FLASH: GRC Explorers Emerge from the Wilderness Alive

A ragtag Expeditionary Force, led by GRC's own RED FOX, tackled everything the West Virginia wilderness could throw at it this weekend, including coyotes, bears, owls, man-stench, overgrown trail, river crossings, dwindling foodstuffs, Viet Cong, and a dead car battery. These adventurers were thankful to live to tell the tale, as you can tell by the progression below, which details the RED FOX's efforts to restock his energy stores (and to put down more pizza to win an eating contest with TOWPATH at a pizza joint named, coincidentally, FOX'S PIZZA DEN), using techniques honed over his years of breeding cockatiels:

Step 1 - Flap wings

Step 2 - Ruffle chest feathers

Step 3 - Raise beak to open gullet and forcibly thrust food down with claws
Step 4 - Collapse to conserve energy for the next slice.

RELATED: JARRIN almost perished in the wilds.

DEVELOPING...

THE MIGHTY GURMESSA

WE ACTUALLY DO KNOW A FEMALE RUNNER

TRUE LOVE

WHAT A STUD

OH MY

Veterans' Day 10k

The GRC finished second this morning at the Veterans' Day 10k.
Rockville's Joey Wiegner led the lead with a 31:15, a 23-second PR.

Outlaw and Ryan Hanson from "To Catch a Predator" ran their first races for the team.

10.Joey Wiegner 31:15
11.Paul Guevara 31:38
12.Jerry Greenlaw 31:42
13.Ryan Hanson 31:49
21.Andrew Sovonick 34:06
24.Jordan Snyder 34:50
34.Scott Koonce 35:50

15.Danielle Siebert 40:43

FULL RESULTS


Jordan Snyder, depicted here in a photo found in the National Archives, won the master's division. Though undated, the photo does not include the Washington Monument in the background, leading historians to believe it was taken prior to 1848.

Scott Koonce ran a c. 30-second PR.

FLASH: Patrick Murphy defends his title at the MMRF 5k in 16:23!!!

After PMurph witnessed PSU get dropped by OSU, Murph took vengence on the competition!!!  Great work Patrick!  A solo effort as he dropped his nearest competitor by almost 2 and 1/2 minutes!!!

MIGHTY BERT

Well, it seems as if Mighty Bert was able to maintain and hold off the GRC one more time. I have known Bert for years and he never seems to break or slow down. I should call him steady Bert.

I remember when he used to show up for races wearing US NAVY cotton shirts. This was years ago before he joined Pacers.

After the race I spoke with him and in his laid back manner simply said, the running is going ok and that he needs to bump his mileage up a bit to take on Jake at Cherry Blossom.

Other than that what a day for a race.

I think I noticed Paul and Jerry running a full 90 minutes after the race. How many miles did you guys run?

FLASH: Ban wins 5k + $100 dollars then joins GRC for saturday morning run!!!

Sir Ban of Nottingham is a crazy SOB!

  Ban attended Q'doba shortly after group run, you know what this means....

        developing... (hopefully later than sooner)

V-DAY 10K NEWS FLASH

I notice that longtime RunCo race team nemesis Bert(the dagger)Rodriguez is running for Pacers on Sunday. Bert is one heck of a runner and you might say he is Haile G and Jake is Paul Tergat in their running rivalry. Bert has a vicious kick and though does not race much, when he does, its for the win.

A free pair of racing flats for the first GRCer who crosses the line before mighty Bert

RUN TONIGHT

I have decided to run every night from the Chevy store at about 715. I am equipped with a headlight and can lend them out if need be. Will run different routes and paces. There will be post run beer. If anyone wants to come, this would be cool.

Max

UPDATE: STORE RUN AT 9

UPDATE:  Meet at the store at 8:45 so we can start the run at 9.

i will have veteran day race packets for all racing   try to be there so we dont have to worry about it race morning.

Morning Runs

I hate running in the dark after work but I'm also not a morning person.  What do you guys think about some group morning runs?  It makes it much easier to get out of bed in the morning if you know you aren't alone.  If anyone is up for this 1-2 days a week over the winter, let me know and lets get something organized.

Also, if you are an active member of the race team and regularly attending group runs, please email me with information for your profile.

RUN

Jumping on the back of Jerry's enthusiasm I figure I might as well throw out that we are doing the Chevy Chase run this eve at 7ish from the store. The runs are lots of fun and we are getting a large crowd of mixed talent.

Last night I took some young man(name to be left anonymous):), on a roller coaster run. We started from the store and ran up Wisconsin to Mass Ave. From this point, I took him all the way down to DuPont Circle. From here, we took a sharp left and ran up Conn ave all the way to Military and then went left back to the store. It was about 10 miles of tough, hilly running. It was fun, though. We ran hard. Reminded me of when I first came to DC and ran up and down Conn Ave everyday like it was my street. When you feel it, it feels good.

