Congratulations to Jessica McGuire for her phenomenal result at California International Marathon, where she qualified for the 2020 Olympic Trials by running the outstanding time of 2:43:55, a PR of over 11 minutes. Jess trained incredibly hard over the last year, and she earned this result in the truest sense of the word. Her focus and dedication were… Read More »
The NOVA Running Club Holiday Donation Drive begins November 27, 2017. Please visit the link below for more information on how to contribute. Donating via Paypal or Credit Card/Debit Card both give the option to Add special instructions.Please be sure to enter comments in the Add special instructions to the seller field if you wish to remain anonymous.… Read More »
From Coach Jerry: Paul had a truly exceptional fall, and while I would not encourage his teammates to run 4 marathons in 3 months, it worked out great for him. If anything, Paul looked stronger as the season went on, and I was really impressed with how quickly he recovered after each race. But what most impressed me… Read More »
The Northern Virginia Running Club is a non-profit organization with an elected, volunteer board, composed of club members, which manages the club’s finances, operations and activities. Any member of the Northern Virginia Running Club in good standing is eligible to serve on the board according to club by-laws. The members of the board are elected on a yearly… Read More »
From Coach Jerry:Lindsey’s improvement in her short time with NOVA has been truly impressive. She jumped out at me right away as a hard worker, and that hard work paid off in a big way with her huge marathon PR. It’s not yet clear to me what Lindsey’s ceiling is, but I’m sure she’s not anywhere near it… Read More »
by Erin Swiatocha Last weekend, on an unseasonably warm, humid day in Scranton, PA, I ran my eight marathon. In contrast to my seven previous marathons, which all had been serious race attempts with the goal to PR, to which I achieved a greater degree of success at some than others, on this one I took a different… Read More »
Thanks again to everyone that joined us for the 2017 NOVA 5K. The race was a success thanks to our participants and volunteers! The results are available below: https://www.novarunningclub.com/about-us/race-results/2017-nova-5k-results/ and also via RacePacket.com
Dan Hoff is the new NOVA Featured Runner! Dan has been working hard with NOVA and his recent PR performance at Grandmas Marathon as well as his other strong results this year made the selection a no brainer. In fact, Coach Jerry specifically selected Dan for this honor, which is a rare thing for him to do! Congratulations… Read More »
FROM ERIN: Robbie had a break through race at GW Parkway, running 1:03:52. He has been training intensely for the past 5 months with Greg for Grandma’s Marathon, running 80-85 miles a week. He is hoping to PR at Grandma’s (current marathon PR is 3:20). He comes to nearly every NOVA event – practice, tempo, happy hour, trail cleanup, etc,… Read More »
Fresh from his PR performance in the DC Rock N Roll half marathon, NOVA Running Club would like to recognize Noel Adams as the NOVA Featured Runner! From Coach Jerry: Noel has been a great addition to the team. He’s got a lot of talent, as demonstrated by his impressive PRs from his college days, and he’s putting… Read More »