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