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Amelia McKeithen: Ready to Go for MCM

Published October 23, 2015 at 8:09PM

Amelia McKeithen is ready for the Marine Corps Marathon. As she predicted herself early on in her training, she hasn’t followed a particular plan to prepare. McKeithen likes to run when she feels like it instead of when the calendar says she has too, but still she’s managed to log an impressive amount of miles, even if she’s not keeping track. She’s done two 20-milers, even though she skipped her final training run. “The training plan said I should run 20 miles on the weekend of the 3^rd, but I’m a fair weather runner. I’ll run if it’s cold out but not if it’s gross out,” McKeithen said. The combination of the wet weekend and a wedding to attend kept McKeithen from logging her final long run, but she thinks it will be ok.

She’s looking toward race day with a mixture of excitement, a touch of competitive spirit, and has started worrying about some of the details. But she’s not letting any of her minor concerns stand in the way of having a good time.

Lots of wild cards at Georgetown Prep

By Charlie Ban

Published October 19, 2015 at 1:32PM | Updated June 25, 2018 at 4:49PM

Photo: Charlie Ban

The Georgetown Prep Classic gave plenty of cross country teams a change of scenery.

A collection of local and out-of-town teams that rarely, if ever, compete against each other made the race unpredictable, because few runners know their competitors’ tendencies.

All-star cross country runners give Glory Days a race to remember

By Charlie Ban

Published October 13, 2015 at 12:37PM | Updated June 25, 2018 at 4:49PM

From left: Conor Lyons, Andrew Forsyth, Colin Shaefer, Dan Horoho and Jack Wavering approach the two mile mark at the Glory Days Invitational. Photo: Charlie Ban

Dulaney coach Chad Boyle was not romanticizing when he said the Glory Days Invitational flew under the radar as a top cross country meet.

“This is an unbelievably competitive meet,” he said. “Kirstin Meek should be in the hunt for top three in the 4A meet and she was 12th today.”

The Man Behind MoCo Running

By Dustin Renwick

Published October 13, 2015 at 11:32AM | Updated April 2, 2018 at 3:37PM

Kevin Milsted (standing) chats with Albert Einstein coach Eric DaSilva. Photo: Marleen Van den Neste

For three months in 2012, a small corner of the Internet – the world for high school runners in Montgomery County – went dark. Kevin Milsted, the man behind MoCo Running, took his website offline. He thought he’d had enough.

Burned out and having lost his full-time job, Milsted decided it was time to give up the website that been consuming so much of his time, energy and soul. He would spend entire weekends going to races, writing articles, producing videos. Sundays were spent upgrading the website.

The Amelia Plan

By Charlie Ban

Published October 13, 2015 at 9:52AM

Amelia McKeithen (left) before the 2014 Rock 'n' Roll USA Half Marathon, for which she was the top fundraiser for Girls on the Run DC. Photo: MarathonFoto

In the months leading up to 2015’s Fall marathons, RunWashington is following several local runners as they prepare for their races. We’ll chart their progress as they train their legs, lungs and minds for the challenges they’ll race on race day. Each week, we’ll catch up with our runners and see how they’re doing. This is our third story about Amelia McKeithen, you can read the first and second.

Amelia McKeithen just completed her first ever 20 mile training run after a three week layoff, and she feels great. After a slight mishap on a trampoline turned out to have more lasting effects than she had anticipated, McKeithen went ahead and rested up, enjoying sleeping in instead of waking up early for morning workouts and catching up on TV shows she hadn’t had time to watch.

Ashley Davidson

By Ashley Davidson

Published October 8, 2015 at 11:00AM | Updated October 22, 2019 at 8:55AM

Name: Ashley Davidson

Self-described age group: 33 – an “older” millennial

What’ll it Be?

By Daniel O'Malley

Published October 5, 2015 at 11:36AM

Christine McCauley (in pink) and Ian McLallen (with backback) start off the 10 mile portion of the Perfect 10. Photo: Potomac River Running

Either way you sliced it, the race was a perfect 10.

If they chose to run 10 kilometers or 10 miles, runners passed judgment on the race like a gymnastics judge. But unlike the finely-tuned routines on the mats, runners could improvise mid-race and choose to cut it short or add another 3.8 miles to their run.

A Minor Change of Plans

By Emily Rabbitt

Published October 5, 2015 at 10:59AM

Photo: Dustin Whitlow/D.Whit Photography

In the months leading up to 2015’s Fall marathons, RunWashington is following several local runners as they prepare for their races. We’ll chart their progress as they train their legs, lungs and minds for the challenges they’ll race on race day. Each week, we’ll catch up with our runners and see how they’re doing. This is the fourth story about Will Etti, read the first, second and third.

Will Etti is ready to tackle the Marine Corps Marathon once again, and this time, he thinks he’s ready for it. Since this year’s iconic DC race falls on Will Etti’s 39th birthday, he’s chosen it from the two options he was considering.

Running Shorts – Sept. 28

By Charlie Ban

Published September 28, 2015 at 10:09AM | Updated October 5, 2015 at 6:23PM

The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the reported assault of a female runner in the Lansdowne area early Sept. 24.The victim was running in the area of Riverside Parkway […]

Newcomer Penzenstadler breaks Clarendon Day 5k record

By Charlie Ban

Published September 27, 2015 at 3:39PM | Updated September 28, 2015 at 1:56PM

Photo: Brian W. Knight/Swim Bike Run Photography

The midpoint between a mile and a marathon is more than a little beyond the 5k, but that didn’t matter to Sam Penzenstadler and Kieran O’Connor.

[button-red url=”http://www.zippyraceresults.com/search.php?ID=5256″ target=”_self” position=”left”] 5k Results [/button-red]The pair of Arlingtonians battled to the Clarendon Day 5k finish line with Penzenstadler, a 3:58 miler, edging marathoner O’Connor by a second in 14:34. The competition, not to mention a downhill first mile that early leader Tyler Andrews, also of Arlington, passed in 4:35, helped O’Connor score a 40-second PR, though Penzenstadler was off of his 13:58 track PR best. But, it was enough for the new Pacers New Balance runner to break Landon Peacock‘s one-year-old course record by three seconds. The race starts in Clarendon and heads down Wilson Boulevard and turns at the Arlington Memorial Bridge before finishing in Rossyln. The 10k turns at I-395. Both feature dramatic net downhills.