Happy holidays to everyone! Welcome to this week’s edition of our weekly news and events roundup of all things Whippet-related.

The Dashing Whippets Running Team thanks our 2015 Team Sponsors for their generous support of the club: RunnerClinicNYC, Generation UCan, Revolution in Motion, and Fitletic, Inc.

Updates

• The team announce that we will be taking our coaching to another level starting in 2016 by hiring Chris Forti to coach at our Thursday track workouts. See the details here: http://www.dashingwhippets.org/2015/12/21/december-21-2015-dashing-whippets-running-team-inc-hires-chris-forti-as-coach/
• If you are planning on attending the annual party and awards, make sure to RSVP here. http://www.meetup.com/dashing-whippets/events/227142344/
• Check out the new feature on the blog, weekly bios of a member of the team. The first one is ofMeghan Prin: http://www.dashingwhippets.org/2015/12/23/whippet-of-the-week-meghan-prin/
• Register for the Washington Heights 5k here:  http://www.nyrr.org/races-and-events/2016/nyrr-washington-heights-salsa-blues-and-shamrocks-5k
• Mark your calendar for January 28 at noon to register for the Brooklyn Half Marathon. This race may sell out within hours, so don’t delay registering when it opens:  http://www.nyrr.org/races-and-events/2016/airbnb-brooklyn-half
• We are running to Coney Island for the Polar Bear Plunge on New Years Day, info is here: http://www.meetup.com/dashing-whippets/events/227257273/
• NYRR’s indoor track series is starting in January. The first one is January 14. RSVP here: http://www.meetup.com/dashing-whippets/events/226749922/
• If you are planning on running the Kleinerman 10k, register here. It’s currently nearing capacity: http://www.nyrr.org/races-and-events/2016/nyrr-joe-kleinerman-10k
• We are fielding a volunteer water station at the NYC Half. This will count as a +1 for the NYC Marathon in 2017 and the team will get 1 marathon spot for every 20 volunteers we get: http://www.meetup.com/dashing-whippets/events/227253882/
• If you got into the NYC Half, RSVP here:  http://www.meetup.com/dashing-whippets/events/227253864/

Results – thanks a ton to Martina, who will be writing up the results going forward! If you have any results and would like to be featured on our Weekly Wag, make sure to email her.
Make sure to help us fill out our results database (update coming soon) by entering your non-NYRR results here: http://www.dashingwhippets.org/race-result-submission-form/

• At the USATF Central Park Holiday Classic 10K in Central Park last Saturday, Meghan Prin represented the women finishing in 46:43.
• For the men, Ned Cunningham placed 5th overall and 3rd in his AG with a time of 33:52 and was followed by Jonathan Kline (37:34 – 1st AG), Zachary Shtogren (39:36 – 10th AG) and Skyler Mosenthal (39:57).

Press Digest

• Running Times 2016 Track Spike Guide:  http://www.runnersworld.com/shoe-guide/running-times-2016-track-spike-guide
• The Most Popular Running Stories of 2015:  http://www.runnersworld.com/year-in-review/the-most-popular-running-stories-of-2015
• The Best Podcasts of 2015:  http://www.runnersworld.com/other-gear/the-best-podcasts-of-2015
• Stay Warm Without Overheating:  http://www.runnersworld.com/ask-sports-doc/stay-warm-without-overheating
• Why Coaches Matter:  http://www.runnersworld.com/sweat-science/why-coaches-matter

Points Races

• Washington Heights 5k: http://www.nyrr.org/races-and-events/2016/nyrr-washington-heights-salsa-blues-and-shamrocks-5k
• Brooklyn Half:  http://www.nyrr.org/races-and-events/2016/airbnb-brooklyn-half

Apparel

• If you’re interested in purchasing a singlet, please see info here: http://www.meetup.com/dashing-whippets/events/224233045/. We are currently trying to replenish several sizes.
• And you can purchase a short sleeved tech shirt. Info here: http://www.meetup.com/dashing-whippets/events/224383630/
• For long sleeved shirts, see here: http://www.meetup.com/dashing-whippets/events/226224627/
• For team jackets, see here:  http://www.meetup.com/dashing-whippets/events/227073583/