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 |
Hello Runners!
This Saturday's run is the 13.5 mile Glover Archbold-Mass Ave route. Please thank Katie Madison as she will once again be helping us with our post-run drinks. Also, please thank Mike Tosto for volunteering to handle our post-run drinks for November although we do need a sub for the weekend of Nov 12th. If you can cover this weekend in November please let me know.
Volunteer Request! Our Philly marathon runners will be doing their 22+ mile training run this Saturday. They will be doing the Capital Crescent-Rock Creek loop. If anyone can provide mid-point beverages for them, please email me! I know that they've been volunteering with drinks throughout the summer so now's our chance to help them out.
Good luck to all our Marine Corps Marathon runners!
See you on Saturday and happy running!
-Chris
Hello Runners!
This Saturday's run is the 13.5 mile Glover Archbold-Mass Ave route. Please thank Katie Madison as she will once again be helping us with our post-run drinks. Also, please thank Mike Tosto for volunteering to handle our post-run drinks for November although we do need a sub for the weekend of Nov 12th. If you can cover this weekend in November please let me know.
Volunteer Request! Our Philly marathon runners will be doing their 22+ mile training run this Saturday. They will be doing the Capital Crescent-Rock Creek loop. If anyone can provide mid-point beverages for them, please email me! I know that they've been volunteering with drinks throughout the summer so now's our chance to help them out.
Good luck to all our Marine Corps Marathon runners!
See you on Saturday and happy running!
-Chris
Hello Runners!
This week's Saturday Long Run will be an out-and-back on Capital Crescent. The planned distance is 10 miles which means the turn around point will be the water fountain at the 6.5 Mile Marker. Abigail Potter will be providing our midpoint beverages for the second week in a row so please be sure to thank her. She will be at Fletcher's Boat House. This week is our last scheduled week with midpoint beverages but we do have runners who will be doing November marathons. If anyone is interested in doing a midpoint stop for any upcoming week, please let me know as I'm sure that our November marathoners would appreciate it.
Please thank Katie Madison for supplying this week's post-run drinks. We need volunteers to provide post-run drinks for next week and then November as well. If we don't have volunteers then we may not have any drinks for the end of our runs. If you're not able to volunteer for an entire month, that's alright. We can work to cover any weekend that you may be away.
See you on Saturday and happy running!
-Chris
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The DC Road Runners Club is a member of the Road Runners Club of America and is also affiliated with USA Track & Field. We provide a year-round schedule of running events that offer everyone a chance to participate regardless of age, gender, or athletic ability. |