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Our start time is at 8:00 AM until next summer! Every Saturday we meet at North Meade Street Park, a small park northwest of the USMC War Memorial (Iwo Jima Memorial) in Rosslyn. The closest address for mapping purposes is 1300 Arlington Blvd, and street parking is available in the neighborhoods adjacent to N. Meade Street. Be mindful of parking signs, since Arlington County enforces them enthusiastically, and please do not park on Marine Memorial Circle (inside Iwo Jima), because this parking area is for memorial use only. At least one porta-john is available year-round near the Iwo Jima Memorial, and the memorial's water fountain is usually on during the summer.
We run rain or shine! In cases of extreme weather (snow, ice, thunderstorms, heat waves) we do occasionally either change our meeting time or cancel the run for safety, but the run will be held as planned unless otherwise posted via email/twitter/facebook and here on the SLR web page.
All are welcome! We're an informal group, and there are no requirements for speed, racing experience, or what distance means "long" for you, other than the suggested route that most of our group will be running each week. If you don't want to run the same distance or course as the main group, you can go out for half of your own target distance and re-trace your steps back to Iwo Jima. More specific route info and mileage options will be given in the email/post preceding each Saturday's run. SLR always features a run from our extensive Route Catalog, which gives us a wide range of options to keep things fresh for you each week. We have routes that are flat, hilly, looped, out & back, roads, sidewalks, trails, and more, reaching all around the local area of DC, VA, and MD!
For more details about Saturday Long Runs please read our Frequently Asked Questions to get a sense for what it's like to run with us, or send an email to Anna if you have any other questions that are not covered.
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Schedule:
| Date | Miles | Route Map | Navigation Downloads | Post/Mid-Run Beverages |
| 10/4 | 18 | Arlington Loop | GPS & PDF |
Mid and Post: Brian and Rae |
| 10/11 | 16 | Long Bridge Park | GPS & PDF | Post: Peter Castelino |
| 10/18 | 14 | Capital Crescent Trail OaB | GPS & PDF |
Mid and Post: Brian and Rae |
| 10/25 | 13 | Southeast DC | GPS & PDF | Post: Eunja Rau |
| 11/1 | 12 | Piney Branch | GPS & PDF | |
| 11/8 | 17 | Mount Vernon Trail OaB | GPS & PDF | |
| 11/15 | 15 | Iron Triangle | GPS & PDF | |
| 11/22 | 12 | New Route: College Tour | GPS & PDF | |
| 11/29 | 12 | RFK | GPS & PDF |
SLR: 13 Miles Southeast DC and MCM Shakeout
Hello Saturday Long Runners!
Good luck to everyone running the Marine Corps Marathon this weekend! We've got a shakeout run on deck tomorrow morning along with our usual SLR, so no fear if 13 isn't in the cards for you the day before a marathon (and it shouldn't be!). Now let's get into it:
The Route: This week we'll be treated to a nice tour of the Wharf and the southern portion of the Anacostia Riverwalk as we take on Southeast DC (strava, gps, pdf). We'll head into the city via the Memorial Bridge, head down L'Enfant Plaza and through the Wharf to get to the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge (new and improved as of a few years ago), make our way up the Anacostia Riverwalk and across the Sousa Bridge (named for the inventor of the Sousaphone), before heading to the Capitol via Pennsylvania and back to North Meade Park via the Mall. The easiest way to make sure you take the right bridge is to look for the Pirate Ship Playground. That's your cue to turn and head over the bridge immediately after it!
Did Somebody Say Shakeout? Running MCM (or just want a shorter run for the morning)? Well you're in luck! We've also got a 3ish mile shakeout run in the morning that ends at Four Five Coffee in Rosslyn. Stick around for coffee, because we'll also be rafflling off gift cards from Potomac River Running!
Want Something Shorter? Coming back across the 11th Street Bridge (a severely underrated DC bridge in my humble opinion) and heading back via M Street will get you around 12.5 miles instead of the normal 14. There's also the option to take the metro back ($2.50 on weekends!) from a number of stations including Potomac Ave, Eastern Market, Capitol South, and Smithsonian!
Need a Longer Route? The Anacostia Riverwalk is great for adding additional mileage (and is super flat too if you need a workout)! For 18 miles, consider doing the full Anacostia Riverwalk Loop. Another option for around 16 miles is to take the East Capitol Street Bridge back across the river and continue down East Capitol Street all the way to the Capitol to head back.
