Come for the Meeting, Stay for the Party!

Please join the Washington Running Club on the evening of Saturday, January 25th for our annual meeting and party.

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.

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November 7: Happy Hour

Come find your WRC teammates at Happy Hour!

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
Address900 U Street NW, Washington DC 20001
Nearest Metro Station: U Street Metro

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Imminent, Impromptu Birthday Fest

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.

10 Important Tidbits You Missed, If You Missed the WRC Cookout

It was great fun! Hats off to Tris for letting us invade his lovely home AND for ensuring good weather. If you missed it, this is what you need to know: Continue reading

Parks Half, Party Full

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