Once upon a time, WRC’s antecedent clubs, dating back to the 1950s, had patches in the national colors of Germany: black, red, and gold. This fine example comes from the estate of Norman Brand, and will be passed along to future recipients of the Alfred tomFelde Perpetual Trophy.
We don’t need no stinking badges. But maybe we should issue some new patches, anyway?
Gerry Ives regretfully shares the following sad news:
Norm Brand passed away last Friday, July 11th. He would have been 81 on July 23rd. He was a long time official of USATF, and served as WRC’s agent for many years. Although he never ran a race, he was a member of WRC from the early 1970s.
Norman Brand was a charter member of the WRC in 1974, and was a member of WRC’s antecedent clubs, dating back to the 1950s. He received the H. Browning Ross Long Distance Running Merit Award in 1980, the USATF President’s Award in 1981, and the USATF National Officials Committee Chair Award in 2003. He later received the Alfred tomFelde Perpetual Trophy in 2004 for his outstanding long term support and dedication to the WRC.
Update (7/17):
A celebration of Norm’s life will be held at Sunrise Senior Living, 5111 Connecticut Ave., N.W. on Sunday, July 20 from 2 to 5 pm. His obituary is also featured on the Potomac Valley Track Club‘s website.
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!
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!
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.
Emily Buzzell sez:
WRC has a lot to celebrate!
Come out for Happy Hour at Heavy Seas Alehouse in Rosslyn, VA this Thursday, May 8th at 6pm.
We’ll be raising a toast to our spring marathon performances and to Kendall Tucker‘s team spirit and enthusiasm, which we’ll all miss when she leaves DC in a couple weeks.
Hope to see you there!
Eagle-eared Hillary Tipton writes in that Josh Kalla, of both Yale University and WRC, was just mentioned on NPR‘s Morning Edition, in How To Meet Your Congressman by Alisa Chang. Go Josh! Go WRC!
In case you missed this a couple weeks ago, WRC’s very own Nelson Paz was featured in the Washington Post for his show-stopping desserts.
Way to go, Nelson!