Thirsty? Thanks to Eunja for post run drinks tomorrow! As far as drinks along the route go, the water fountains along the Mall are flowing steadily, but if you depend on them they will certainly be turned off. Other than that there is a fairly dependable fountain near the pirate ship playground at mile 7.7 that is a good bet.
Need a Bathroom? Along the Mall you'll find the usual selection at the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial. There are also some very well-positioned ones also at 7.7 near the playground. Otherwise along Pennsylvania Ave. there are a lot of restaurants and shops that generally will let you use their restrooms if you ask nicely. My personal favorite restrooms are the ones in Capitol Hill Books in the foreign language section.
We'll have a cheer zone out on Sunday morning for MCM, come out and get pumped for your fellow runners. The group will be set up around miles 22 and 23 in Crystal City near the water park starting at 9:20 AM.
Happy Running!
Anna
SLR: **8 AM START** 14 Miles Capital Crescent OaB
Hello Saturday Long Runners!Â
SLR will be starting at 8 AM tomorrow! It's like our version of daylight savings time! I'm writing this right before boarding a plane back to DC, so we've got some quick hits today:
The Route: CCT OaBÂ (strava, gps, pdf)! It's easy, run up the Capital Crescent until you reach your halfway, for a lot of us that'll be at 7 right after the River Road Bridge.
More or Less? It's an out and back, just run halfway to the mileage you want, turn around, and come back!
Drinks, please! Rae and Brian are on it (make sure to congratulate Rae for her 40(!!!) minute PR at Chicago last weekend). They'll be up on the CCT and providing post run drinks. Fletchers is likely turned off due to the shutdown, but there's a chance.
Bathrooms? Might be a challenge tomorrow with the shutdown. Closer to Bethesda there are some gas stations, but not a ton of options for the morning.
The Turkey Trot is coming! Volunteer or run on Thanksgiving and help out the club's largest event!Â
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Anna
SLR: 16 Miles Long Bridge Park
Hello Saturday Long Runners!
Eich arweinydd ersatz SLR ffyddlon ydyw, Nate (who Anna is masquerading as once again this week), I just hopped off a plane across the pond and will be bringing you plenty of Welsh in the morning while Anna is in Austin hanging out with Coach Big Guy at ACL Fest. The weather will be cloudy and in the mid-60s, which is right about what usually happens when Nate takes over SLR (maybe he should do that more often?).
Where Are We Going This Time? This week we’re doing Long Bridge Park (strava, gps, pdf), a route near and dear to my heart (and home! I live right off of it!). We’ll head by the Pentagon, which fun fact has a DC address after some interesting disputes on where the river actually ends in the 1930s, then head through Long Bridge Park. We’ll run down Crystal Drive to Potomac Ave. through Del Rey, the most underrated area in Northern Virginia. After appreciating the fact that they didn’t move the Capital One Arena here, we’ll cross over to the Mount Vernon Trail via Slater’s Lane and back up to the park.
Want Less? Hop on the Mount Vernon Trail at Crystal City for around 8 miles, jump down to the Four Mile Run Trail (not literally, please) for around 11, or make a classic out and back for your choice of mileage!
Want More? Head south on the Mount Vernon Trail instead of north to add on some mileage through Alexandria and beyond.
Parched? Bring some water! We've got Peter Castelino on post run drinks this week, thanks Peter! There are also some great fountains slightly off the route in Crystal City at Hayes Park and some less-great ones along the Mount Vernon Trail (but don't fret, they're getting updated soon thanks to everyone's donations to the Friends of the MVT). Don’t depend on the ones near the Pentagon, they’re unreliable and taste weird.
Swimming Eyeballs? If you’re running with me and even a little bit nice about it I’d let you use my place (editor’s note: Nate has not actually agreed to this, but I’m sure he would). The Gravelly Point bathrooms are still standing, which is the nicest thing I can say about them. Hayes Park also has some nice facilities, but again are a bit off the beaten path.
Huzzah (err.. Ooh Rah, wait no that's the Marines) the Army 10 Miler is on for Sunday morning and we've got tons of DCRR members racing (along with a few out in the Windy City! Special shoutout to Rae and Brian, our perpetual drink volunteers and happiest run-walk group leaders)! The next club race is the Turkey Trot, which turns 50 this year along with seemingly every other race (Marine Corps, Grandma's, and I'm sure I'm missing more). This is the only way the club makes money our largest event of the year, so come out and race, or better yet volunteer!
Happy Running!
Nate (and Anna, who wrote this on West Coast time and apologizes for the delay, but is honored by the number of people who reached out asking if I was dead or if their favorite weekly email got lost in the ether)
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