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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 Feb 11 - Loops of Battery Kemble
This Saturday, Feb the 11th, we will be running the Loops of Battery Kemble route. The suggested mileage is 14 miles; mileage options are provided after the directions. You might want to check out the big map too.
Thank you to Walter Barrett for our post-run drinks. We are always looking for volunteers for future months and typically try to have people do 1 month at a time. Email slr@dcroadrunners.org if you can help out.
A few notes on races: we are currently 1 week out from the GW Birthday Marathon (a DCRRC race), 5 weeks out from the National “Rock-n-Roll” DC Marathon & Half-Marathon, and 9 weeks out from Boston. Hope everyone is on track!
Directions: Begin at Iwo Jima, cross key bridge down to C&O Canal path but then go left and take a quick right down the steps to Water St. Right on Water St. to Capital Crescent Trail (paved trail). Continue (past Fletcher’s Boat House) on Cap Crescent. Just past MM 6.5 U-Turn at water fountain, now after about 1/4 mile from U-turn, take left onto trail with chain link fence on left to Potomac Ave. Follow Potomac Ave., then left on Galena Place. Take right onto former railbed dirt trail (or take MacArthur Blvd if you miss it). Now being loops of Battery Kemble Park: Go up Chain Bridge Rd (HILL), right onto gravel road, right onto trail at bottom of hill, stay on trail through woods and exit onto MacArthur Blvd. Take MacArthur back to base of Chain Bridge (1 loop complete) . Retrace your steps back to Cap. Crescent Trail, turn LEFT on trail (don’t go to U-turn spot). Continue back to Georgetown and across Key Bridge through Rosslyn to Iwo Jima. Thats 14 miles.
There are bathrooms at Fletcher’s boat house on the other side of the canal.
Approx. Mileage Options:
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10: Turn around at MM 6.5 at Water-fountain, making the U-turn but just coming back from there
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12.75: Don’t do any loops of Battery Kemble, turn around once you get to base of Chain Bridge Rd.
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16: Do route as written in cue sheet (2 loops, then run out to MM 6.5 on the way back)
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??: Add on loops of Battery Kemble to lengthen run (each loop is ~ 1.25 miles)
Have a great run!
-- Erik
SLR Feb 4 - Rock Creek out and back
Hello Saturday Runners!
This Saturday, Feb 4th, we will be running the Rock Creek Park out and back route. The listed route mileage is 20 miles, but since its an out and back you can do as you please. Thank you again to Randy Larkin for post-run beverages this week.
As always we seek volunteers for post-run beverages in the coming months. We try to have people do 1 month at a time for logistics purposes. Its not a lot of work and DCRRC reimburses your expenses. Email SLR@dcroadrunners.org if you can help out.
Directions: Starting at Iwo Jima Memorial, take Memorial Bridge, and then go left to travel North on the Rock Creek Park Trail, past the Watergate and past Georgetown, and then just keep on truckin’! At 4.2 miles out, stay on main trail and go around the tunnel (not through it). At 6.5 miles out pass Pierce Mill (bathroom stop with water here), trail passes a parking lot, crosses a road and empties out onto Beach Rd, which is closed to cars on weekends. Check the Map-my-run map just in case.
Approx. Mileage Options (turn around)
- 10: At 5 miles out, trail passes Zoo entrances, water/bathrooms ~50ft inside.
- 13: At 6.5 miles out is Pierce Mill, water/bathrooms here too
- 16.6: At 8.3 miles out is Park Ranger Station. Might be water across the street.
- 20: At 10 miles out is Sherrill Drive NW (on right), turn around for a 20 mile long run!
Have a great run! Let’s hope this warm winter weather keeps up!
-- Erik
SLR Jan 28 - Mt. Vernon Trail out & back
Hello Saturday Runners!
This Saturday, Jan 28th, we will be running the Mt. Vernon Trail out and back route. The suggested distance is 16 miles with other options as well. Thank you again to Randy Larkin for post-run beverages this week. I will be out of town this weekend so Howell Posner has been kind enough to take over SLR lead.
Directions: Starting at Iwo Jima Memorial, take Memorial Bridge then embark on Mt. Vernon trail south alongside the Potomac River. Its an out and back so do as you please! Double check the cue sheet and map-my-run map just in case. Mileage options with landmarks below.
Approx. Mileage Options
10: Go 5 miles out to the end of National Airport, turn around after you cross the Four Mile Run stream.
11: 5.5 miles out there is a Sailing Marina (mile marker 12)
14: 7 miles out turn around at beginning of Old Town Alexandria, near railroad tracks
16: Continue into Old Town, run down Royal Street and run to Wilkes, turn around
A word on winter weather: although last week was iffy, about a dozen of us got our run in on what turned out to be mostly wet roads. In the future, I am going to go by that same SLR Winter Weather Policy, that is that as of 7:00am the morning of the SLR, if roads and paved surfaces have enough accumulation of ice or snow to make driving or running unsafe, or if accumulation is falling at a rate that will make it unsafe, there will be an unofficial (non-DCRRC) SLR; I will not be there and post-run drinks might not arrive either. Any participants should use caution while both driving and running.
Have a good run and enjoy this week’s enticing glimpse of Old Town Alexandria!
-- Erik
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