Name: Andrea Keane-Myers
Self-described age group: 45-49 Female
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Springfield native beats two-time Olympic medalist in D.C. road mile, Bethesdan honored for contribution to rail trails.
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Woodrow Wilson sophomore Vincent Kamami spends a lot of his time before races wrapped up in his nerves. This week, coaches and race directors were right with him.
As rain continued to fall on the D.C. area, the fates of weekend invitationals were once again in doubt. On Friday, Fauquier County, Va.’s Octoberfest Invitational pulled the plug, like Oatlands two weeks before and Maryland’s Track and Trail before that, driven by concerns about how courses would survive the onslaught of spikes and body weight.
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Altra sales rep Kyle Northrop returns to talk about a film about his depression and running.
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This year’s Marine Corps Marathon may be just like previous years’ races. And that’s just fine with Race Director Rick Nealis.
He’s seen a lot during the quarter century he has led the October race: cheating, celebrity runners (namely, Oprah), security concerns and even a scandal in which runners were urinating dangerously close to Arlington National Cemetery graves. Now in his 26th year leading “The People’s Marathon,” things “surprisingly … look like the status quo,” he said.
Go to Looking back at 26 years of the Marine Corps Marathon with Race Director Rick Nealis
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Klingle Valley Trail closing for most of the next three months, Montgomery County natural trails closed until Thursday, MCM deferment deadline Wednesday at 11:59 and Arlington Memorial Bridge closed this weekend.