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For this week's Run Club Spotlight, we are highlighting our friends in NoMa. The NoMa Run Club is one of the top recommended clubs you see when you look on Reddit, and it is because they are a chill group who loves running and beer, maybe not even in that order.
For this week's Run Club Spotlight, we are highlighting our friends in NoMa. The NoMa Run Club is one of the top recommended clubs you see when you look on Reddit, and it is because they are a chill group who loves running and beer, maybe not even in that order.
Phil Stewart is stepping down as Event Director of the Credit Union Cherry Blossom after 35 years leading the race. He'll direct the event one final time on April 11-12 before handing off to Assistant Event Director Rob Wolfe, who takes over officially on July 1.
The Capital Runner Race Calendar is a free, regularly updated list of road and trail races across the Mid-Atlantic region. Find your next race or submit one that belongs on the calendar.
The DMV Running Route Finder is a free tool that helps runners in Washington DC, Maryland, and Virginia find curated routes organized by workout type. There are 24 routes in the database, spanning the District, Northern Virginia, and the Maryland suburbs. Pick your workout category and the tool surfaces routes built for that specific effort.
Like many of you, I have a closet full of pricey Tracksmith clothes. They’re great, but lately, I have eschewed wearing my matching sets and opted instead for some newer, less fancy clothes that have become my workout go-tos.
For this week's Run Club Spotlight, we caught up with the folks at DC Road Runners, one of the region's longest-running clubs with a schedule built for just about every type of runner in the city.
The H Street Runners are hosting the “Last Annual Running of the Streetcar” on March 28, 2026 to mark the end of the DC Streetcar service along H Street NE and Benning Road.
The Mount Vernon Trail has been named the inaugural Trail of the Year by the Public Lands Alliance, the organization announced at its annual conference in Daytona Beach on February 23rd.
Harrison White wasn't trying to do something epic. He was just trying to get his long runs in. The Logan Circle resident had signed up for the Baltimore Marathon and was looking for interesting ways to rack up miles. He mapped a route to Greenbelt on Strava, ran about 20 miles, and filed it away. Then the marathon came and went, and the itch came back.