Name: Dustin Whitlow
Self-described age group: We take this whole thing running thing relatively serious but are also not afraid to drink a beer the day before a race.
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Charlie Ban has been editor in chief since 2012, covers cross country heavily and hamhandedly takes pictures. It’s been almost six years since he wrote Shutdown Palace and it’s time he did something else. Reach him at [email protected]. See more of his writing here.
Name: Charlie Ban
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By: Charlie Ban
Money itself doesn’t make people run faster, but its lure has a way of drawing the swift out of the woodwork.
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By Dickson Mercer
For July, the weather was perfect. But at the fifth annual Crystal City Twilighter, held last night in Arlington, VA, there was something else in the air – in addition to a pleasant mist.
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By Dickson Mercer
If Bethany Sachtleben tries out for cross country at George Mason University this fall, she will lack the high school running experiences other rising freshman will surely have. On the other hand, Sachtleben, 20, who won this morning’s second annual Let Freedom Run 5K in Fairfax, VA in 18:26, has already run a marathon, which is uncommon for a runner her age.
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Garret Martucci of Arlington, VA left plenty of cushion in his Father’s Day win at Dash for Dad. Right from the start, he proved to be the fastest competitor in the 820 person field, completing the 4 mile course in 20:59. But it wasn’t winning the race that was most special. Martucci was running for his uncle, who has prostate cancer. Dash for Dad, a 4 mile race starting at Pentagon Row in Arlington, VA was created by the Zero Project to End Prostate Cancer.
[button-red url=”https://register.racedctiming.com/results/default.aspx?event=13004&r=2963″ target=”_self” position=”left”] Results [/button-red]Eddie Valentine of Arlington, VA was 2nd place in 22:22. His father passed away when he was 14, and this was a special way to remember him. Rounding out the top 3 was Alex Roederer, 14, of West Bethesda, Maryland.
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Four miles into this morning’s Lawyers Have Heart 10K, Barb Fallon Wallace started falling behind.
“Just a few steps,” she said. “I was getting tired.”
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The storms were thunderous the night before but the dawn brought a perfect morning. Ten of thousands of runners, walkers, and spectators came out for the serious business of raising money for the Cure. More than $11 million dollars was a proudly ambitious amount that was achieved. Much of the success of the huge event comes from the powerfully optimistic view of the people involved.
With work being done on the mall, the event began in a new spot with the running portion heading north on 15th street in the shadow of the Washington Monument and turning west onto Constitution. A little further along the way the walkers, who made up 80% of the field, waited for their turn onto the course that circled back around before heading south to Independence and back down to the regular finish line at 5th Street.
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Karen celebrates winning her age group at the 1999 Annapolis 10 Miler.
To those who knew Karen Erb (April 11, 1951 – May 25, 2012) knew of her passion for running while being competitive it was always hidden behind the smile that she wore while she ran. It was through the heat and humidity at the Annapolis 10-Mile Run that she even smiled when climbing the bridge after the four mile mark. I had the rare opportunity on many occasions to be the one to capture her moments along the course. I know that each time she tried to slip by but I made sure that I got my shot. To this day there is one picture that I only shared with her because she made a face which she thought that I could not get and I did. I did promise her that as long as I never got upset I would not send it to the newspaper. I can state that the picture remains in my files.
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Fun run start .
For the last nine years this special race that starts underneath the ladders of two fire trucks in Sterling, has acted like the official start of the summer season. Raced on Memorial Day weekend the region usually blasts out a ninety degree day to test the runners. The course is a two loop jaunt around the Community Center. After cresting the first long hill at the end of the second mile runners get to run under an uncapped fire hydrant. A quick look at the times will tell you that the first real scorcher of 2012 took its toll on the nearly 500 10K finishers.