Philadelphia half-marathon

I'm running the half-marathon in Philadelphia Nov. 21 and am looking for a place to stay Saturday night near the race venue since the hotels are full. Please let me know if you have any leads.

thanks,

LJ

Thursday

I am going to run tomorrow at greenbelt around 3ish once I get out of work. Anyone interested in meeting up for an easy run?

WHAT IS THE POINT OF BEING

Anonymous? this is a running blog not a band of secret spies plotting grand schemes. people throw random stuff out there and it either catches someone's attention or not. It's all more or less harmless. I think the anonymous commenter should COME OUT of Anonymous status and be true to themselves. Oh well, the liberated shall live on

POST GEB EVENT REPORT

All, thank you for coming last night. Geb was dead set on coming to the Girls Gotta Run event prior to his knee flareup and subsequent retirement. Clearly the knee issue and retirement announcement put all previous plans in jeopardy

I am disappointed that he did not come but I cannot blame him. Imagine his emotional state after the race and announcement.? Most likely, the last thing he wanted to deal with the day after was a bunch of his greatest fans asking him questions.

Based on his post race interview, he feels bad for letting folks down.

He is still the CHAMP and who knows, he might come back and pay us a a visit.

The Chevy Chase store and the Girls Gotta Run Foundation are grateful for your support.

thanks again

Max

run from the store

I'm going to run from the store tonight at 5 for an easy hour before the shindig tonight. If anyone is down post it on here

WIRE: GEB RETIRES!

The Emperor's Reign is Over!

Moments ago, the greatest distance runner of all time, Haile Gebrselassie, announced his retirement at a press conference in NYC. Report confirmed by Runners Word etc.

DEVELOPING...

Track and Field Videos on Flotrack

work out wednesday

I'll be doing 2x mile (400 run between) then into the 4x800(first four) at the beginning of the guys workout of 8x800 progressive. I'm planning to start this at 6:55 so I can hop in the 800s with the guys doing it. I think it'll synch up right if everyone starts at 715 which seems to be the case.

-Jerry G

long run today

great long run everyone. What a nice turn out it was. I think there were about 15-20 people there... Awesome stuff.

FLASH: Wilson Runs 2:26:47 in NYC

13.1 hit in 1:11

DEVELOPING...

Turn Back the Clock

Don't forget to turn back the clock tonight. We're meeting at The Line at 8am (which should feel like 9am).

Weird energizers...

Sweating depletes electrolytes.  If anyone has ever experienced a mid-run cramp, side stitch or an outright bonk, you're probably experiencing the symptoms caused by a loss of sodium and potassium.  In one of my last public blog posts (before going private), I wrote about an athletic study on using pickle juice to stave off cramping.  As weird as it sounds, it works.  The guy who I learned this from is a doctor from Michigan.  His name is Rick Ganzi and I've run 12 or so marathons with him.  He's featured in today's online MSNBC Health section - the article is found here.  Scroll down the page for a more technical explanation of why it works.

- JARRIN

THE CHAMP PART 2

The game of life is day to day contradiction. Just go follow the last four years of American politics and this will be ingrained in your head.

At this point in his career and life Geb is far more than a Champion runner(I think). He is a politician, a statesman and a banner of hope for his people. This is why I admire him.

Running is a big piece of his heart and soul and his given him an opportunity to give back and be large. Some athletes take this route but most do not.

As for proving much, I suppose I will ask him.

Getting into reality,

So far the following people have responded about attendence at this event

Karl
Neal
Lindsey
Joe
Mike Smith
Jarrin
Mike C
Ian(if he is still alive). He emailed me and said he is still down for the count from the marathon.

If anyone is missing, let me know. The entrance fee is $25 and 100% of the proceeds go to the Girls Gotta Run Foundation, a foundation aimed at supporting impoverished Ethiopian female runners. There is going to be a big crowd so please get here by 6ish at the latest.

The Power of Science

The article I attached below is rather scientific, but it is also pretty intriguing.  It breaks down the science behind "hitting the wall" and how to safely avoid.  I thought it might be of interest to you marathoners and rather helpful to Charlie...

"Hitting the Wall"

Enjoy.

THE CHAMP

I was looking at some interview footage of Haile G the other day. What left does he have to prove? What a star. He has run so strong for so long and still beats the young guys. I mean he just creamed Ritz at some half marathon and he is 10 years younger.

The pundits out there say Haile might be washed up or that he cannot beat major competition any longer.

Clearly he is making some good cash for coming to the NYM but he is also doing it for pride and to send a message.

