Marine Corps Marathon winners make moves on the Mall
Amid the museums that line the National Mall, Spc. Samuel Kosgei and Capt. Meghan Curran carved out their place in history when they both took leads in the Marine Corps Marathon that they would hold to the finish. The race's 39th running at 19,759 finishers. Read about these races and more in our Marine Corps Marathon coverage.
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Runspringa
The Amish have a tradition — Rumspringa — in which their teenagers live in the secular world to decide what life they want to lead, if they want to come back. Marathon runners do the same thing. They toss their training logs aside, stay out late, eschew the (sometimes) monastic life they’d built for themselves. And they figure out if it is really for them. It’s Runspringa.
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RunWashington November/December 2014
RunWashington's November/December issue is out and features plenty of local runners, including statesman (and 100 marathon finisher) George Banker, a comedian who owes some of his material to what running does to him, cancer survivors who have achieved running goals and a cool cat named Johnny Pace.
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Good Counsel dominates boys' WCAC race, scares O’Connell girls
Bishop O'Connell's girls won their eighth straight Washington Catholic Athletic Conference Cross Country championship Saturday, but not without a scare from Good Counsel, which won the boys' race.
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Gallagher makes it a three-peat at Army Ten-Miler
Kerri Gallagher will tell you 10 miles isn't her specialty. And she has a point.
Last year, Gallagher was fifth in the 1500 meter run at the USA Track and Field Championships.
Well, on the side, Gallagher became the first runner in the Army Ten-Miler's 30-year history to win three straight overall titles, while also lowering her event record by six seconds to 54:50.
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Best of Washington Running
Be on the lookout for the nominating survey for the Best of Washington Running, coming soon to www.runwashington.com.
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Where to look
Check out LOCAL RESULTS, and the WEEKLY RUNNER RANKINGS updates starting Wednesday here. Not sure where to race this weekend? Our CALENDAR is chock full of options.
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