Race Directors are Ready and Set so you can Go!
For many runners, participating in a race is as easy as signing up and showing up. But for our own Terri Marlin and other race directors like her, it’s a full-time job… < MORE ...
Read more→Friends compete in 101-day running challenge
Two PR staff members started a contest to see who could keep a run streak growing the longest. As the contest grew, the competition got more intense. Read More >>
Read more→Burke Lake: A tale 40 years in the making
Tradition versus uniformity on Fairfax County’s hallowed grounds. Burke Lake’s 2.98 mile cross-country course has stood the test of time and serves to teach and remind runners the XC times are only worth the courses ...
Read more→NOVA’s cross country program started fast with a motivated coach…
Starting a team from scratch is not easy, but for one local runner, it is a challenge worth doing. Manassas’s Nicole Mancini started the NOVA Nighthawks women’s cross country team five years ago, and ...
Read more→XC READY
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! For many of us at Potomac River Running, cross country is or was that time. Being a company that was founded by runners and is filled ...
Read more→Slow Down to Speed UP
Local runner and 2018 Shamrock Half-Marathon winner, Greg Mariano, says the secret to running strong races is to slow down during training runs. As a run-commuter from his home in Lincolnia, Alexandria to his work ...
Read more→A Look Back at Boston
As many of you have heard by now, the 2018 Boston Marathon will go down in the books as one that will always be remembered for the intense weather conditions… it was the coldest ...
Read more→What a Time for American Distance Running
If you didn’t get a chance to watch the 2018 Boston Marathon or you would like to hear more about it, here we are! 2018 did not disappoint. One could say that the weather ...
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