Charlie Ban is the Editor-in-Chief of RunWashington, the runner's source for the DC area.
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Flooding on local trails, Gatorade XC honors, Cherry Blossom transfers open until Feb 28, Webb part of inaugural hall of fame class.
Author: Charlie Ban
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Name: Eric Setash
Age: 53
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We hope everyone had a great time finding out what your running friends looked like after a day at work. Thank you to Pacers Running and On for their support of our inaugural party, District Distilling for playing host and Elyse Braner and Melanie Dalby for their tireless work organizing the festivities. Check out our photo album, courtesy of Steve Laico.
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Self-described age group: 40-45
Occupation: Education Consultant
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After sorting out the results of roughly 100 races, we’ve determined the top local road racers for 2017. Runners had to finish three races in the first six months of the year and three in the second six months. We average the first and second halves for the final scores.
Every race on a USTAF-certified course is graded on the per-mile pace based on historical results. That pace becomes the baseline on which point are awarded for that race. A runner who reaches that baseline pace earns 1000 points for the race, and point deviations results from pace differences by the second. For example, if the baseline pace for a race is 5:00, someone who runs 5:00 pace earns 1000, but a runner who averages 4:55 pace earns 1005 points, and a 5:05 average earns 995 points.
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Herndon High School alumna Hiruni Wijayaratne ran a Sri Lankan record 2:36:35 at the Houston Marathon Jan. 14. The dual citizen, who lives in Boulder, qualified for the 2018 Commonwealth […]
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Name: Julie Hartenbach
Self-described age group: 31 years old
Pace the Nation host and Pacers owner Chris Farley has run under three hours for the marathon for 18* straight years, but number 19 is in jeopardy after strong headwinds in the last few miles of the Philadelphia Marathon slowed him down to 3:01:04. While some would chide him for waiting until nearly the end of the year to make his attempt, this is neither here nor there.
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It’s a tough call, but on the basis of Loudoun Valley’s Nike Cross Nationals victory and Abbey Green and Page Lester‘s top-15 finishes at Foot Locker, the D.C. area has likely put together its strongest and most diverse cross country season in recent years. D.C., Maryland and Virginia all had superlative runners who distinguished themselves throughout the season in races near and far.
If you want to keep track of the D.C. area’s graduating top runners, you can easily do it by bookmarking the University of Virginia athletics site. Five of our All-RunWashington postseason runners have committed to the Cavaliers to add to the eight underclassmen on the roster this year.