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After a Half Century Larry Noël Race Changes from 15K to 12K
By Patricia Ortman
July 31, 2009
Greenbelt, MD
For the Washington Running Report
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New date! New time! New Course! New distance!
Help build a new tradition for this 51-year-old event. Now a morning 12K race, it is the perfect tune-up for the Annapolis Ten Miler and Virginia Beach Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon. Hills for the strong, straight-aways for the swift make the 12K course fun and challenging, with four refreshment stops to keep you hydrated. The 3K Fun Run, a family-friendly event, goes up and down a gentle hill.
Larry Noël 12K Race & 3K Fun Run
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Greenbelt, MD
12K starts at 8:00 a.m. 3K starts at 8:15 a.m.
The race is the DCRRC entry to the Maryland RRCA State Championship Series.
The race travels through the U.S. Department of Agriculture Research Center, Beltsville, MD. Â As always it is conducted by the DC Road Runners Club. This year's beneficiary is Girls Gotta Run Foundation.
Girls Gotta Run raises money to provide running shoes, food, clothes, coach subsidies and other training-related expenses for young women athletes in Ethiopia. Five dollars of your registration fee supports this locally-based, non-profit organization.
An artistic T-shirt with no corporate logos guaranteed to all registered on or before Saturday, August 8, 2009.
Awards: 12K race features cash or gift certificate awards to first three overall and first Master (40 and older), male & female; $75 first place and first master, $50 second place, $25 third place. Both races will have 10-year age group awards: 1st, 2nd, & 3rd. Young runner awards means $10 cash or gift certificates for the first five runners 13 years and younger who finish the 3K Fun Run.
There will be post-race refreshments at the finish line.
Packet pickup and late registration near the parking area/starting line beginning at 7:00 a.m.
New Directions: Take Beltway Exit 23, Kenilworth Avenue (Route 201). North Kenilworth Avenue becomes Edmonston Road. After 1.9 miles, turn right on Powder Mill Road. After 1.9 miles, just past Research Road, turn right into parking area or take BW Parkway to the Powder Mill Road exit, go west 1.2 miles on Powder Mill, turn left into parking lot.
Click here for DCRRC Calendar or download a Printable Entry Form.
Click here to see the wonderful video of last year's race by Peter Silverman.
To volunteer or for additional information, please contact the race director Ben Richter at larrynoel12k@verizon.net.
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