Friend of and healer to the WRC, Rob Gillanders, offers to share his toys with all the other girls and boys.
All that I want this year is…
2013 Grand Prix Finale: Jingle All the Way 8k
Drew Killian must have been apologizing to Rachel Clattenburg for not wearing his club singlet; perhaps he wants to upgrade from red-on-white to pink-on-turquoise? Regardless, singlet designer and Grand Prix contender, Rachel, proudly wears her own work to the Jingle All the Way 8K. Photo by Swim Bike Run Photography/Brian W. Knight
Jingle All The Way 8K December 08, 2013 - Washington, DC Results, Team Results PLACE NAME A/S TIME PACE 11 Charlie Ban 31M 26:21 5:18 24 Ben Stutts 25M 28:16 5:41 48 Andrew Killian 34M 29:38 5:58 53 John Hallett 28M 29:56 6:01 59 Megan Haberle 34F 30:20 6:06 9th woman 92 Rachel Clattenburg 29F 31:46 6:23 17th woman 229 Laura Jennings 32F 35:17 7:05 532 Jerold Paulson 54M 39:22 7:53 1048 James Scarborough 55M 43:22 8:38 1740 Shinobu Kusakabe 42F 48:53 9:21 4401 Finishers 3rd of 93 CO-ED Club Teams
Talking Turkey
Who else earned their bird this morning? Send in your results to webmaster@washrun.org!
Alexandria Turkey Trot, 5-Mile November 28, 2013 - Alexandria, VA Results 17 12 Charlie Ban 31M 27:29 5:30 37 2366 Andrew Killian 34M 29:58 6:00 48 1777 Megan Haberle 34F 30:35 6:07 7th Woman 158 4470 Julia Taylor 42F 34:43 6:57 6th Woman Masters 820 4025 J Scarborough 55M 43:27 8:42 in costume 4269 Finishers
The Philadelphia Five
Nick Williams finds that redemption lives close to home, in his second attempt this fall with a new personal best. Meanwhile Shinobu Kusakabe positioned herself excellently for a potential breakthrough, cruising through halfway in 1:37:04 and finishing 6th in her division. Well done to all!
GORE-TEX® Philadelphia Marathon November 17, 2013 - Philadelphia, PA Results Marathon Bib Name S/Age Net Pace Plc Sex Div 1395 Nicholas Williams M31 3:00:12 6:52 316 287 61 2676 Shinobu Kusakabe F42 3:22:30 7:43 1059 159 6 1024 Daisuke Ogata M38 3:27:42 7:55 1372 1126 189 3288 Scott Sanger M48 4:04:23 9:19 4539 3012 345 10,889 Finishers Half Marathon Bib Name Sex/Age Net Pace Plc SexPlc Div 20733 Brian Savitch M34 1:24:53 6:28 128 109 24 12,466 Finishers
Shinobu writes: Continue reading
Oldies, Goodies, Elites and Community Rock 12K in Alexandria
USA! USA! Photo courtesy of Julia Taylor
The first of the .US Road Racing Championships, sponsored by USATF in collaboration with a new sponsor, Neustar, gets a spotty report card. Can I say that and still keep my good standing in USATF? Hope so.
The race course gets a solid A. The plentiful and emotionally invested police officers of the City of Alexandria get a good A. The staff of USATF and the boatloads of volunteers, happy to help and cheerful, ALL get As. And, the weather was an A+++ for a distance event.
But, some of the administrative details deserve, well, attention to detail. The online registration was cumbersome and hard to follow. And, you know, if I say that, you can dismiss it. If Julia Taylor says that, they need to pay attention.
As your determined PR person, I was crushed, crushed I tell you, to see that my WRC affiliation did not show up on the website along with other clubs. I called. I emailed. I was told again to verify my age and promised the change would be made, but no luck. And, then, at packet pickup things really fell apart Continue reading
Sic Itur Ad Astra (Thus do we reach the stars)
Paul Karlsen, bearing his club colors and displaying impeccable trail etiquette. At the Riffle Ford Rd. Aid Station along the Seneca Creek Greenway Trail, at mile 12.8 of the 2013 Stone Mill 50 Mile Run.
