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Welcome! This is the home of the world-famous (well, maybe locally well-known) SLR.
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 |
| 4/5 | 14 | Marymount Chain Bridge | Cue Sheet & GPS | |
| 4/12 | 12 | Pentagon Army Navy | Cue Sheet & GPS | |
| 4/19 | 13 | Cathedral Clintons | Cue Sheet & GPS | |
| 4/26 | 18 | National Arboretum | Cue Sheet & GPS | |
| 5/3 | 12 | Potomac Overlook Loops | Cue Sheet & GPS | |
| 5/10 | 13 | Southeast DC | Cue Sheet & GPS | |
| 5/17 | 16 | Around the World in Fourteen Miles | Cue Sheet & GPS | 62 Embassies! New Route! |
| 5/24 | 14 | Ross Drive | Cue Sheet & GPS | |
| 5/31 | 15 | Long Bridge Park | Cue Sheet & GPS |
SLR Update for August 18
Hi Everyone,Just a few things about this Saturday's SLR :)
First, I will not be there as I am doing a training triathlon on Hains Point. Given that the SLR route goes down on Hains Point, you may see me! I'll cheer for you if you cheer for me :)
Ben Richter will be sub-leading SLR this weekend. The route is the 14 mile Yow T Route:
http://www.dcroadrunners.org/longrun/routes/Yow-T-14.html
Karol Murray's husband, John, will be providing the midpoint beverage stop and it will be located at the bottom of the stairs when runners come off 14th street bridge.
Mary Ellen Seale will be providing the post-run beverages at Iwo Jima.
Hope you are all having a great week!
Cheers,
:)kerry.
SLR Update for August 18
Hi Everyone,Just a few things about this Saturday's SLR :)
First, I will not be there as I am doing a training triathlon on Hains Point. Given that the SLR route goes down on Hains Point, you may see me! I'll cheer for you if you cheer for me :)
Ben Richter will be sub-leading SLR this weekend. The route is the 14 mile Yow T Route:
http://www.dcroadrunners.org/longrun/routes/Yow-T-14.html
Karol Murray's husband, John, will be providing the midpoint beverage stop and it will be located at the bottom of the stairs when runners come off 14th street bridge.
Mary Ellen Seale will be providing the post-run beverages at Iwo Jima.
Hope you are all having a great week!
Cheers,
:)kerry.
SLR Update
Hi Everyone,Just a quick reminder that this Saturday's route is out-and-back on the C&O Canal. I will not be bringing cue sheets on Saturday b/c it is really straight-forward to get to the canal.
Here is the cue sheet in case anyone wants to look at it:
http://www.dcroadru nners.org/ longrun/routes/ COCanal.html
The official route is 18 miles.....but, clearly, not everyone has to run that far or that short (everyone is encouraged to turn around when they so desire :))
Note that the mile markers on the C&O canal match up nicely with the distance from Iwo Jima. So, if you run out to mile marker # 9, you have run 9 miles and if you make it all the way back to Iwo Jima (which I hope you do :)), you will have a total of 18 miles.
One key piece of information that people may need for determining how far they are going to run (or how many stealth miles they will do before SLR) is the location of the water stop!
The mid-point water stop will be at about mile marker #7 on the trail (which is conveniently 7 miles from Iwo Jima). So, if you are running 18 miles, you will hit the water at mile 7 and mile 11.
Thanks in advance to Lana Leung for providing the mid-point beverages and Mary Ellen Seale (or is Lynn Addington subbing for her?---let's thank them both :)) for providing the post-run beverages!
See you Saturday,
:)kerry.
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