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 2016 Team Sponsors for their generous support of the club: RunnerClinicNYC, Brooklyn Roasting Company, and Fitletic, Inc. 

Saturday Runs: Stay tuned for announcements regarding the Saturday run this week as we track the storm. If the wind and snow is projected to be very bad, we will cancel the runs by Friday mid-afternoon.

Manhattan Half Marathon: Please follow NYRR instructions regarding the half marathon on Sunday. They may turn it into a fun run if conditions are bad.

Updates

• 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
• Tonight is the first track workout uptown at Riverbank State Park. Info here: http://www.meetup.com/dashing-whippets/events/228175652/
• Make sure to register for the Washington Heights 5k on March 6. This will be the first points race of the year:  http://www.nyrr.org/races-and-events/2016/nyrr-washington-heights-salsa-blues-and-shamrocks-5k
• Registration for the 2016 NYC Marathon is now open and closes on February 21. More info here: http://www.tcsnycmarathon.org/plan-your-race/run-in-2016?utm_source=nyrrorg&utm_slider=feature&utm_campaign=nymapply16
• 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/
• Check out the Whippet Wednesday blog post from Young:  http://www.dashingwhippets.org/2016/01/20/whippet-of-the-week-young-cho/
• If you want to do the Gridiron 4M, it is nearing capacity:  http://www.nyrr.org/races-and-events/2016/nyrr-gridiron-4m-longest-football-throw
• The follow-up to the core, agility and glute program at NY Custom PT is on January 27 at 7:00. Info here:  http://www.meetup.com/dashing-whippets/events/228092538/

Results

• 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 by entering your non-NYRR results here: http://www.dashingwhippets.org/race-result-submission-form/
• At the NYRR Night at the Races 2016 Meet 1 last Thursday, Jeremy Shingleton represented the men in the 800m, finishing in 2:18.
• For the women, Elizabeth Laseter (5:23 – 4th OA), Brigette Kolson (5:37 – 10th OA), and Caitleen Kahn (5:44) competed in the 1M distance while Cassie Wallace raced the 800m in 2:40.
• At the Bermuda half marathon, Daniil Blinov came in 2nd in his AG and 12th overall with a time of1:29:37. That was after running a fast 10k just the day before!
• Last Sunday, Richard Hildebrand ran a PR of 3:26:42 at the Houston Marathon.

Press Digest

• The RW Top 10: Who Will Make the U.S. Olympic Marathon Team?:  http://www.runnersworld.com/olympic-trials/the-rw-top-10?cid=soc_Running%20Times%20Magazine%20-%20RunningTimesMagazine_FBPAGE_Runner’s%20World__EliteRacing_Olympics
• Do All Those Stats Matter?:  http://www.runnersworld.com/the-fast-lane/do-all-those-stats-matter
• Run Gum Lawsuit: What Happens Next?: Nick Symmonds’s company files a complaint concerning sponsor identification on uniforms at the Olympic Trials, and a leading antitrust attorney is representing the plaintiff.:  http://www.runnersworld.com/elite-runners/run-gum-lawsuit-what-happens-next

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

Training Plans

• Washington Heights 5k:  http://files.meetup.com/1454408/DWRT_TrainingPlan_Winter2016_5K10K.pdf
• NYC Half:  http://files.meetup.com/1454408/DWRT_TrainingPlan_Winter2016_NYCHalf.pdf
• Boston Marathon:  http://files.meetup.com/1454408/2016%20Boston%20marathon%20training%20plan.pdf
• NJ Marathon:  http://files.meetup.com/1454408/2016%20NJ%20Marathon%20Plan.pdf

Apparel
Apparel sales are on hold temporarily!