Intervals Blog

by Jennifer Hallberg So, you’ve been a regular runner for a while now. And at first, everything was great. You loved running. You couldn’t get enough of that runner’s high, and the thought of training for your next goal was exhilarating. For the most part, you looked forward to your planned runs, and you typically…

by Brent Ayer In early 1978, I was a 23-year old neophyte staffer for U.S. Representative Goodloe E. Byron. I was given a fancy title, “Field Representative.” In fact, I was the congressman’s driver. I had no back-ground in politics and little idea what I was doing. Ninety percent of my job interview questions were…

by Julie Harris, RD Proteins vs. fats vs. carbohydrates. Despite what the media wants you to think, you need all three. And if you’re training for an endurance event, you especially need carbohydrates. For those of you who made it to Education Night, we reviewed the biochemistry of the macronutrient, the research, and the recommendations.…

June 2018 – August 2018 Date               Race                                                  Athlete / Results 2018-08-11 Blue Crab Bolt Little Bennett 10k Ruth Taylor 57:15 (1st AG) 2018-08-05 Dog Days 8k Ruth Taylor 42:15 (1st AG) 2018-08-04 Women’s Distance Festival Claire Heasman 19:11 (3rd overall, 1st Masters) 2018-08-04 Race to the Wall 10k Chris VanSant 40:19 (1st overall) 2018-07-21…

President – Jill Cameron Vice President – Eric Cameron Secretary – Nicole Davis Treasurer – Harriet Langlois Board of Directors – Brent Ayer, Pam Geernaert, Lou King, Mark Lawrence, Tim O’Keefe, John Stuart Calendar – Jenny Hallberg Competition – Shannon Matthews & Ruth Taylor Communications & Bimonthly News Blast – Anne Shubert Community Liaison –…

Spring is always such an exciting time for runners. We are setting goals and getting ready for summer running events. The winter, and hopefully the rain, has dispersed. My favorite time to run in the spring is at dawn. Nothing is better. Watching the sun rise and enjoying the cool air is refreshing and invigorating.…

by Nicole Davis, DPT Sooner or later it happens to even elite runners. Maybe it’s sudden and dramatic – the flip of an ankle on a section of raised sidewalk in Downtown Frederick. Maybe it’s a little twinge of the shin during the final weeks of training for your next half marathon. Ouch! Now what?…

by Heidi Novak When the 2017 Women’s 5K Training Program ended, many participants wondered, “What will we do now?” Thanks to Jolene Haile-Miller, weekly off-season runs continued. Maxann Davis, Brigitte Farrell, Katie Marple, Melissa Sites and Caree Vander Linden joined these runs and started increasing their mileage. They started talking about half marathons during a…

by Kerry McHugh Fifteen Steeplechasers traveled down to Damascus, Virginia, to run the first inaugural Dam Yeti 50k on Saturday, June 2nd. The course runs along the Virginia Creeper trail, an old rail trail that offers sweeping views of the south Virginian valleys and farmlands. The Steeplechasers crew (known to the race director …

March 2018 – May 2018 3/3/2018 Myrtle Beach Marathon Lou King 4:05:28, Harriet Langlois 4:13:56 (2nd AG) 3/4/2018 St. Patrick’s 10k Ruth Taylor 48:58 (2nd AG), Art Gregory 53:53 (1st AG) 3/4/2018 St. Patrick’s 5k Ruth Taylor 22:38 (1st AG) 3/10/2018 Forest of Needwood 5 Miler Jennifer Hallberg 32:16 (1st Female), Mike Geisler 33:17 (1st…