He seems like such a gentle and first class person. What a smile--Will there ever be another one like him?

THE CHAMP

Left flats at BCC

I left my flats at the track, maybe in a blue plastic bag. Did anybody happen to pick them up?

Hey everyone

Hello GRC-type peeps,

After floundering in an abyss of non-motivation, I am back to training and racing, and I'm going to make a better effort to get to GRC runs and races. I think my last race with the GRC team (officially) was Club XC Nationals last year, so I guess it's fitting that I'm going to run Club XC Nats this year as my first race back.

Anyway, just posting to say hi, and I'll see you folks at some of the runs.

Alex

SENSITIVITY TRAINING

I am now taking Running Company sponsored sensitivity training. Oh Well. We all must show some growth, albeit limited.

On a side note, we are nearly capped for space for the Haile event this Monday.

If people from the race team are sincerely interested in attending as a guest or as a volunteer, please let me know by COB tomorrow.

From the land of shoes and Body Glide


Max

a breath of fresh air

I'd like to say to everyone that joining GRC has been great thus far for my running. I have not run with a team since last November so every day and run has been awesome. I think I speak for a few of us(especially the new guys) when I say that it is an exciting situation. The fact that we can have a group of guys who are very serious about the sport and are not ready to turn over the leaf of 'growing up' if you will( I use growing up very loosely) is absolutely awesome. I look forward to this winter and spring and hammering workouts with everyone,rolling some races, and inching towards that trials standard, goal, place, time, etc... I usually am not keen on racing when I'm not exactly race fit but I am really looking forward to being on the line with a few of us at Vet 10k. Kick some ass in the workout tomorrow and have a good time. I wish I could be there but I am bringing my 5th graders on an overnight trip so I had to do my workout today. Luckily I had an old black man to give me splits at Bowie state. Let's keep on having fun with the sport because in the end that is why we do it right?

on the line

Jerry G

DISAPPOINTMENT BUT NOT DEFEATED

Needless to say I am disappointed that our store race team came in 2nd out of 10 local store teams. Potomac River Running's Reston store kicked our butt by putting some serious talent together. I do not know any of their runners but they won fair and square.

Their team won with a combined average time of 2:51 and some change compared with our 3:03.

Ian, if you had only kept pace and not nearly died(literally), you might have won the whole thing. oh my.....

there is always next year

Final Call for Veterans Day 10k!!!

We need to know whos IN.  so far this is the "IN IT" list:
  

    Andrew Sovonick
    Jordan Snyder
    Ryan Hanson
    Scott Koonce

    Joe Wiegner

    Jerry Greenlaw
    Paul Guevara
    Danielle Siebert

photo above:  Andrew Sovonick post "Tender" Tandrum at the PDR post race breakfast buffet...
      "no tenders and eggs??? &*%^$$"

     There were several others that were on the fence.  jump on over to the nice side of the yard and race...  As lady gaga/3MT says.....

Workout Wednesday

Coach J has Ryan and I hitting up the following workout:
     2 x 1600 and 4x800 all with 400 recovery.
         5:00, 4:55, 2:22, 2:22, 2:18, 2:18 (are the projected splits).

           All are welcome.

A TRUE CHAMPION

Yesterday, one of the Running Company's sponsored athletes, Waldon Adams, completed the Marine Corps Marathon. Waldon's story is truly fantastic. Waldon came to the store via the Walker-Whitman clinic, one year ago. Walker-Whitman is an AIDS clinic in DC.

Waldon is a resident if the District of Columbia and is HIV positive. His story is long and filled with lore.

To make a long story short, Waldon was battling AIDS and near death on a Hospital Bed some years ago. He was depressed. During his hospital stay, Waldon began to run around his hospital bed and room. He liked the feeling running gave him. Running gave him hope.

He left the hospital and picked up running full time. He has run a few marathons now and runs almost everyday. His disease has subsided enough to the point where he feels he can live a more stable and comfortable life. He serves as a role model for others at the Clinic who need strength and an inspiration to live.

I bring this story to bare simply because I have been to the clinic and met the folks who are now running behind Waldon's leadership.

be well

long

This coming week for Sunday's run. Long at the line 8AM . Should be a few of us going anywhere from 14-18.

RunWash: Wiegner is 4th Ranked Runner in Area

GRC was pretty quiet on the summer racing scene (resting, building up) save for Joe who ran PRs in 5k, 8k (I think) and 10k.

