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Army Ten Miler, and more

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A chill in the air at the start of the Army Ten Miler meant WRC would be racing in ideal conditions. Add to that the wounded warriors participating in the race today to make a memorable race experience. Now for the unofficial nuts and bolts:

PLACE	NAME		BIB	10K	NET	DIV	GENDER	DIVISION
313	KIRK MASTERSON	290	38:15	1:02:16	33	293	M35-39
510	ALAN PEMBERTON	1449	40:24	1:04:59	1	479	M60-64
1061	JULIA TAYLOR	1528	43:06	1:09:24	5	102	W40-44
1967	ELYSE BRANER	71	46:04	1:13:53	81	280	W25-29
2453	DAVID PITTMAN	1113	49:16	1:15:50	300	2067	M25-29

Full Results (unofficial)

Congrats to all who raced today! All errors and omissions are my own, so feel free to correct the above by writing to me.

Some additional results from this weekend:

Dead Man's Run 5K
October 19, 2013 - Congressional Cemetery, Washington, DC

2 114 Hillary Tipton	24F Washington DC	0:19:26	6:16 (1st woman)
23 35 Jay Jacob Wind	63M Arlington VA	0:23:05	7:26
217 finishers

5K for Public Education
October 19, 2013 West Chester, PA

31 Jesse Frantz 38M 25:03*  8:04
81 finishers
* employed talented eldest daughter as rabbit in first mile

Daisuke's Mecha-Marathon Weekend
October 19-20, 2013  Metropolitan Washington D.C.

Saturday: Rosslyn, VA to Olmsted Island, MD and back, solo: 30 miles
Sunday: Capital Crescent – Rock Creek Loop, with the fast men: 21 miles
devour an entire loaf of banana bread (lovingly baked by Tris Kruger).
1 finisher

Hillary Tipton with be racing with many of her WRC teammates at the 2013 Marine Corps Marathon next Sunday. Daisuke Ogata will be be racing at the MCM10K next Sunday, in preparation for the Philadelphia Marathon on November 17th.

Fare Thee Well, Jonathan!

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Parting is such sweet sorrow. We wish our friend, the B.A.A.'s Jonathan Baker (top row, 4th from right, in his silvery adidas muscle tee), safe travels as he meanders back North to Boston.

Parting is such sweet sorrow. We wish our friend, the B.A.A.’s Jonathan Baker (top row, 4th from right, in his silvery adidas muscle tee), safe travels as he meanders back North to Boston.

Standing two places to Jonathan’s left is WRC’s Ben Stutts, who raced a neat 4:46.86 on the tartan at the DCRRC’s 2013 Track Championship Mile Heats on Wednesday (results). And standing to Ben’s left is newest club member, Paul Karlsen of London, originally of Scotland, who has yet to make his American tarmacadam racing debut (here’s why), but is preparing for the Bank of America Chicago Marathon.

Everyone else ran about a million muggy miles, in anticipation of this coming Thursday’s Thirst Quencher.

Bon Voyage, Lucy!

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Lucy Rogers, is flanked by her teammates

Lucy Rogers (top row, center, in a white singlet and black cap) is flanked by her teammates, on the last weekend before she departs for graduate studies at the Wake Forest Schools of Business top-ranked MBA program, located at the Reynolda Campus in the twin cities of Winston-Salem, NC. Photo courtesy of Alexa Williams

First Sunday’s Photo

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Off to a good looking earlier start for the summer!

Off to a good looking earlier start for the summer!

The good Doctor Tris, not pictured, wires in his absence slip:

I’ll be at a lake accessible by float plane, on a remote lake, in Alaska. I’ll be trail running, as there are no roads. We’ll start at the old time.
Vb,t.

Esquire Daniel Yi, also not pictured, was caught finishing in Pietermaritzburg, RSA, as the top American at the Comrades Marathon. According to Gerry Ives, Dan ran 6:48:18, 79th overall, 76th male, 51st in his age group. That story is developing.

Rachel Clattenburg, likely recovering from her win at The North Face Endurance Challenge 50K on Saturday, is not among those pictured above. Rachel’s time of 5:05:05 gave her the win under incredibly hot conditions; Laura Jennings braved the heat as well to finish as the 68th female. More details to follow. Continue reading →