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.

Brooklyn Half

• Make sure to sign up for the Brooklyn Half shortly after it opens tomorrow, January 28 at noon. It will fill up within a few hours!

Apparel

• For a limited time, we are reducing the price of our singlets and long sleeved shirts from $25 to $20. Jackets are still $110. While supplies last, you can get a “2015” short sleeved shirt for free with a purchase. Apparel will be available at Custom PT at the seminar tonight!

See info below:

• Singlets:  http://www.meetup.com/dashing-whippets/events/224233045/
• Long Sleeved Shirts:  http://www.meetup.com/dashing-whippets/events/226224627/
• Jackets:  http://www.meetup.com/dashing-whippets/events/227073583/

Updates

• We are moving the Manhattan Thursday workouts to Central Park while the tracks are covered with snow. The Prospect Park Thursday workout is unaffected. The Central Park workout is here: http://www.meetup.com/dashing-whippets/events/228153062/
• The follow-up to the core, agility and glute program at NY Custom PT is tonight, January 27 at 7:00. Info here:  http://www.meetup.com/dashing-whippets/events/228092538/
• Young is organizing a run through Queens this Sunday ending in Flushing to have some good food! RSVP here:  http://www.meetup.com/dashing-whippets/events/228305226/
• 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
• 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/. You can have friends come with you who will count toward our total number. Just have them sign up on myNYRR
• 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

Press Digest

• Four More Years: Mike Cassidy Misses Olympic Trials Qualifier, But Finds Victory In The Journey As He Looks On To 2020:  http://www.letsrun.com/news/2016/01/four-years-mike-cassidy-misses-olympic-trials-qualifier-finds-victory-journey-looks-2020/
• Progress from “Today” Speed to Target Speed:  http://www.runnersworld.com/the-fast-lane/progress-from-today-speed-to-target-speed
• Should Guys Wear Shorts Over Their Tights?:  http://www.runnersworld.com/running-debates/should-guys-wear-shorts-over-their-tights?cid=OB-_-RW-_-CHRR
• Meb Keflezighi Withdraws From Boston Marathon:  http://www.runnersworld.com/newswire/meb-keflezighi-withdraws-from-boston-marathon?cid=OB-_-RW-_-CHRR

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