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Greetings from your NOVA President,
Even though it was a bit cooler over the weekend, the wind and allergies made a Saturday long run a bit of a challenge. The other challenge was weaving my way through the 15th Annual Walk for the Animals, a 5K dog walk on the W&OD trail held last Saturday. This annual event raised over $100K to benefit the Animal Welfare League of Arlington. If you missed it but want to make a donation, here's the website: http://www.awla.org/animal-fundraising-walk.shtml. This Saturday, May 15, NOVA's bi-annual W&OD trail clean-up occurs. Please join us at Bluemont Park in Arlington at 9AM (details below).
For those of you who participated in the NOVA Online Survey, thanks for your help! The results will be posted next week. Naturally, with a diverse group of runners, we had diverse results and suggestions. Thanks for participating!
Dan Wallace
President
dan_wallace65@hotmail.com |
| Bluemont Trail Clean-Up | Sat 5/15: NOVA Running Club Adopted Trail
As this event draws near please consider taking the time to support the club. This is an opportunity to give back to the community that serves the many runners, walkers, and bikers who use the park.
Date: SAT, 15 May 2010
Time: 08:30AM -10:30AM
Location: Bluemont Park, 601 N. Manchester Street, Arlington, VA 22203 (off of Wilson Blvd)
Rendez-vous point: Bluemont Park entrance parking lot at the picnic shelter
Parking:
1) Bluemont Park parking lot (small)
2) by tennis courts (off of Wilson Blvd) and (off of Manchester Street)
Coffee: will be available to kick start the event
Contact Information: Lynn Connors: 571-274-9459
To count on your support, please contact me at lynconn450@aol.com. |
| Tuesday Track Session | | T.C. Williams H.S., Tuesday, 6:30 PM
Come out and join us at TC Williams High School for our Tuesday track
Come out and join us at T.C. Williams High School for our Tuesday track workout. Try to get there about 15 minutes early so you can warm up and stretch before we start. T.C. Williams is located at 3330 King Street, Alexandria, VA. |
| Post-Track Pizza: Pizzaiolo's | Join us at our new post-track hang out
We may have found a successor to Generous George's. A pizza joint opened up recently called Pizzaiolo: Café on Fern. It's located at 1623 Fern Street, Alexandria, VA, across the street from Ramparts. Please join us after track! Their website also has a menu: http://www.cafepizzaiolo.com/cof_home.html |
| Coach Jerry's Workout |
We had a really nice turnout last week, and I expect the trend to continue. We'll be out there tomorrow working hard rain or shine, so don't let the possiblity of some wet weather dampen your enthusiasm. The workout tomorrow will be 6 x 800 with a 400 jog, and we'll try to cut them down as the workout progresses. If you have any questions, give me a shout. See you out there.
Coach Jerry
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| Race Results | Let Dan know how you did, and we'll mention it in the weekly e-mail or at the track!
Raider Run 5K
Samantha Kirby Cole: 19:51, 1st OA! |
| Thursday Night Tempo Runs | Bluemont Park
Send Dan an email if you are interested in joining the guys for the Thursday night Tempo Runs at Bluemont Park. We haven't met yet, but if we can get a couple of guys to commit to showing up every week, we'll start meeting officially. A women's running group e-mail list is in development. |
| Weekday Runs | With Dr. Fred Carson
Esteemed NOVA member, Fred Carson hosts weekday runs or rides usually in the vicinity of the C&O canal. If you are interested in joining Fred for a weekday morning runs on dirt and/or a weekday bike ride, contact Fred at fcarson@american.edu. |
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| Upcoming Local Races |
Sun 5/16: Run or Walk for Water 5K for Africa 2010. Fairfax Corner, VA. http://www.walkforwater2010.org/ Mon 5/31: Warrior Run. Arlington, VA. Join the One Life Warrior Organization's Resiliency Run ( http://www.onelifewarrior.org/resiliency-run-2010/) on the final leg of this 21 days/21 marathons event at the Arlington National Cemetary. Contact Ms. Casey Olson for more information and to participate: 703-607-9727, Casey.Olson@us.army.mil. The Army is fighting a difficult battle with a significant increase in suicides. Colonel Mosher has been speaking out about ways to push through the stress of deployments, injuries, wounds and other personal problems. He is an avid runner from the Maine National Guard and has suffered personal setbacks. He fought through them and lectures others on combating stress and winning. He uses distance running and marathons as an example. A marathon race is run as an individual effort, but it requires the assistance of many people; a marathon runner cannot finish the race by his or her self. They have to have the assistance of others in the beginning, during the race and at the end. Sun 6/6: Springfield Days 15K / 5K. Springfield, VA. www.RunSpringfield.org Sat 6/19: Run for MP's Miracle 5k/8k Challenge. Indian Head, MD. Charity Run & Volunteer Event! Josh and Betsy Caldwell (NOVA members) and are putting on a race (along with a great deal of help and guidance from Jay Wind) to benefit Mary Payton's Miracle, a charity devoted to raising money to pay for life saving treatments for children afflicted with LINCL and Batten's disease. The event is June 19th on the brand new Indian Head Rail Trail in Indian Head, MD. Racers can sign up to race the 5K (7:30AM Start), the 8K (8:30AM Start) or take the challenge and race both one after the other! They are looking for runners, volunteers and sponsors. Race registration: http://www.active.com/running/indian-head-md/run-for-mps-miracle-5k8k-challenge-2010. Anyone interested in sponsoring should contact Josh Caldwell at pchemdork@gmail.com. Sun 6/20: Metro Run & Walk's Father's Day Walk with Dad, Lake Accotink Park, VA. http://www.metrorunwalkspringfield.com/fathersdaywalkwdad.html Something to plan for: Sun 9/19: Inaugural Woodrow Wilson Bridge Half Marathon. Alexandria, VA. http://www.wilsonbridgehalf.com/ |
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The Northern Virginia Running Club is a member of the Road Runners Club of America (RRCA) and is governed by an Elected Officers and a Board of Directors, who are experienced runners. There are over 100 active members in the NOVA Running Club and growing every year. For more information on the NOVA Running Club, visit our website: http://www.novarun.com/
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