Justin Timberlake would be so happy because it’s finally May! (Lol)

First Sunday Photo in Georgetown @ 3307 M Street NW!

(Photo brought to you by John Smilde (who was the run starter) and chatGPT with two merged photos- crafty!)

Some of us were also in Pittsburgh for the Pittsburgh Marathon Weekend.

We had two marathon relay teams and 4 half marathoners!

April 2026 Race Highlights

Congrats to all that had races in April! Spring racing was in full swing.

Congrats to our Cherry Blossom 10 Mile Run team. Our team was 5th out of 19 teams in the DMV Run Club Championships Mixed Division, Woohoo! Our top scorers were Tyler Speers (56:50), Scott Kavoogian (58:46), Daniel Eisert (1:00:18) Alina Korovatskaya (1:18:12) and Katie Beuadoin (1:28:25). Many of our team members/WRC members PR’d and/or had a very great run! WTG!

Cherry Blossom 10 miler

Other races (to name a few)- Frithjov Iversen- Ukrop’s Monument Avenue 10k Richmond VA 51:04, James Scarborough- Tidal Basin Run Earth Day 5K, Arlington VA, 31:13, 2nd place, Tony Lopacki- Toledo Mercy – Half Marathon (2nd in age group), Kat Moore- Healthcare Access Maryland’s 5k for the Health of it! 31:29 and Sheetz to Sheetz Trail Run (14 miles) 03:16:36 and Congrats to those that did the Boston Marathon!

XO Kat (See you Sunday!)

First Sunday Photo in Georgetown @ 3307 M Street NW!

Everyone was pumped for the first day of March- the 60th day of the year!

February 2026 Race Highlights

Congrats to all that had races in February! In Feb we bring back feats of strength!

February was a cold one! Glad to see that people were still out there getting after it!

Congrats to Sergey Volcov! His 2nd marathon of the year- Mississippi River Marathon, Lake Village, Arkansas to Greenville, MS 3:46:49 (avg pace 8:39min/mi)- WTG! James Scarborough at Hawk Indoor Half Marathon, Arlington VA, 2:14:30, CBRC Trail Race (4 miles), Calvert Cliffs State Park, MD, 59:22 (among other races)- Nice! And this month, Kat’s feat of strength was to try to keep up with Daniel Eisert at shake run! 😂

Also, please don’t forget to check out the latest edition of John’s Racing Times and add your runs to the spreadsheet!

XO Kat (See you Sunday!)

First Sunday Photo in Georgetown @ 3307 M Street NW! It’s been a cold February so far but we are powering through! (picture a muscles emoji hehe)

January 2026 Race Highlights

Congrats to all that had races in January!

Wow- Congrats to Sergey Volvoc at the Daufuskie Island Marathon at Hilton Head, SC 4:10:39 (avg pace 9:34), Frithjov Iversen at the 12th Annual FitDC Fresh Start 5k 25:29 (avg pace 8:12) 5th in M6069 and James Scarborough at the PVTC Indoor Track 3K, Arlington VA, 17:37 5th place and Tidal Basin Run 5K, Arlington VA, 31:36 6th place (amongst other races)! Job well done!!

XO Kat (See you Sunday!)

First Sunday Photo in Georgetown @ 3307 M Street NW! Happy New Year!

December 2025 Race Highlights

Congratulations to all that had races!

Rocket City Marathon- Thomas Stevenson 04:01:00 (avg pace 9:12 min/mi), Sergey Volcov 03:48:00 (avg pace 8:42 min/mi), Anna Weber 05:01:17 (avg pace 11:29 min/mi). Good work! Hope it was a rocket of a good time!

Other Races: James Scarborough Tidal Basin New Years Eve 8k 52:18 (avg pace 10:31 min/mi), 3rd place OA, PVTC Christmas Caper 5k 29:25 (avg pace 9:28 min/mi), 1th OA,

XO Kat (See you Sunday!)

First Sunday Photo in Georgetown @ 3307 M Street NW!

First Sunday Photo and Run of Infamy

November 2025 Race Highlights

Congratulations to all that had races! Looks like many people kicked the stuffing out of their turkey trots this November! Gobble gobble! And many had awesome other races too!

