Week nine of the DCRRC 10M/10K Group Training Program had its Saturday long run (9/6) cancelled due to Tropical Storm Hanna, which dumped torrential rain on the DC area that day and caused flooding. Some brave souls went out that morning and ran anyway in the relative calm just before the full fury of the storm hit. On the local news midday, tracking the effects of the storm, some TV reporters conducted interviews with passing runners, asking them incredulously, Why are you out here? (Right: Coach Bob leads the discussion during drier times at Bluemont.) 
The run was supposed to have been six (10K Group) or nine (10M Group) miles from Roosevelt Island. Some runners made up for the cancellation by running in the Arlington 9/11 Memorial 5K Race at the Pentagon that evening, after the rain had stopped. Coaches Peter and Sasha each finished the race with a time under 25 minutes. On Sunday morning, Coaches Sasha, John and Peter took more than half a dozen Program runners out for 6-10 miles on the hilly Custis Trail, from Roosevelt Island to Bluemont and back. Other Program runners ran similar distances on their own.
On Tuesday evening a dozen Program runners took advantage of the presence of Coaches John, Katie, Matt, Peter and Rachel at the alternative track workout at the Yorktown HS Track and ran between 4-9X600 as they get ready for Army or the Rediscovery 10K next month. On Wednesday evening all Program runners had the opportunity to go to the regularly scheduled club track workout at the W&L HS Track in Arlington.
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