From RunWashington

Both Demesse Tefera and Gurmessa Megressa have run many races together and each has earned the title of Open champion. Their 2010 summer competition started in June when Megressa won the Run Through History 10K by a second in 31:52. On Independence Day they met again at the Reston Firecracker 5K. Tefera exploded to win in 14:26, while Megressa had an off-race, finishing in 15:12. A week later Megressa won the Caribbean Sounds 8K in 24:12. The following week Tefera lit it up at the Rockville Rotary Twilight 8K in 24:06 just eight seconds behind winner Abiyot Endale, while Megressa faded to fourth in 24:54. July ended with Tefera edging out Megressa at the Friends of the W&OD 10K, winning a photo finish as both shared a gun time of 31:51

By Labor Day weekend, it was clear Megressa needed some help to win the title. They both started Kentlands/Lakelands 5K-then Tefera dropped out early in the race. Megerssa was still running for dear life as Joe Wiegner hounded him the whole way only to come up short by a stride in 14:44. Tim Young only had two races, but the two overall wins had just enough juice to push Gurmessa and Wiegner to third and fourth. Young had his way at the Civitan 10K Memorial Weekend with 30:35. Then he posted a 24:41 at the FARC Heritage Festival 5 Mile.

1 Tefera, Demesse ** 28 Washington, DC
2 Young, Tim ** 23 Fredericksburg, VA
3 Megerssa, Gurmessa *6 30 Washington, DC
4 Wiegner, Joe * 28 Rockville, MD
5 Molz, Jon ** 23 Richmond, VA
6 Dumm, Andrew * 25 Washington, DC
7 Wertz, David * 34 Arlington, VA
8 Berdan, Dave ** 29Parkville, MD
9 Christian, Will * 27 Norfolk, VA
10 Pauling, Ryan * 33 Baltimore, MD
11 Stasiowski, Ryan * 21 Hanover, MD
12 Zeleke, Birhanu ** 27 Washington, DC
13 Viviani, Will 28 Arlington, VA
14 Flynn, Ricky 23 Lynchburg, VA
15 Outaleb, Mouhcine ** 34 Baltimore, MD
16 Wilkinson, Kalib * 26 Lynchburg, VA
17 Abuya, Jared 34 Fairfax, VA
18 Carroll, Ryan *11 27 Portsmouth, VA
19 Church, Aaron *** 34 South Riding, VA
20 Schaefer, Tim 32 Gaithersburg, MD
21 Dusen, Karl ** 27 North Bethesda, MD
22 Wardian, Michael ** 36 Arlington, VA
23 Aramayo, Ed * 24 Baltimore, MD
24 Angell, David ** 33 Blue Ridge, VA
25 Abernathy, Mat * 21 College Park, MD
26 Shirk, Kevin * 30 Winchester, VA
27 Dewitt, Dan *** 22 Frostburg, MD
28 Doan, Caleb * 20 Virginia Beach, VA
29 Renjifo, Carlos * 27 Columbia, MD
30 Mehmedovic, Izzy 25 Columbia, MD
31 Mercer, Dickson * 29 Washington, DC
32 Battaglino, Alexander 24 Baltimore, MD
33 Decker, Gregory 21 Rockville, MD
34 Ban, Charlie * 28 Falls Church, VA
35 Belasik, Wylie 26 Washington, DC
36 Ingram, Ben 33 Winchester, VA
37 Saunders, Richard 22 Alexandria, VA
38 Sloane, Christopher 27 Gaithersburg, MD
39 Brown, Karsten *36 Front Royal, VA

Flash: Chris Bain ran 3:02:10 in Athens marathon

28th Athens Classic Marathon

Bib: 1324
Athlete: BAIN CHRISTOPHER

Start:	01:56 (time behind race start)
5km:	23:32
10km:	44:28
21,1km:	1:32:06
30km:	2:11:17
Finish:	3:02:10

MARATHON WONDER

Congrats to all of those brave souls who ran the Marine Corps Marathon. Running a Marathon is the true endeavor of a champion. Whether you be the Running Warrior such as Mike Wardian or the Wounded Warrior coming back from a tour of duty in Afghanistan, we are all in awe of your dedication to the sport.

Max

FLASH: Wiggy 2nd at Goblin Gallop 5k

15:22

DEVELOPING...

Marine Corps Results UPDATED

Washington at Dawn.  Ideal conditions out there this morning.

GRC Leaderboard:

Dave Burnham:  2:45:34
Jim Daly: 2:48:55
Ian Hankins:  2:49:15 *UPDATED*
Matt Ernst: 3:08:13
Lauren Gabler:  3:35:20

Halloween Tonight

A bunch of people are talking about going out to Georgetown tonight for Halloween. M Street is typically shut down to traffic and the entire street is filled with costumes crawling from bar to bar. It's a bit crazy, so I figured I'd start a discussion here on the blog about plans.

