Come pick up your pre-ordered 2013 Series singlet at a Sunday Distance Run, starting this coming Sunday, September 22nd.
Tactical Formation
Breaking news from this morning’s Navy-Air Force Half Marathon:
Navy-Air Force Half Marathon September 14, 2013 - Washington, DC Results 51 2315 Nelson M Paz 35M Washington DC 1:24:51 6:29 55 1592 John R Kendra 50M Falls Church VA 1:25:09 6:30 58 2228 Daisuke Ogata 38M Arlington VA 1:25:54 6:34 163 1703 Shinobu Kusakabe 42F Washington DC 1:35:40 7:19 703 755 Michaela Corr 28F Washington DC 1:53:01 8:38 972 1448 Zealan Hoover * 23M Falls Church VA 1:57:31 8:59 2474 finishers, * newest member of WRC!
and in the accompanying short-course:
Navy Five Miler September 14, 2013 - Washington, DC Results 10 10238 Charlie Ban 31M Washington DC 0:27:40 5:32 1358 finishers
Some of these road warriors will be available on Sunday morning to tell battle stories, autograph your running shoes or favorite children, and receive unrestricted Federal grants in the areas of education, defense, justice, foreign relations, or the arts. Sequester be damned.
Sunday update: a perfectly matched pair of wins!
EX2 Off-Road Half / 10K Marathon September 15, 2013, Prince William Forest Park - Triangle, VA Results 10K 1 103 Ben Stutts 24M Washington DC 40:58 84 finishers Half Marathon 19 294 Hillary Tipton 24F Washington DC 1:50:17 (1st woman) 206 finishers
10 Important Tidbits You Missed, If You Missed the WRC Cookout
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- Tris and Liz
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- Naoko, Emi Noelle, and Dan
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- Hillary
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- The Killian Mermaids
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- Jerry and Jesse
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- Emily
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- Erica
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- Hillary and Michaela
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- Gerry, Jack, and Donna
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- James
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- Fiona, Paul, and Jerry
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
SDR Time Change, or Race, and Party
Sunday Distance Run Time Change to 8:00 a.m.
Sunday is going to be a perfect day, so to embrace the moment we will start our Sunday Distance Run an hour later, effective Sunday, September 8, 2013. The 8 a.m. start time will be in effect through spring of 2014, as reflected on WRC’s calendar. Watch out for triathlon-related traffic.
Good luck to Parks Half Marathon racers
Julia Taylor is captain of the squad headed up to Rockville to squiggle their way down to Bethesda. Some of the marathoners rehearsed the final two miles of this course last weekend. This race is part of WRC’s 2013 Grand Prix series. Good luck to them all!
Don’t miss the Cookout and Pool Party!
If you haven’t already done so, let Carla know you’re coming to the Cookout and Pool Party! You didn’t think we’d let the remaining good weather go to waste, did you?
Morning Becomes Elliptic
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- Carla and Jerry
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- Jerry and Jesse
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- Paul
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- Paul and Kit
We were not the first, or even the second, persons to use Greenberg Track this morning. Some phantoms commenced their running without even inviting their shadows (the sheltered track and infield are unlit). Closer to the edge of twilight, Jerry and Carla arrived together, so I joined them for a couple miles of chatty warm-up and helped to pace the first two of their 800m intervals.
As we did this, Paul and Jesse filtered onto the scene, now illuminated by Carla’s leggings, and made their own preparations. For Paul, this meant shaking off the rust from Sunday’s successful 20-plus miles, shucking his shirt, and waiting for me to slip into my Jurassic-period cross country waffles. As for Jesse, preparation required a bit more guts. Continue reading
Ok, we will go first!
We may be two of WRC’s more master-esque members, but Jerry Paulson and I are not shying away from posting our intended workout for tomorrow morning. Perhaps you will be motivated to join us.
Maybe you will choose to tweak the workout to meet your own goals and fitness levels. Or, we just might be inspiring you to check in with a WRC member who is about your level and post YOUR workout. Whatever works for you.
In any event, this is what Jerry and I are doing, after a suitable warm-up.
4 to 6 800s, @ 3:40 – 3:50, 400 jog between
then 6 200s, un-timed, fast but relaxed, 100 jog between
then, a nice cool-down jog
We hope to be seeing others at the AU track tomorrow morning.
REMEMBER: NO spikes