Dan Yi sealing his 79th overall, first American and silver medalist finish at the 2013 Comrades Marathon.
Our own Dan Yi ventured to South Africa to run the Comrades Marathon on June 2nd. We know he is fit, we know he is awesome, we know he has a great attitude but did we know that ANYONE could report having kicked it in after 54 miles? Could we have imagined he would say this was “the best running experience of my life”? Continue reading
Ben Stutts accepting the 2nd place Washington Metro Elite Men’s Team plaque and medal
The Washington Running Club garnered recognition over the weekend as several members ran in Sunday’s Capitol Hill Classic 10K under the club’s team.
WRC finished in a respectable 7th place out of 44 teams (results). Finishers had their club name—Washington Running Club in our case—called out over the public address system as they finished.
Rachel Clattenburg (42:08), Julia Taylor (43:44), and Jerry Paulson (48:19) comprised the WRC team scorers. Julia finished second in her age group, getting nipped by a mere 11 seconds. Christine Hackman finished in fourth in the same age group while netting a 46:35.
Dan Yi—running for the Civil Rights Racers—ran an impressive 37:07 the day after running 30 miles in preparation for the upcoming Comrades Marathon on June 2nd.
The 10K’s team competition counted the top 3 finishers on the team with at least one being of the opposite sex.
This weekend’s race also marked the sixth race in WRC’s inaugural Grand Prix. Up-to-date standings show President Kirk Masterson leading the men’s division with an average age-graded score of 79.32% through three races.
Christine Hackman has the highest age-graded score on the women’s side with a 73.22%. Julia Taylor is just behind her with a 72.53%.
The age-graded scoring system is meant to account for age in performances and give runners of all ages an equal chance to compete on the same scale.
Runners must compete in 5 races to qualify for the Grand Prix—at least 4 from the selected races in the series, with the option of one performance from outside. The standings above don’t yet reflect the one elective race.
The next race in the WRC Grand Prix is the Lawyers Have Heart 10K on June 8.
Nike Women Half Marathon
April 28, 2013, 7 am – Washington DC
WRC results are available here.
Carla Freyvogel poses with her daughter, Grace Eginton, in their respective club singlets and matching teal sneakers, in front to the NWHM Start/Finish line, at 10th and Pennsylvania Ave, NW. Photo courtesy of W.T.F.
Race day started as the best of all running weather days. Cool, sunny, low humidity. It was really Washington DC at its finest; the monuments glowed white, the streets were clean swept and the trees were a new green. A great day to run a half marathon.
15,000 women and Dan Yi did just that. Continue reading
WRC was pretty much everywhere last weekend, racking up some nice race results, with another 25 or so attending the Sunday Distance Run. Read along for some of the best of the bunch!
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After a five year hiatus, the Washington Running Club is finally back to contending for the Men’s Open and Women’s Open team titles at the 2013 Boston Marathon. We’re liveblogging on race day with news, statistics, and color commentary.
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Unofficial Cherry Blossom 10 Miler Team Results and Individual Award Results have just been published. Impressions to come with stories in moments.
FLASH UPDATE: Our Women’s Open and Mixed Masters teams both finished third, meaning that fame, fortune, and hopefully coveted engraved medals and a team plaque will be theirs. Our elite team finished 2nd, but in the ideal configuration we could have finished 3rd in the Men’s Open division, along with our other teams which finished 6th, 10th, and 21st.
Team scoring is based on the sum of the net finishing times of the first three eligible finishers on the team as recorded by chiptime. For full details on team scores, see the race site, here.
Below is the digest of performances across WRC for the morning. Way to go!