Perhaps we can tentatively plan to meet at THE GUARDS at 9 and we can go from there? I will be wearing some sort of hat-themed ensemble. Since I'm going to cheer for GRC MCMers tomorrow from the Store, I plan to crash at someone's pad or sleep in the woods.

Comment if you're interested or have any other ideas.

NOTE - driving into the city tonight will be chaos (per the rally and Halloween). I suggest metroing.

the weekend ahead

This should be a great weekend. Lots going on for sure... Best of luck to everyone racing Sunday. I hope you all fly.

This is for my man Chas and the rebound from chi-town

put your name on it

QUOTE THAT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE

Quote Of The Day from Let's Run
"I have a lot of respect for him, but he never faces anyone. He doesn't like to face other strong athletes. When he does, he has trouble."
- Federico Rosa, Sammy Wanjiru's manager, on Haile Gebrselassie in the marathon. Geb will be running NYC next Sunday in a non time-trial type of race.

How can he say this?

Saturday at The Gtown Store

I am meeting some folks for the standard Store run on Saturday (8:30am). This is my first Saturday run back so I am going to take it slow and easy - an out-and-back on the Towpath. I suspect others will be running an hour or 9-12 miles. The real reason I'm going is because I miss eating Mimi's egg sandwiches after the run.

As Patrick noted, we're also meeting at the store on Sunday morning too. I too encourage all those who don the GRC emblem to come to the Store and support those running the 'thon.

RUN TOMORROW EVE WITH BROOKS

We are having a Brooks sponsored Nightlife Run tomorrow evening at 7pm. The Run features Brooks and the focus will be on their new Nightlife line of apparel. There will be a raffle for some free Brooks gear and post run beer.


The run begins at the Chevy Chase store at 7pm and the event should be over by 9ish.

Max

GRC Cheerleading Tryouts @ MCM

As we mentioned at the meeting last Saturday, we should make a group effort to cheer for our teammates at MCM this Sunday.  The store does not need our help anymore on Sunday morning, so we're free to run around the course and cheer from several locations.  Here's what I'm proposing as both our Sunday run AND a way to cheer on our teammates at SEVEN different locations on the course:

7:45:  Meet at the Georgetown Store.  Give yourself extra time to deal with traffic and parking.
7:55:  Run from the store across the Key Bridge to see the runners go by at mile 1.
8:00:  Cannons go off to start MCM
8:10:  Run back to store to see the race go by at miles 4.5 and 8.5.
9:00:  Begin run from the store.  If you're joining us late, please try to get to the store by 8:30.  Traffic will only get worse as the race goes on.

From there we'll run to see our teammates run by at miles 15.5, 17, 19.5, and the finish.  The total run is 7 miles, but you can add on easily while we wait for everyone, or take out the first mile and only do 6 total. 

Here is a map of the proposed route (click picture for larger image):

And here is a link to a course map.

GRC MCM Team Roster:

Charlie Ban
Dave Burnham
Jim Daly
Lauren Gabler
Ian Hankins

RUN FROM THE STORE AT 7pm

I am doing a run from the Chevy Chase store this evening at 7pm. It will be a 12 mile run at an easy pace through DC/MD hoods. If anyone wants to meet me, let me know.

I can offer free endurox and GU as incentives

M

FLASH: Ban finds his pants!!!

After nearly a year of searching, Charlie Ban has found his pants. His favorite pants. More here.

This must be an omen.

Wednesday Workout

Workout at BCC for this week is 6 x 1200 cutdowns.  I am starting at 74's and will cut down to 72's.  with 2 and 1/2 minute recovery.

CONTEXT FOR GENE MITCHELL'S REPORT

Regarding the note below, please take note that you owe all shoes and free running gear courtesy of Gene as he is very much in control of the RunCo. I am not sure of the economic/business value of financially backing a non professional race team. Quite honestly, there probably is not one or its difficult to quantify. It is rare that I see an elite level runner buy a shoe here.

I have spoken to many a store owner/manager and we are truly in a unique situation for the better.

Bottom line is Gene's generosity and liaise fair approach to managing/getting involved with the race team is a true asset and not to be taken for granted. I have not seen anything like it.

Gene is an avid runner and loves the sport so the race team is an extension of his internal passion and engine.

Last but not least, Cross train like Dirk & Andy and extend your running career.

Store Owner Gene Mitchell's ATM Report

The Army Ten Miler was the usual pomp and circumstance as it is always, and I loved every minute of it! I had a first coral start number of 466 so was able to get into corral number 1. Of course I was late and scurrying to the start as the awesome Army helicopters were flying over head. I did have to stop though, take my hat off and cover my heart in respect to the national anthem being played. The honor due to our armed forces absolutely must be respected. These men and women are the back bone of our country ad above anything today it was an in honor of our armed forces that I had run.

