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.

Updates

• Make sure to RSVP to the party and awards here. We have a few Fitletic hydration belts to raffle (for free) and Russ at RunnerClinicNYC has offered a free week rental of his new Normatec Compression System.  We’re hoping to find a few other prizes to raffle as well.  RSVP here:   http://www.meetup.com/dashing-whippets/events/227142344/
• The Washington Heights 5k will probably start to reach capacity soon. This will be the first points race of the year, so definitely register now if you are planning on doing it. It would be awesome to get a strong team registered for it to start off on the right foot!  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
• All of the open NYRR races are on the DWRT calendar. Make sure to RSVP for them here: http://www.meetup.com/dashing-whippets/events/
• Tonight is the first track workout where Chris will be coaching. RSVP here: http://www.meetup.com/dashing-whippets/events/227507638/
• Remember to refer any Boston running friends to the Boston chapter of the team: http://boston.dashingwhippets.org.
• 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/

Press Digest

• Following Terry Fox – After losing his leg to cancer, Terry Fox set out to do the impossible: http://rw.runnersworld.com/selects/terry-fox.html
• Mark Zuckerberg Poses Running Challenge for 2016:  http://www.runnersworld.com/celebrity-runners/mark-zuckerberg-poses-running-challenge-for-2016
• Locals Remember Charlottesville’s “Running Man”:  http://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/locals-remember-charlottesvilles-running-man

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
We’ve put out three spring training plans for the Washington Heights 5k, NYC Half, and Boston marathon. The NJ Marathon will be out very soon, but follow the Boston Plan for now as a base-builder until then.

• 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

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/