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Published July 3, 2018 at 12:50PM

Rockville resident Lokesh Meena ran an Indian and Asian record for the indoor marathon at the Grant-Pierce Indoor Marathon June 24. He won the race at the Thomas Jefferson Community Center in 3:13:19.

The Atlantic 10 Conference has nominated Sherwood alumna Grace McDonald for the NCAA Woman of the Year award. McDonald ran track and cross country at the University of Dayton and was active in several extracurricular activities before graduating this Spring.

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Check your first-half 2018 runner ranking

By Charlie Ban

Published July 3, 2018 at 12:14PM

The midway point of 2018 is a good time to check your runner ranking and make sure your results are showing up for all of the races you’ve run. To qualify for the year-end rankings, you will have had to have run three ranked races in the first six months and three in the second six months.

Check your ranking here

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Running Shorts

By Charlie Ban

Published June 19, 2018 at 11:21AM | Updated June 19, 2018 at 5:00PM

Caitlyn Tateishi finishing the Love the Run You're With 5k. Photo: Bruce Buckley/Swim Bike Run Photography

Three local Olympic Marathon Trials qualifiers, two on the world junior track team, a new running specialty store opening in Ashburn and a local runner appears on a podcast.

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Pace the Nation – Sean McGorty

By Charlie Ban

Published June 18, 2018 at 6:13PM

Sean McGorty wins the 5,000 meters at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Photo: Spencer Allen

Chantilly alumnus Sean McGorty won the NCAA 5,000 meter championship a little over a week ago.

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Monumental Runner – Katie Morgan

By Charlie Ban

Published June 15, 2018 at 9:49AM | Updated June 15, 2018 at 10:59AM

Name: Katie Morgan

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Running Shorts – June 12

By Charlie Ban

Published June 12, 2018 at 12:57PM | Updated June 13, 2018 at 9:48AM

Chantilly alumnus Sean McGorty, finishing his fifth year at Stanford, won the NCAA 5,000 meters, running 13:54.81 to edge Syracuse’s Justyn Knight by 0.22 seconds. Look out for him next week on the Pace the Nation podcast. Heritage alumna Weini Kelati, running for the University of New Mexico, finished the 5,000 meters in 15:46.57 for ninth place.

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Running Shorts – June 5

By Charlie Ban

Published June 5, 2018 at 11:38AM | Updated June 5, 2018 at 2:15PM

The southern end of the Glover Archbold Trail

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Crozier finds closure in NCAA 10k after years of injury

By Charlie Ban

Published June 4, 2018 at 3:25PM | Updated June 6, 2018 at 11:17AM

Mike Crozier during the 2018 Penn Relays 5k. Photo: Errol Anderson

As a freshman at Georgetown, Mike Crozier didn’t see himself leading the workouts and trying to make a name for himself.

He wanted to show up, shut up and be patient.

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D.C. area boasts more than 200 group runs each week

By Charlie Ban

Published May 29, 2018 at 11:47AM | Updated May 29, 2018 at 4:20PM

You'r probably going to find the Dojo of Pain running around Hains Point on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. Photo: Dustin Whitlow/DWhit Photography

The Washington, D.C. area is spoiled with more than 200 organized runs each week. Some are organized by running specialty stores, others by running clubs, and almost all are open to new members. We’ve organized a calendar that compiles meeting times and details about each run, along with where you can find more information.

Some groups are pretty casual. Others are hardcore. Some ask that you RSVP and others require you to be a member. Some days have more than three dozen different runs.

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Check your runner ranking through the end of May

By Charlie Ban

Published May 29, 2018 at 9:54AM | Updated May 29, 2018 at 12:06PM

We have our runner rankings updated through the Memorial Day weekend’s races. See how you stack up five months into 2018.

You need to be run three races in January-June and three July-December to be ranked at the end of the year. See what races are ranked.