Penultimate Week!

Week 11 of the dcrrc TKG will meet at 9 am on Saturday, May 3, 2008 in Stanton Square in DC, a few blocks to the southeast from Union Station (Red Line). There should be plenty of street parking nearby on Saturday. This is the starting point, and the ending point, of the Capitol Hill Classic. Kristin will be directing the morning's activities, which probably will entail some variation on the actual CHC 10K race course. Sasha will be there from the Reebok SunTrust National Half-Marathon Program to take some runners out as well.
Don't forget that tomorrow night (Monday night, 4/28), is the Snowball Series Awards and Marathon Training Program Recognition Night. Everyone is welcome at 7:00 pm at the Cactus Cantina, 3300 Wisconsin Ave NW in DC, 20016, for the presentation of the Snowball Series age-group awards, and to recognize the coaches and participants in the Reebok Official Training Program for the SunTrust National Marathon. This is always a fun, informal event. The list of the 2007-2008 Snowball Series winners has been posted on the club's website. Awards are three deep in each age group.

Last Week, week 10, Saturday 4/26 at Haines Point. Bob and I took out all of the runners, including some guest runners from the Reebok SunTrust National Half Marathon Training Program, on a 7-mile run up Capitol Hill, through Stanton Square, to Lincoln Park, down L'Enfant Promenade and over the Francis Case Bridge on the return. This was achieved in about 70 minutes. Several of the runners achieved it in under a 10-minute per mile pace. A few runners varied the route or distance as they saw fit. (Above: Coach Bob leads the TKG on Haines Point in week nine.)

Marine Corps Marathon and DCRRC Hall-of-Famer Jim Hage spoke to us in Week 4 about running a race. Here is an article he wrote on why he runs. When you all graduate to a marathon, here are his tips on that.