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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.
To receive weekly SLR updates via email, please log in and check your email subscriptions.
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
Hello everyone,Just a few notes about tomorrow's SLR :)
The route is the the 12 mile RFK route. Check out the cue sheet:
http://www.dcroadrunners.org/longrun/routes/JodiRFK.html
Toni Diegoli will be leading SLR in my absence. I am not leaving for Africa until Tuesday, but I will be driving my cats to North Carolina this weekend (long story as to why the cats have to go to NC while I am in Africa--ask me to explain sometime on a run ;))
Ben Richter will be providing the mid-point beverage stop and will be setting up the water stop at the north-east corner of the intersection of East Capitol Street and 4th St., NE (the same place as last year, so people can rehydrate at roughly the 4 and 8 mile points).
Ashley Toher will be providing the post-run beverages.
Please be sure to thank these volunteers :)
I will be sending out a LONG message this weekend that will let you know who is covering what for the three weeks that I am in Africa....so stay tuned for that....and have a great run tomorrow!
:)kerry.
SLR Update
Hello everyone,Just a few notes about tomorrow's SLR :)
The route is the the 12 mile RFK route. Check out the cue sheet:
http://www.dcroadrunners.org/longrun/routes/JodiRFK.html
Toni Diegoli will be leading SLR in my absence. I am not leaving for Africa until Tuesday, but I will be driving my cats to North Carolina this weekend (long story as to why the cats have to go to NC while I am in Africa--ask me to explain sometime on a run ;))
Ben Richter will be providing the mid-point beverage stop and will be setting up the water stop at the north-east corner of the intersection of East Capitol Street and 4th St., NE (the same place as last year, so people can rehydrate at roughly the 4 and 8 mile points).
Ashley Toher will be providing the post-run beverages.
Please be sure to thank these volunteers :)
I will be sending out a LONG message this weekend that will let you know who is covering what for the three weeks that I am in Africa....so stay tuned for that....and have a great run tomorrow!
:)kerry.
Update for June 9 SLR
Hi everyone,Just a reminder that this week's SLR route is out-and-back on the C&O canal for a total of 10 miles (well, you can actually run as far as you want!).
Also PLEASE NOTE that there will NOT be a midpoint beverage stop. I apologize for promising to have a water stop but it is just not logistically possible given the road closures for the Lawyers Have Heart race.
PLEASE carry water, gatorade (or other sports beverage) with you! There are water fountains and bathrooms at Fletcher's Boathouse so you can re-fill there. Another trick is to carry some gatorade powder in a ziploc bag so that you can whip up a batch of gatorade at the water fountain :)
I will not be at SLR. Club President Ed Grant and Kenny Ames will be there to get things started.
One final note is that our Marathon Training Program starts this weekend and will be joining us for SLR---so this means another 50 people at Iwo Jima. Translation: get to Iwo Jima early to find parking!
Cheers,
:)kerry.
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