The cannons boom is still shocking as the first time I ran no matter how I prepare. This does always celebrate an overaggressive start and first mile in this Army Ten Miler. After settling in I just tried to maintain my 5:30 goal pace. Rather than bore you with every turn I will just tell you that I slowed between miles 7-8 for no other reason than feeling like I should be content to maintain my pace through 7 miles. Turning onto the bridge I went for it and it hurt. The terrain was up hill at a time when this was the last thing any runner would want to face. I got to 9 miles at 49:27 and thought I had a chance to get to 55 minutes…or may be under. After an uphill I ran with an Army compatriot who helped both of us get to under 55:00 minutes. I finished in 54:42 (unofficial).

What a great day, great event for a great cause. Honor our military.

Gene Mitchell

GRC Mtg Wrap Up & USATF XC

Circling back after yesterday's meeting, here are some of the things we're working on:

1. Chicken Tender Runner is updating the photo stream to the right. The photos are dated and we need fresh ones. He's asking that you send him pics to add to this stream. 

2. Shannon & Emily are going to create a separate blog/page for the women's team which will be linked to this blog. The purpose of which will be to start a dialogue for a women's team. 

3. I will be adding a calendar with races to the right hand side of the screen. Once the calendar is in, please update and add races. Each race should have a "captain" or, more simply, a point person. 

4. If you're interested in hearing more about the coach, talk to Joe Wiegner

5. Wednesday workouts should be suggested/planned during the weekend, and weekend runs should be planned during the Wednesday workout. Someone running the workout on Wednesday, should post something today/tomorrow. 

6. Karl and I are working on USATF XC. Below is who I have on the roster/interested in going to spectate. Those in bold I believe are definitely running. Please confirm or deny your status. You will need to take Friday, December 10 off from work. Right now it appears we have enough for a B team and two van loads. I sent an email yesterday to USATF to find out how we can renew our membership...then, those below, will need to 1. sign up/renew membership for USATF, 2. sign up for the race. More on that later. Someone could start pricing out some hotel rooms - two double beds per room (plus cots) seems ideal (ie - cheap).

Andy Sovonick 

Patrick Murphy

Charlie Ban 

Karl Dusen 

Jordan Snyder 

Alabama Paul Guevara 

Jerry Outlaw 

Joe Wiegner

Dave Burnham

Jake Klim - run or spectate, but definitely going

Jake Marren - run or spectate 

Petey Towpath - spectate?  

Sam Luff - needs to check on taking Friday off, interested in possibly driving down late that night 

Patrick Hughes - unknown

Chris Raabe - per injury 

Ryan Hanson - see how things shake out

Anyone else???

Outlaw!

Jerry "Outlaw"

(c) Charlie Ban

Run tomorrow from THE LINE- 9:30AM

Ryan and I are meeting at THE LINE tomorrow at 9:30am.  Looking for about 14-15 miles.  We will be basically running the trails along Beach Drive and then heading back. 

GRC Team Meeting LIVE

The Great One comes to GRC

"Haile Gebrselassie, arguably the greatest living distance runner in history, has graciously agreed to be our featured speaker at a fundraiser for the Girls Gotta Run Foundation on Monday, November 8, 2010. The event, which is co-sponsored and hosted by the Chevy Chase Running Company, will take place at the Chevy Chase Running Company store at 4461 Willard Avenue, Chevy Chase, Maryland, from 7 to 9 p.m.

Tickets will be $25.00 and sold only at the door, starting at 6 p.m. All proceeds will benefit GGRF. A portion of the funds will be set aside by GGRF to subsidize scholarships for promising but impoverished Ethiopian running girls to attend training at the Yaya Africa Athletics Village, an athletic center in Sululta, Ethiopia, which is presently under construction and in which Mr.Gebrselassie is a partner. Proceeds from the sale of autographed copies of a limited number of posters of Mr. Gebrselassie will also be donated to GGRF. Light refreshments will be served."

Peter's note:

I am filming this event for the Girls Gotta Run Foundation. Klim and Jimmy are also filming taking/taking pictures. If you are interested in being a volunteer production assistant or interviewer, please let me know. You will be put to work from 6-10pm but will be able to get into the event for free with a media pass.

MEDIA FOR HAILE EVENT

Peter, there are several other entities involved with media coverage. Please call me so we can coordinate space/logistics, etc. Max

HAILE

Hey, regarding the Haile event, I will need some people as volunteers to help with logistics and management. If you volunteer you get an automatic entry at no charge. Please let me know. Max

Article about distance running on ploscompbiol.org

There has an article on PLoS talks about research from mathematical/computational approaches for performance in marathon. I think it is very interesting, maybe you will too.

http://www.ploscompbiol.org/mirror/article/pcbi.1000960.html

big gulps huh

hey guys if anyone wants I'm going to be running around 3ish once I get out of work at greenbelt. I'll be going anywhere between an hour to 80 min(depending on how much I get in before work in the morning). If anyone wants to hop in or go shoot me an email, or text if you have my cell.

