Bundled up and ready to run: a solid group of runners turned out for their Sunday long runs, ranging from 10 to 18 miles. The cold doesn’t have anything on us!
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Hear ye, hear ye!
Happy Snow Day, and Happy New Year, WRCers!
The WRC Annual Meeting of Members & Party is NEXT Saturday, January 17th at Carla Freyvogel’s home at 1207 Stuart Robeson Drive, McLean, VA 22101. The meeting will last from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. and the party will continue onward to ~ 10:00 p.m.
Details to follow shortly about parking and finding the house. A brief agenda for the meeting will also be circulated to all WRC members in good standing.
On the business side of things, we will:
- Announce the 2014 award winners,
- Elect the 2015 board members, and
- Address any other business as may properly come before the meeting.
The cost of the event this year is FREE, but we ask that you bring something to share with your clubmates (Potluck or BYOB). The club will supplement your contributions with good appetizers.
Please be sure to RSVP by Wednesday, January 14th to Carla Freyvogel at vicepres@washrun.org.
We look forward to seeing you on next Saturday!
JANUARY 17th UPDATE!!!!
Parking at Carla’s place:
1207 Stuart Robeson Drive in McLean is in a small neighborhood with limited parking.
If you can find a spot in the neighborhood itself, more power to you. Otherwise, there are other options! You can:
- Park on Rt. 123 on the shoulder or in the turnout lane as you approach the neighborhood, heading NORTH on Rt. 123. My car (navy blue station wagon) will be out there to mark the spot.
- You can park at the Safeway on Chain Bridge Road, and walk across the street. As runners, this should not be a problem.
See you tonight! Questions, just call: 703.409.7028 or 703.356.2339.
Thanks!!!!
Competition: Washington Running Club Runs the World!
Grand Prize: $100 gift certificate to Pacers!!!!!!
We know you all like good competition! Here is your chance to tap into both your creative spirit and your competitive nature…all without lacing up your racing flats.
WRC singlet relaxes on the porch. Long Island Sound, Waterford, CT, USA. Photo by Carla Freyvogel
Photograph your WRC singlet as it ventures around the world. Take it to the beach! Have it scale Mt. Rushmore! Bribe Beyoncé to bop down a Brooklyn street with it nicely pinned for the perfect fit. Being the international crowd that we are, we are expecting to see the singlet with Big Ben in the background or Scotland Yard. YOU think up the possibilities!
Competition Details:
- Prize: $100 gift certificate to Pacers Running Stores.
- Entries close: December 31, 2014, midnight
- Elgible participants: WRC members in good standing
- Prize awarded: WRC’s Annual Party in late January 2015
- Judges: Three of the newest WRC members of 2014 & two members of the WRC Board of Directors. These individuals are not excluded from competing!
Send your photos to Carla Freyvogel at carla@washrun.org. Multiple entries are permitted.
A gallery of current contest entries is available here.
A HUGE thanks to the Pacers Running Stores gang for their support and enthusiasm!
Club Singlets: Available Now, Visible Everywhere
Will Cotton’s “Cupcake Katy” (2010) went on view at the National Portrait Gallery, but not without some local finishing touches.
Our store has finally reopened to take your pre-orders for club racing singlets! One American songbird, Katy Perry, already received hers and wore it out to the National Portrait Gallery (June 18 – July 6)! artnet News has another view of Katy’s NPG selfie.
So WRC members: place your orders, and we’ll have you suited for our own sweet sport.
Sunday Distance Run – 6/22
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!
The Quotable Taylor & Killian
Drew Killian and Julia Taylor were interviewed in Danielle DeCourcey‘s recent segment: D.C. runners go to the Boston Marathon. Check it out!
Come along for a second round of interviews, and rounds, with our favorite talking heads at tonight’s Happy Hour.
Sunday Distance Run – 3/30
Get ready for a nice, easy, long run this Sunday! The planned route will be similar to our 2/23 Sunday Distance Run which took us out Custis Trail, through Arlington neighborhoods to Chain Bridge, up the Towpath, and back down MacArthur.
This week’s planned route will add a couple miles on for a nice round 24 miles. The primary addition will include exiting Custis Trail onto Bluemont Junction Trail, turning onto W&OD Trail, and cutting back up Custis Trail to continue the route up N. Harrison St through the Arlington neighborhoods. The other (minor) modification will be turn onto the Capitol Crescent Trail off of MacArthur, and finish along Water/K Street.
Please review the full 24-mile route map before Sunday! We will have a gatorade/water stop along the towpath between Chain Bridge and the cutover to MacArthur.
For those with no desire or plan to run 24-miles this weekend:
16 Miles – Turn back down Towpath toward Georgetown after crossing Chain Bridge
10-11 Miles – Continue on Custis Trail toward Rosslyn/Georgetown after the Bluemont/W&OD addition (don’t turn onto N. Harrison St).
See you on Sunday!