Paul Karlsen has achieved escape velocity from Planet Marathon’s gravitational pull, and is now in ultrarunner space. Many thanks go to race director, Doug Sullivan, and the MCRRC, who so capably hosted this logistically challenging event, thus culturing an engrossing experience for both athletes and their enablers alike.
Meanwhile, an undeterred Lauren Gabler stealthily struck a redemptive performance that somehow eluded her at this year’s Marine Corps Marathon. Word has it that her passport application for 2014 Boston is now being expedited.
Stone Mill Fifty Miler Race Montgomery County, Maryland 11/16/2013 6:00 A.M. Official Results Place Sex/Tot Num Name S Ag Gun Time Pace ===== ======== ===== =================== = == ======== ===== 15 13/178 159 PAUL KARLSEN M 35 08:07:00 9:45 251 Finishers 2013 Anthem Richmond Marathon November 16, 2013 - Richmond, VA Results PLACE NAME BIB HALF NETTIME G/PLACE D/PLACE DIVISION 147 John Kendra 1096 1:30:37 3:07:22 130 4 M50-54 577 Lauren Gabler 1125 1:44:22 3:34:03 119 32 W25-29 4798 Finishers
Friends of WRC, Harsha Thirumurthy (2:40:42) and Shawn Rumery (2:41:33), also ran quite respectably down in Richmond.
Good job to all! but what will Sunday’s Second Act bring? Stay tuned for late breaking results from Philadelphia and the 2013 USA Masters 12 km Championships!
Today’s Daily Double, and Next Week’s Superfecta
Presumptive 2013 WRC Grand Prix series leader, Christine Hackman, assembled a great performance today all throughout the Tidal Basin. Meanwhile, recently joining member and rising star Megan Haberle conquered newer (to her) and longer (than last week‘s) distances further along the same brackish estuary. Megan can take some notes from Suzy Coffey, who is back on the racing scene!
Veterans Day 10K November 10, 2013 - Washington, DC Results 179 1221 Christine Hackman 50F 45:16 7:17 2nd F50-54 1814 finishers Woodrow Wilson Bridge Half Marathon November 10, 2013 - National Harbor, MD Results 40 1227 MEGAN HABERLE 33F 1:26:21 6:36 9th woman OA 226 767 SUZY COFFEY 57F 1:45:29 8:04 5th F50-59 1737 finishers
Says Megan about her stellar performance:
I had WRC on the brain while I enjoyed my post-race cappuccino over in National Harbor. No terribly deep insights, but obviously the weather was great and there were some inspiring visually-impaired racers who started us off. (For my part, I’m maybe happiest about my negative splits, something that’s been elusive in my workouts so far.)
El Presidente, Kirk Masterson, reminds us that only one more race remains on the 2013 WRC Grand Prix schedule: Jingle All the Way 8K. Look into it, plan to race with your clubmates, and of course let the GP coordinator, David Pittman, know about your results.
Next weekend promises something completely different, as we turn toward three four very different kinds of races strewn across the Mid-Atlantic:
- Paul Karlsen will venture far, far into the unknown at the Stone Mill 50 Mile Run
- John Kendra will seek vengeance at the Anthem Richmond Marathon
- Shinobu Kusakabe, Nick Williams, Scott Sanger, and Daisuke Ogata will all compete, with a feeling that can only be described as brotherly love, at the GORE-TEX® Philadelphia Marathon, and Brian Savitch will race in the equally fraternal, waterproof, and breathable Half Marathon.
- Updated: Carla Freyvogle will be leading a WRC masters squad at the USA Masters 12 km Championships in Alexandria, VA, on November 17th.
Great job and good luck to everyone!