Kinhaven 5K - 11/21

I promised Mike Wardian I'd publicize a race he is putting on for his kid's school. If anyone is looking for a 5k pre-Thanksgiving, please consider this one.

Kinhaven 5K

Barefoot/5 Fingers & Stroller Divisions

Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 9:00 am - Arlington, VA

Sunday-November 21, 2010-9:00AM

Charity Race to support Kinhaven Pre-School.

Open Division & Barefoot/5 Fingers Division & Stroller Division for awards

PowerBar Gels, Bars, Chews and Drink available on course, before and after.

We hope you can make it and help us raise some funds for the kids!

• Event/Venue Location: Bluemont Park-W&OD Trail-Arlington, VA
• Distance: 5K
• More Info: Event Website Register Online Event Email
• Event Phone: 703-664-0337

All the race funds will be going to covering a shortfall in the school budget so every donation and person can make a huge difference. We hope everyone can help us raise some funds for our children's school.

http://www.runwashington.com/index.php?page=details&race=4218

REMINDER: GRC Team Mtg on Saturday

@ Chevy Chase Running Company

8:30am - run starts

10:00am - meeting starts

Details HERE

Wednesday Track

Hi,

I'll be doing a 6x1600 workout (10k pace) at B-CC Wednesday evening as part of my training for Vet's Day 10k. Anyone interested in joining???

Hope to see some of you there!

Love,

CTR

Veterans Day 10k

Who is in?
  We could have a decent team, even without a big part of our team recovering from Chicago or getting ready to run marine corp.

Team scoring:
The first five runners on each team score with at least one man and one woman in the first five.
    
 Lets try to figure out who is in, and we can try working on entries...

Wiggy

REPORT: Boston Registration Closed

I can't confirm since I haven't tried to register...

Jerdonek - 31:13 for Hilly 8k in Chevy Chase

Lindsey is coming back...

FLASH: JARRIN Pregnant!

Well, not Robert, but his wife is. Congrats! Lily will soon have a playmate.

B-e-a-utiful

Great run for the guys who were at the store this morning. Beautiful beautiful day. Props to a certain charlie ban for hitting on a girl who was getting married today and Wiggy for leading some of the guys in yoga after the run

RUN TOMORROW

Do you guys want to run from the Chevy store tomorrow due to the fact that you are meeting here and...........

we are having a store run at 830am led by a Yoga instructor. Post run he will be leading Yoga for runners including hip flexor and core stengthening via Yoga poses.

Max

Store run tomorrow?

With many coming off Chicago, planned/unplanned time off, who will be at the store tomorrow morning at 8:30?  I am looking to get in about 8-10 miles.  Word on the street is Tender is planning an appearance!

(picture: Famous Daves kids club-May 2010).

   wiggy

MARINE CORPS MASSACRE

I am flying Dylan in all the way from California to run this and am giving Jake some very powerful drugs so that he might run as well.

Bottom line is that we should be able to win the team challenge provided we have eough runners. I have two more entries.

This is a race that is winnable for some of you so why not cement your name in history?

Regarding Boston, maybe we can get the Running Company to get a suite or partner with Lets Run and have a party or something along these lines.

Max

Redemption in 2011 Boston Marathon?!

Howdy y'all!

2011 Boston Marathon registration opens at 9:00a (EST) on Monday, October 18th. I wanna join the party to run this "little" race; but I would like to share the lodging cost with somebody? If we get a room and split the cost into two or three or four or more ways, then that would be a win-win.

If you or you know someone interested, please email me at eml13297@gmail.com

YOU CAN STILL BE A CHAMPION

Hey, I have some entries into Marine Corps. For those that were massacred in Chicago and want redemption, give me a shout and you can redeem yourselves.

GRC Meeting - Saturday, 10/23

I am going to post a reminder each week for the upcoming GRC TEAM MEETING . The aforementioned meeting will take place after the group run on Saturday, October 23 at the Chevy Chase Running Company. We'll be discussing upcoming races and goals for the winter/spring, among a number of other fun topics.

Please see details in earlier blog post.

PHOTO - Dwayne Abdullah Dwite makes peace with unnamed American in the Hindu Kush.

Chicago Photos

I'm no Jarrin, but I tried taking as many as I could; sorry to those I missed out there. Congrats to everyone for their efforts!

Updated: I meant to include the link earlier: http://picasaweb.google.com/billy.askey/ChicagoMarathon#

Chicago Massacre

Latest from the Crew

The team is pretty beat up... It got pretty hot out there in the sun the last third of the race.

