00 AM in front of CB2 (33rd and M Street, Georgetown).
The route for the SDR tomorrow will be the Ross Drive loop. This is around 13.5 miles total. The map for the section from Peirce Mill around Ross Drive can be found on the WRC maps page as well as an “almost correct” version from a prior posting. Other mileage options can include out-and-back for fewer than 13.5 miles or the full Rock Creek – CCT loop for around 20 miles. Start at 33rd and M street in Georgetown at 8am!
Looking forward to the great weather tomorrow morning, and seeing everyone on the run!
It looks like we will have near perfect running weather tomorrow morning. Many of us are running Boston next Monday, so probably not many running super long. The planned route around Ross Drive is 13 miles:
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/m/?r=6262499
There are many options to lengthen or shorten this route. Start and finish at 33rd and M in Georgetown. We may have a reporter joining us.
WRC had a great turnout at this past Sunday’s Cherry Blossom 10 Miler – both on and around the course. We had over 20 club members running the race with another dozen or so sprinkled around the course cheering everyone on! The support from fellow club members proved to be extra valuable as many came away with major PR’s.
Feeling cheery after the 2014 Cherry Blossom 10 Miler! WRCers L-R: Kendall Tucker, Ben Stutts, Jesse Frantz, Julia Taylor, and Pat O’Keefe.
The near-official results:
114th, BENJAMIN STUTTS, 57:08 206th, PAUL KARLSEN, 1:00:38 226th, GEOFF KING, 1:01:03 250th, JIM MOORE, 1:01:38 256th, ANDREW KILLIAN, 1:01:46 279th, MEGAN HABERLE, 1:02:45 284th, RACHEL CLATTENBURG, 1:02:53 327th, BRIAN SAVITCH, 1:03:50 349th, STEPHANIE SELMER, 1:04:13 507th, JENNIFER PAUL, 1:06:37 539th, EMILY BUZZELL, 1:07:01 567th, LAURA JENNINGS, 1:07:19 664th, JULIA TAYLOR, 1:08:25 1235th, JAY JACOB WIND, 1:13:23 1447th, PATRICK O'KEEFE, 1:14:36 1486th, CHRISTINE HACKMAN, 1:14:44 1574th, JESSE FRANTZ, 1:15:10 1785th, BRENDAN SULLIVAN, 1:16:06 2278th, KENDALL TUCKER, 1:18:07 2286th, OLGA GORODETSKY, 1:18:09 5615th, JAMES SCARBOROUGH, 1:28:40 10731st, NANCY MARSILLO, 1:41:17 17,849 Total Finishers
The official results will be made available on the race website.
We’ve made it through a pretty brutal winter, pushing each other through many long, hard, wet, and cold miles together. Spring is finally here which means Boston is near!
We have expanded greatly from last year’s Men’s Open and Women’s Open team entries. This year, perhaps for the first time in the club’s long history, WRC has officially entered team entries for all four Boston Marathon team categories. We have a very strong Women’s Open team with 8 team members competing! The other three team entries are 3 member each, for a total of 17 runners!
All can be tracked from the Boston Marathon’s AT&T Athlete Alert. Please also see The One Fund for information regarding donation & assistance for victims & their families that were most impacted by last year’s tragedy.
The current team entries are as follows:
Women's Open - Emily Buzzell, Lauren Gabler, Olga Gorodetsky,
Laura Jennings, Jenny Paul, Lucy Rogers,
Stephanie Selmer, and Katie Tomlinson
Men's Open - Drew Killian, Max Lockwood, and Brian Savitch
Women's Masters - Shinobu Kusakabe, Lydia Pelliccia, and Julia Taylor
Men's Masters - John Kendra, Jim Moore, and Jay Wind
If you are a current team member running the Boston Marathon and are not on the team entries listed below, then please let us know (if you have not already done so) by emailing sdr@washrun.org! We are also organizing a social gathering (within a short walk of the finish area) for much needed post-race recovery.
Good luck to everyone!