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!
Caesar Rodney, for the Win!
Breaking news, via the magic of SMS/MMS:
Emily Buzzell: first place team coed division at Caesar Rodney! Go WRC!
Received: 11:58AM
Emily Buzzell:
Nine decorated WRCers, standing in front of the equestrian statue of Caesar Rodney at Rodney Square in Wilmington, DE. Like our runners, the horse is depicted in full gallop.
Received: 12:19PM
Emily Buzzell: Everyone is having fun here!
Received: 12:21PM
Emily Buzzell: Rachel and Ben did AWESOME (1:26, 1:19)
Received: 12:21PM
Team captain, Emily Buzzell, also sez:
Washington Running Club brought home first place in today’s Caesar Rodney Half Marathon in Wilmington, DE!
Bolstered by good competition, close to perfect running weather (low 40s, overcast, breezy), and the promise of pizza and cupcakes after the race, WRC turned out some fantastic performances this morning. Ben Stutts led the way with a 16th place showing and his first sub-1:20 in a half marathon. Drew Killian ran close to his PR for 42nd place, and Rachel Clattenburg wowed with a 4th place finish among women. Particularly impressive about Rachel’s performance were her negative splits and the way she dropped the hammer during a long, challenging uphill climb between miles 6 and 9. Emily Buzzell ran a very evenly paced race to finish as the 7th woman. The team scoring was rounded out by Laura Jennings, who ran a 5-minute PR and finished in the top 100. Race organizers only allowed for scoring of the top-5 runners, but Jesse Frantz, Kendall Tucker, Carla Freyvogel (in her bold WRC singlet), and Claire Tsoukalis all ran stellar races as well.
WRC drove away from Wilmington, DE, today with some nice hardware, and we hope to return next year and do it all over again!
Citizens Bank Caesar Rodney Half Marathon March 23, 2014, Rodney Square, Wilmington DE Individual Results, Team Results 16 Ben Stutts 1:19:28, 16th overall 42 Drew Killian 1:24:43, 42nd overall 50 Rachel Clattenburg 1:25:56, 4th woman 60 Emily Buzzell 1:27:16, 7th woman 98 Laura Jennings 1:31:24 256 Jesse Frantz 1:41:27 469 Kendall Tucker 1:51:19 658 Carla Freyvogel 1:59:09 764 Claire Tsoukalis 2:04:08 1195 finishers Winning Co-ed Team, Averaged 1:25:46.
WRC budgeted $100 in travel money, to send its members to race together. Talk about a return on investment!
Sunday Distance Run – 3/23
WRC has two team entries for tomorrow’s Caesar Rodney Half Marathon race in Wilmington, DE and some WRC’ers training for Boston (or other upcoming marathons) will be running a 26.2k “simulator” on a flat loop at Hains Point.
In addition to both of these stimulating activities, our regular Sunday Distance Run will start at 33rd and M in Georgetown (in front of CB2). The mileage for most will be 10 to 16 miles.
Sunday Distance Run – 3/16
Lots of racing during these few weeks, but we should still have a good turnout for the Sunday Distance Run tomorrow. The planned route will be similar to our recent 18 and change route which goes up Beach Drive to Wise Road for cutover through neighborhoods to the CCT. The slight variation will include an additional mile and change on Beach Drive to make this an even 20 mile run.
Please review the route map for the details.
Looking forward to green snow on Monday!
Bringing Home the Pi at the Thomas Jefferson Pi Miler 5k
Congrats to Ben Stutts for his third place overall finish with a time of 18:04 and Kirk Masterson for taking first in his age group with a time of 18:32 (results)! With less than a half mile to go the first and second place (Kirk) leaders chose a different path, which likely exceeded the intended 3.14159 miles and definitely resulted in a few lost places. Expect apple pie following tomorrow morning’s long run!
RnR Preliminary Results
Great job to everyone who raced this morning!
Half Marathon Results Charlie Ban 1:11:16 (5th Overall) Stephanie Selmer 1:28:02 (5-minute PR!!) Andrew Killian 1:28:22 Julia Taylor 1:33:56 Shinobu Kusakabe 1:34:02 Gareth Coville 1:45:15 Madeleine Dolan 1:46:19 Piers Kirk 1:54:12 James Scarborough 2:02:37 Marathon Results Matthew Wieczorek 3:07:00 Lydia Pelliccia 3:17:47 Ashley Etue 3:28:36 Jay Jacob Wind 3:40:10
Nelson featured in Washington Post
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!