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Join WRC for a very special evening of cinema, sport, and culture this January!
Town of Runners is a feature documentary about young runners from Bekoji – an Ethiopian highland town which has produced some of the world’s greatest distance athletes, including Tirunesh Dibaba, Kenenisa Bekele and Derartu Tulu. Continue reading
We’ll be celebrating another year of Sunday distance runs, Tuesday track workouts, snazzy jerseys, and good press, all while being surrounded by the folks who inspire us along the way. We’ll also elect new officers of the board and recognize members who have displayed exemplary acts of service to the club.
Friend of and healer to the WRC, Rob Gillanders, offers to share his toys with all the other girls and boys.
George Washington’s other Coat of Arms
Come celebrate some awesome fall marathon performances at our next WRC Happy Hour! Join us at Nellie’s Sports Bar, 900 U St. NW right near the U St. Metro Station, at 6pm on Thursday November 7.
If you’re feeling speedy like any of the WRC MCM-ers, show up before 6 p.m., snag a table for us, and get cheaper happy hour drinks!
Date: Thursday, November 7th
Time: 6 PM till whenever
Place: Nellie’s Sports Bar
Address: 900 U Street NW, Washington DC 20001
Nearest Metro Station: U Street Metro
Christine Hackman rallies the troops with this invitation:
Join Emily and Christine’s really-early, last-minute impromptu birthday fest!
Did you know that former WRC Runner-of-the-Year Emily “Let’s run faster” Cupito and Christine “Hell, I’m still vertical” Hackman share the same October 17th birthday exactly 20 years apart?
They’re heading to the Dupont Circle Pizzaria Paradiso at 6 PM on Saturday nite for celebratory drinks/dinner and welcome all who wish to join! No cards, no gifts, no buying them dinner – just show up.
FWIW: both hostesses have long runs on Sunday AM, so dinner ordering will likely start pretty early! (Plus, they’re turning 30/50, so they need that beauty sleep.) Hope to see you there.
SO, to recap:
What: Pizza! Drinks! Your clubmates!
When: Saturday, October 5th, starting at 6:00 pm.
Where: Pizzeria Paradiso Dupont Circle
2003 P Street NW, Washington DC. Get directions.
Point of Contact: Hackman cell phone = (303) 775-5004 if you have q’s.
Big thanks to our host, and former club president, Tris Kruger, for enabling yesterday’s Potomac poolside shindig. Thanks also to current vice president Carla Freyvogel, who coordinated and promoted everything. What a turnout! and what a fine array of foods arriving from kitchens, gardens, and ovens all over this land.
After going for a splash in a toasty pool that even Esther Williams would envy, one was left to choose between ice cold beverages under the gazebo on deck one, grilled patties and Tsukune on deck two, and sweets and fruits on deck three. This was one line, stretching around the deck and into the pool, for Nelson Paz‘s game-ending carrot cake.
Of course the reason for the turnout and the refueling probably had something to do with either a little grand prix race earlier in the day, or Lauren’s Race, or the regular Sunday distance run; there was a lot of news to digest. Results from the former are summarized below.
Parks Half Marathon September 8, 2013, Bethesda, MD Results: Men, Women, Teams 50 14/170 2561 Andrew Killian 34 Lorton VA 1:26:19 6:36 52 10/165 2025 Paul Karlsen 35 Bethesda MD 1:26:43 6:37 318 54/165 2559 Jesse Frantz 38 Washington DC 1:45:43 8:04 358 37/130 2204 Jerold Paulson 54 Washington DC 1:47:41 8:13 1135 finishers 41 5/186 2641 Julia Taylor 42 Arlington VA 1:39:24 7:35 77 8/161 2577 Christine Hackman 49 Arlington VA 1:45:13 8:02 322 62/209 2027 Fiona Karlsen 36 London 1:59:23 9:07 791 125/186 2380 Liz Lambert 41 Washington DC 2:20:20 10:43 1140 finishers
