Gotta Run Celebrates 5-Years This Month!

Gotta Run Running Shop’s 5th anniversary is this month and we want to thank all the loyal customers who have shopped with us all these years. Thank YOU!

2008 DCRRC 10-Mile Group Training Program, and associated 10K Program

We encourage you to join this great training program with the DC Road Runners! Details below:

The DC Road Runners Club (dcrrc) has developed its 10-Mile Group (TMG) Training Program specifically with the Army 10-Miler (ATM) as its target race. This is a 12-week group training program, costing $40, which is scheduled to start on July 12, 2008. It meets each Saturday morning for a group run at different locations around the DC-metro area. The location usually changes every two weeks. The Program is planning to meet for the first three weeks at Gotta Run Running Shop in South Arlington on Pentagon Row at 8 am.

The Program will take registrations and payment at that location prior to the Saturday long run those first three weeks. After that the Program will switch meeting time to 7:30 am on Saturdays, and meeting locations, to places TBD.

The Saturday runs get increasingly longer until they are in the 10-12 mile range by the end of the Program. You should be able to run 3 miles or longer at the onset of the Program to consider taking the Program, and get your doctor’s approval before you embark upon strenuous physical activity.

There will be different paced running groups. Each runner is offered the opportunity to do an organized track workout on his or her own each Wednesday evening during the Program.
http://www.dcroadrunners.org/track.asp

Each runner will be assigned a volunteer group leader, and should run on their own two to three other times each week, three to six miles each time.

The cost of the Program does NOT include the cost of the ATM registration. Race entry does NOT come with the Program, each runner should sign up for the race on his or her own, although running in the race is not required to take the Program. The runner must be a dcrrc member to take the Program.

The ATM race is already sold out. There are plenty of other races in the fall that the Program should enable a runner to enter, such as the Baltimore Marathon weekend Half-Marathon the week following the ATM, and other local races.

Keep watching the dcrrc website for further information on the TMG Program. http://www.dcroadrunners.org/ You may sign up for club membership by going to the website and downloading a club application form and sending it in to the club, prior to coming to the first or second week of the Program and registering for the TMG Program.

The Program will also accommodate participants who wish to run in the Rediscovery 10K Race on Sunday, October 19, 2008 at 8 am on Haines Point in DC, starting and ending at West Potomac Park. This 10K component will also cost $40 and will meet at the same places and times as the TMG Program. It starts on Saturday, 7/12/08 at 8 am at Gotta Run Running Shop and runs for 14 weeks. It will meet for training runs two additional weeks, on Saturday 10/4/08 and Saturday, 10/11/08. Participants wishing to run in the 10K race should be prepared to run/walk 1.5 miles the first week.

Further directions and information will be provided via the Forum chat room on the dcrrc website.

http://www.dcroadrunners.org/forum/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=15 To get a feel for how the Program has been operated in the past, peruse its blog at http://dcrr.blogspot.com/

Marine Corps Marathon Registration Rally April 29th!

Our area’s biggest marathon is staging a registration rally where the first 1,000 MCM registrants are guaranteed entry into the marathon! Beat the on-line rush! The rally will be held in the courtyard/restaurants area of Pentagon Row, home of Gotta Run Arlington. There will be music, food , prize giveaways and product samples from Pentagon Row merchants. The rally is scheduled for April 29th, 11:00 AM to 1 PM. Click here to learn more!

16th Annual Annapolis Striders Program For Beginning Runners

Looking to start running but find it hard to do it alone? Join the Annapolis Striders Program for Beginning Runners! The program will help you start from a walk/run to a 20 minute non-stop run and beyond. This is a 10-week program and the goal is to complete a 5K race. The 1st session is April 26th, 8 AM at Bates Jr. High Track. Visit Annapolisstriders.org for more detail.

Arlington Road Runners Club Offering Spring/Summer Training Program!

From the Arlington Road Runners site:

“The Arlington Road Runners Club was founded in April of 2007. Its parent organization, The Road Runners Club of America, is a non-profit organization of more than 670 running clubs and 160,000 members across the United States. The RRCA member chapters organize training runs, provide safety guidelines, promote fitness running programs and offer social activities. ARRC was formed to promote fitness through walking and running programs.

We will help you reach your race and fitness goals while providing a fun, supportive atmosphere. The club will help train new runners and walkers to complete local races, such as the Army Ten-Miler and Marine Corps Marathon, and to improve their general fitness levels.

If you’ve dreamed of walking or running a marathon or just need a fitness group for accountability, we’re the club for you. We have a 26-week Spring/Summer program for both marathon and half-marathon training and we offer a separate time-based program for our members who wish to come out and train each week but do not have race aspirations.”

Registration for 2008 is now open! Orientation for their Spring/Summer Season is at 8:00 AM on Saturday, April 26, 2008. Visit http://www.train4dc.com for more details.

Registration for the Army’s 24th Annual 10-Mile Race is Open!

We here at Gotta Run just wanted to remind everyone that registration is now open for this great race. Hurry, it will fill up fast! Click here to register.

Gotta Run High School Cross-Country Camp ‘08!

Gotta Run Running Shop is proud to announce the 2nd Annual Gotta Run High School Cross-Country Camp sponsored by NIKE, to be held 8/10/08 - 8/15/08.

The cross-country camp will again be held at Concord Retreat, located in Yellow Spring, WV.

The Camp is home to Boys and Girls Northern Region Champs (Herndon and TJ) and State Champ and NTN Team Thomas Jefferson.

The camp will be limited to about 90 kids and spots fill up fast. Click here to register! Registration is now CLOSED! There are however a few spots left for GIRLS - Please email Peter Sherry for details.

Gotta Run Group Run Arlington: 4 Mile Route

Join us Wednesday nights as we weave through the neighborhoods of S. Arlington and Crystal City!

Click below for the map of our 4 mile route!

Gotta Run Group Run Arlington 4-Miler

25% All Winter Clothing @ Gotta Run!

Just in time for the cold chill we’re experiencing, all winter running apparel at Gotta Run is now 25% off! Come in, stock-up and SAVE.

It’s Resolution time! Join Us For Our First Gotta Run Group Run Of The New Year!

This Wednesday marks the 1st Gotta Run Group Run of the year at both the Arlington and Annapolis locations. Start your New Year resolution right by joining us at 7 PM at the store closest to you! See you there and have a Happy New Year celebration!

-Gotta Run

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2008!