Kristin Anderson

Thrilling women’s race highlights DCRR mile championship

Published July 29, 2013 at 11:40PM | Updated June 25, 2015 at 5:20PM

Track isn’t over once you leave school.

There might not be as many opportunities to race on the track as there are on the roads, but the DC Road Runners Track Championship remains a mid-summer option with some panache. And some shock for the legions of marathon runners who switch it up for an evening. The race tactics on display for everyone to see throughout the entire meet, the consistent lap splits and the energizing sound of the bell on the final lap, all of the elements of great track races were on display at Washington-Lee High School.

High School Lacrosse Players Wins the Inaugural Runner’s Marathon of Reston

By Dorothy Beal

Published March 25, 2013 at 8:28PM | Updated August 10, 2015 at 12:33PM

Half marathoners head out of South Lakes High School during the Runners Half Marathon of Reston. Photo: Dorothy Beal

It wasn’t Metro accessible, there weren’t bands every mile and the race might not have had the panache of a national series, but sure enough, a marathon went off Saturday morning in Northern Virginia.

The inaugural Runner’s Marathon of Reston and accompanying half marathon took charge of the streets and trails in a race that billed itself as being “designed by runners, for runners.”

12th Annual Veterans Day 10K

By Dickson Mercer

Published November 13, 2011 at 2:32PM | Updated September 17, 2013 at 2:25PM

Frank Devar and Serena Burla each won $500 for winning today’s Veterans Day 10K on a cool, blustery morning in Washington, D.C.’s West Potomac Park. Early on, though, the men’s winner was a tad confused.

“Where are the Ethiopians?” Pacers Racing Team member Bert Rodriguez said to his teammate, Devar, on the starting line of this always competitive race. The question set Devar to wondering: Was the 12^th annual Veterans Day 10K – contested on an out-and-back, flat-and-fast course starting on Ohio Drive – not offering its generous 10-deep prize purse?