Jamie Corey

Mugger no match for morning runners

Published June 29, 2014 at 6:49PM

Photo: Jamie Corey

When nearing the end of an hour-long run in this hot and humid weather, the last thing you want to put your body through is a full on sprint. But just a few weeks ago at approximately 6:05 a.m., several runners of the Pacers 5 a.m. running group spent the last few minutes of their run sprinting as fast as they could.

As the group made their way down 13th Street, N.W. toward P Street, several runners of the group passed a woman holding a bag and a man walking as they described, “close behind her.”

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Two friends set sights on trans-America run

By Jamie Corey

Published May 19, 2014 at 11:49AM | Updated October 3, 2014 at 10:57AM

There’s no doubt that completing a marathon is an achievement. But completing a marathon 120 days in a row to run across the country from Portland, Oregon to Washington, D.C. is just flat-out nuts.

Ashley Donovan, who plans to knock out a marathon a day with her friend Adam Meyer, would be the first to agree. That was her reaction when Meyer, who has wanted to run across the country for more than a decade, asked her to join him.

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Team Tom finds a home at the Run Rogue 5k

By Jamie Corey

Published March 23, 2014 at 8:59PM | Updated June 25, 2015 at 4:53PM

Molly Hagen, Katherine Sear, Annie Pavia,either Vanessa Fontana or Christine Smith and Nadine Matar approach the finish line for the Run Rogue 5k. Photo: Jamie Corey

Trudging up and down numerous rolling hills isn’t exactly how many of the third annual Run Rogue 5k participants hundreds spend their Sunday mornings. But when it’s for a good cause, like raising money to fight cancer, participants couldn’t have been happier to be spending their morning that way.

More than 350 runners — including three athletes of the wheelchair division — came together on a chilly Sunday morning to conquer the 3.1-mile course in Fairfax Corner and also raise funds for Life with Cancer and Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure.

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Unfamiliar distance sets stage for new personal records

By Jamie Corey

Published November 17, 2013 at 5:31PM | Updated June 25, 2015 at 5:05PM

Erika Campbell, Douglas Kung and Kara Guzman run the 12k at the .US National Road Racing Championships in Alexandria. Photo: Cheryl Young

From global to local, the .US National Road Racing Championships in Alexandria, Va. catered to runners of all skill-levels. The race not only featured 30 Olympian and world-class athletes, but also included a community 12k. While many competitors did not have their sights on a new world record like Molly Huddle did when she broke through the tape with a time of 37:50, runners looked forward to competing in a new distance that guaranteed 12k newbies a personal record.

Among the several hundred runners who clenched a 12k personal record was Alexandria City Council Member Justin Wilson and Del. Rob Krupicka, who represents Virginia’s 45th District. Usually rolling out of bed on Sunday mornings to run together, they competed with hundreds of their constituents and a number of world champions all in one race—and in the same town they both represent in public office.

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Forever Young: XC Doesn’t End at Graduation

By Jamie Corey

Published September 23, 2013 at 11:43AM | Updated June 25, 2018 at 4:52PM

More than 100 runners’ feet hitting the ground on an open field toward wooded trails. Trudging up a hill, giving every last bit of effort with legs and shoes covered in mud. A strong storm just minutes away from plummeting the course; nobody paying it any mind. Team spirit filling the air as competitors burst into the finish chute and turn back around to cheer for their friends.

It may seem like a typical high school cross country race, but the racers were fathers and mothers with jobs and mortgages. They were finishing the Montgomery County Road Runners Club’s Running with the June Bugs, not a dual meet against a rival school.

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Community comes together to support local schools and run fast times

By Jamie Corey

Published September 23, 2013 at 10:21AM | Updated June 25, 2015 at 5:10PM

Jennifer Panetta crosses the finish line of the Kensington 8k just ahead of Jocilyn McNally. Photo: John Seabreeze

Young kids in race bibs laughing and playing games as they followed “Larry the Lion” around a park is not the typical road race finish line. But the Kensington 8k, a race that donated its proceeds to three local public schools, attracted competitors of all ages.

In its 20th year, the Kensington 8k race brought more than 500 runners—for just one distance. In addition to the 8K competitors, the Two-Mile Challenge was made up of 400 participants along with the 1k Fun Run that turned out 300 runners. With over 40 local sponsors, the event proceeds went to supporting Kensington Parkwood Elementary, North Bethesda Middle and Walter Johnson High Schools.

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Parks Half Sparks New Traditions While Celebrating Old

By Jamie Corey

Published September 9, 2013 at 9:44AM | Updated June 25, 2015 at 5:18PM

Frank Fung and David Storper represent the MCRRC elite team at the Parks Half Marathon. Photo: Steve Zuraf

The debut of a grand pianist in a full tuxedo complete with tails at mile six was not the only new tradition that the Montgomery County Road Runner Club’s Parks Half Marathon started in its eighth year. The runners themselves were determined to mark new ground by crushing the old course record by more than a minute.

Filled with hills, scenic parks and trails, the race included an elite class of runners, many from the local area.

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DCRR 5ks sneak in under the high-temperature wire

By Jamie Corey

Published June 26, 2013 at 1:01PM | Updated June 25, 2015 at 5:21PM

Runners take a moment to ask if they really want to put themselves through a 5k with temperatures in the 90s at the Women's Distance Festival in Bluemont Park. Photo: DC Road Runners

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Despite already rescheduling the Women’s Distance Festival 5k and Run After the Women 5k due to a scheduling conflict at Bluemont Park, dangerous temperatures nearing 100 degrees throughout the day almost left race director Alex Albertini with another predicament.

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Runners Beat the Heat and Log Miles in the North Face Endurance Challenge

By Jamie Corey

Published June 2, 2013 at 3:10PM | Updated June 25, 2015 at 5:22PM

Trying to schedule a friendly get together in the past four months with Monique Young has been no easy task. In order to meet her weekly mileage goal in preparation for the 50 Mile North Face Endurance Challenge, her days started at 5 a.m. and ended at 8 p.m. But waking up and going to sleep that early to get enough miles under her legs has been worth the trade off for her.

While she described the course through the woods of Algonkian Regional Park, her face lit up. “Amazing” was a common word for Young to describe the mostly dirt and gravel course that she said smelled like honeysuckle.

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Three Races, One Cause

By Jamie Corey

Published May 28, 2013 at 5:07PM | Updated June 25, 2015 at 5:23PM

Runners head off at Jeremy's Run in Olney, Md. on Memorial Day. Photo: Jamie Corey

[button-red url=”http://www.mcrrc.org/jeremys-run-10k” target=”_self” position=”left”] 10k Results [/button-red] [button-red url=”http://www.mcrrc.org/jeremys-run-5k” target=”_self” position=”left”] 5k Results [/button-red]Just minutes prior to wiping off sweat, many runners were wiping tears. During an emotional pre-race ceremony, Jeremy’s Run Race Director Cyndi Glass lit candles to honor those in drug addiction recovery and as a symbol of hope for those suffering from drug addiction.

The fifth annual Jeremy’s Run consisted of a one-mile fun run, 5k and 10k. Hundreds of runners and members of the community came out to support the race and cause that was dedicated to Jeremy Daniel Glass and others who have died of complications from drug addiction.