Richmond Marathon Weekend- There was a solid group in Richmond on the weekend of the 15th! Ryan Simethy completed his first marathon- 4:25:04 (10:07min/mi avg) coached by Rahul Nandi. Mike Zinlinghaus, marathon 3:24:31 (7:48min/mi avg), fast. Katie Beaudoin, half marathon 1:56:08 (8:52min/mi avg)- a PR. Katie Freix- 1:46:42 (8:06min/mi avg) had a great half marathon and Eric had a suberb half marathon. Kat Moore completed her first 8k- 0:50:50 (10:14min/mi avg). Awesome work by all!

Turkey Trots- John Smilde, Vienna Turkey Trot- 28:06 (9:03min/mi avg), Christine Hackman, Thanksgiving Stuffing Stomp 5k- 28:23 (9:08min/mi avg) 1st F60-69, James Scarborough, HCS Jefferes Hill Turkey Trot 10K 1:00:49 (9:47min/mi avg), Frithjov Iversen, Fairfax Turkey Trot 4 Miler 31:42 (7:56 min/mi avg) 1st M65+ and Daniel Eisert, Turkey Day 5k Reston, Va 18:17 (5:53min/mi avg) 3rd M25-29 and his first race since the Pittsburgh Marathon Relay (WTG!).

More- Sergey Volcov- NCR Marathon, Kat Moore- Virtual Norfolk Harbor Half, Christine Hackman, Jack T Farrer Jr. Fill the Shoes 5k- 27:30 (8:52min/mi avg) 2nd F60-64, James Scarborough Tidal Basin Run Veterans Day 4M 37:56 (9:29min/mi avg) 2nd place.

XO Kat (See you Sunday!)

First Sunday Photo in Georgetown @ 3307 M Street NW!

October 2025 Race Highlights

Congratulations to all that had races– October was a big month! From Chicago to Marine Corp and everything in between, super proud of everyone!

Chicago Marathon– Lili Zigo (4:32:32 avg pace 10:24min/mi) 2nd Marathon (Major) and Jordan Konig (Chicago being one in his arsenal of marathons!) (3:29:05 avg pace: 7:58min/mi).

Marine Corps Marathon– Huge Congratulations to Rahul Nandi on his 3rd consecutive sub- 3 hour marathon (2:54:18 avg pace 6:39min/mi). Way to go Rahul! Amazing run to everyone as well! Lawson Kennan (3:10:02 avg pace 7:15min/mi) a Marathon PR, Eric, Sergey Volcov (3:29:49 avg pace 7:58min/mi), Sidney Ascher (4:46:57), Vikrant Gokhale (5:04ish), Alina Korovatskaya (3:59:15) First Marathon, Daltyn Payne (3:59:15), Katie Beaudoin (5:30:37), Andrew Overton (4:18:06), Henry Wade (4:50:00), Kat Moore (5:35:52 12:49mim/mi) First Marathon.

Rocky Gap State Park 25k and relay in Flinstone, MD- Ben Stutts was 3rd OA M and 3rd OA out of 129 in the 25k (2:03:49 avg pace 7:41min/mi) and Anna Weber on the relay team (6.6mi loop 1:14:47 avg pace 11:30mi/mi)- her team got 5th place in the women’s relay! Great work! This was a hilly one! (Elevation gain- 1200ft).

Some 5ks and other distances– Eric Fethe Bull City 5k (19:31 avg pace 6:17 min/mi) faster than Mark Zuckerburg and a 5k PR! James Scarborough- Tidal Basin Run Columbus Day 4K, 24:30 3rd place, Ghost and Scarecrow 5K, Ashburn VA, 29:31 73rd place, 2nd M 60-69, CBRC Riviera Ten Miler, Piney Point MD, 1:39:00 17th place, Nick Stamatakos 10/4 Orthopaedic Rehab Specialists Oktoberfest 5K 29:16 1st M 60-64, Sergey Volcov 10/12 Army 10 Miler 1:11:49 (7:11min/mi), Frithjov Iversen- Kensington parkrun 5k 23:06 (7:26min/mi) 1st in M65-69, Army Ten Miler (1:26:24 8:39min/mi).

XO Kat (See you Sunday!)