Reaves: hit the bathroom at mile 14, never really recovered.
Dix: dropped out after 20.
Cotterell: 10 MINUTE PR! Race of the day. Ran with PMurph from ~8 mile through 20.
Murphy: Ran moderately aggressive, slowed down in the heat after mile 20. Hit about the time I thought I could do, generally happy.
Hughes: debuts in sub 2:50.
Charlie and Sloane: blew up, not happy
Dylan: seemed fine with his race.
Ernst: DNF
JARRIN: DNS

GRC FINISH TIMES

Patrick Reaves - 2:36:33

Mike Cotterell - 2:37:36 PR!!

Patrick Murphy - 2:42:52

Patrick Hughes - 2:49:42

Charlie Ban - 2:50:04

Confirmed: Dix drops out

Editor Update: laptop dying, end of post...if some can, please post remaining results in bed of post or in comments. Red Fox out --

Chicago Tracker

06:45CDT - 58 degrees...high today in the Windy City expected to be 85: Report

CHICAGO TRIBUNE: Running into a rapidly warming morning, the 45,000 registered for the 2010 Bank of America Chicago Marathon will be extra tested on the 26.2-mile race through Chicago's neighborhoods. By mid-day, temperatures are expected to push into the mid-70s or higher.

EARLY REPORTS...after 5k:

Dix on 2:26 pace, Reaves running 2:28 pace

Ban and Sloane together, running 2:34 pace

PM and Huge running 2:35 pace together

Cotterell - 2:38

Dwayne - 2:46

Koonce - 2:48

Ernst - 2:52

Shannon - 3:07

10K: PACE PICKS UP

Dix - 2:25

Reaves - 2:27

Ban- 2:31

Benedict Sloane - 2:32

Huge - 2:35

Murphy - 2:36

Cotterell - 2:37

Koonce - 2:47

Dwite - 2:48

Ernst - 2:54

I am posting from a parking lot on the side of a mountain in NH. The temperature is 38 degrees and it's time for a breakfast/coffee break. Be back soon.

HALF MARATHON

Report: Dixon on pace, looks good. Reaves behind Dix. Weather not as bad as press indicates, shade of buildings seems to keep temps bearable

Dix - 2:27

Reaves - 2:30

Ban - 2:31

Mike C/PM - 2:36

Huge - 2:38

Koonce/Donald - 2:48

Ernst - 2:54

Shannon - 3:10

25k-30k - crew slows down...Ernst could run race of his life if he keeps it up. Ban still looks good.

Dix - 2:31

Reaves - 2:32

Ban - 2:34

Murphy/Cotterell/Sloane - 2:36

Huge - 2:40

David - 2:48

Koonce - 2:49

Bain/Ernst - 2:55

Shannon - 3:11

35K

Reaves now leads GRC, expected finish time is 2:34

Cotterell running race of his life - 2:36

Dix might have dropped out

Murphy - 2:37

Ban - 2:40

Huge - 2:42

Sloane falls back to 2:48 pace

Shannon on 3:14 pace after 30k

Koonce - 2:52

1 Wanjiru, Sammy (KEN) 2:06:24
2 Kebede, Tsegaye (ETH) 2:06:42
3 Lilesa, Feyisa (ETH) 2:08:10
4 Korir, Wesley (KEN) 2:08:45
5 Kipruto, Vincent (ETH) 2:09:07
6 Cheruiyot, Robert Kiprono (KEN) 2:09:28
7 Moiben, Laban (KEN) 2:10:47
8 Hartmann, Jason (USA) 2:11:06
9 Harroufi, Ridouane (MAR) 2:13:01
10 Sayenko, Mike (USA) 2:14:27
11 Morgan, Mike (USA) 2:14:55
12 Humphrey, Luke (USA) 2:15:49
13 Rizzo, Patrick (USA) 2:16:12
14 Terfa, Negari (ETH) 2:17:43
15 Arciniaga, Nick (USA) 2:18:12
16 Young, Tim (USA) 2:19:01

DEVELOPING...

GOOD LUCK

Good luck in the Windy City

My money is on crazy Chris Bain. He says he runs once a week and is chained to the office chair but this will play to his advantage. He came into the store to buy some Nike Frees.

For those who are injured, such is the way of it.

Do you think Kobe Bryant has played a game of B-Ball in the last five years pain free?

I read once that khalid Khannouchi won the Chicago Marathon with a stress fracture in his hip.

Chris Raabe has some major foot disorder where his foot actually comes apart.

Chuck Moeser used to pound nails into his arms to deaden the pain pre marathon.


No pain no gain

Glorybound