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 »
Run Washington’s yearly Runner Rankings list was released this week, spanning the 2016 season. The annual list, which features many of the top runners in the DC, Maryland and Virginia area calculates rankings based on a required minimum of six races, three in each half of the year. As in 2015, NOVA Running Club members were featured in… Read More »
From MVP to Rookie of the year, the four 2016 NOVA Running Club Individual Award winners each stand out. NOVA Coach Jerry Alexander provides his breakdown of the four award winners below: Congratulations to Philip Rector, Andrea Hamlen-Ridgely, Nene Reed and Kevin Welch!
2016 proved to be another fantastic season for NOVA Running Club as club members collectively ran 465 races with 56 personal records, 217 podium finishes, 111 top ten finishes, 3 Boston Qualifiers and 1 Olympic Marathon Trials finish. New additions and NOVA stalwarts alike helped to make 2016 a huge success for our ever-expanding club and we look… Read More »
Running and homelessness are not two things you usually associate with one another… but Back on My Feet is changing that. Back on My Feet (http://www.backonmyfeet.org), a national organization operating in 12 major cities coast to coast, combats homelessness through the power of running, community support and essential employment and housing resources. In DC, Back on My Feet… Read More »
By our very nature, competitive runners are never satisfied. If we run a PR, we want to run faster next time. If we win a race, we want to win another. This constant desire to do better is critical to the development of distance runners because it makes us continually strive to improve. But it can also be… Read More »
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