Jefferson
Tidal Basin Runs
www.racepacket.com/tidalbasin

OUR PROGRAM:
  • Tidal Basin Runs are free training runs for fun and fitness on the third Wednesday of each month.   Please join us!
  • Our current meeting spot is at the southern end of East Potomac Park near Hains Point, 927 Ohio Drive SW, Washington DC. | MAP
  • We host three runs:  1500 meters (0.93 miles) at 11:50 AM, followed by 3000 meters (1.86 miles) and 5000 meters (3.11 miles) at 12:00 noon. 
  • If we have a designated non-runner to watch the clock and time the runs, then we start all runs together
  • Although the monthly runs are informal and free, we record and report results on-line and to Washington Post, RacePacket, and Washington Running Report.
  • We also offer special Presidential Fitness Runs on national holidays.

    MEMBER, PRESIDENT'S FITNESS CHALLENGE President's Fitness Challenge
  • Tidal Basin Run is a partner of National President's Fitness Challenge
  • To earn points in the President's Challenge, open http://www.presidentschallenge.org/login/register_individual.aspx, login or create a user ID, then click Your Groups and join Group ID Number 83251, Group Member ID/Name Tidal Basin Race.

    MEMBER, ROAD RUNNERS CLUB OF AMERICA rrca
  • Tidal Basin Run is a member of  Road Runners Club of America
  • We thank DC Road Runners Club, Peter Lamberton, and Potomac Valley Track Club for sponsoring our initial membership dues to RRCA.
  • We ratified our by-laws on Wednesday, June 17, 2009.
  • Our $10 annual membership gets you a vote at our occasional meetings and helps to pay our annual RRCA dues and insurance.
  • To join, please fill out the Membership Form and mail it with your $10 check payable to "Tidal Basin Run."
  • We also conduct Presidential Fitness Runs on national holidays | Event records
  • The modest entry fees for our Presidential Fitness Runs on national holidays also help pay our RRCA dues and insurance
  • Officers: Jay Jacob Wind, president; Peter Blank, vice-president; James Scarborough, secretary; and Ric Francke, treasurer

    GRANT-PIERCE INDOOR MARATHON GPIM
  • How about 211 laps around the 200-meter indoor track at Thomas Jefferson Community Center, in air-conditioned comfort
  • for the fourth annual Grant-Pierce Indoor Marathon, in pursuit of a Guinness World Record?
  • Sunday, July 14, at 9:00 AM, with 210 aid station passes, never more than 100 meters from a bathroom
  • Does that sound like fun?
  • Optionally, you can attempt a world record at the indoor 50 kilometers (50K), 250 laps

  • Complete information and on-line registration

    REGULAR MONTHLY RUNS:
  • LOCATION: Hains Point (927 Ohio Drive SW) at the southern end of East Potomac Park, the starting line of many local runs. | MAP
  • DIRECTIONS:  From Independence Avenue, follow Ohio Drive south over Tidal Inlet Bridge and continue to Buckeye Drive. Turn left at Buckeye Drive and continue east to Ohio Drive on the Washington Shipping Channel side facing Waterfront. Turn right and continue south to Parking Area 13 near Hains Point.
  • START:  Parking Area 13 on Ohio Drive just north of Hains Point (1500m and 3000m)
  • REGISTRATION:  Free, starting at 11:50 AM, 5 minutes before the 1500m run at 11:55 AM, 15 minutes before the 3000m and 5000m runs at 12:05 PM
  • BATHROOMS:  Available near playground north of Hains Point
  • PARKING:  Free at Hains Point
  • MAPS:  | 1500m course (out'n'back) | 3000m course (out'n'back) | 5000m course (starts ~142m north of finish) | 10000m course (starts ~284m north of finish)

    UPCOMING RUNS
  • Wednesday, June 19, 2013 - #473 - Hains Point, East Potomac Park, Washington DC | Commemorating the 148th anniversary of JUNETEENTH, the greatest single day of liberation from slavery in history with a Juneteenth certificate for all participants | Our honored guest will be Rev. Dr. Ronald Myers, National Juneteenth Holiday Campaign chairman
    Juneteenth Flags
    www.Juneteenth.us
    See also www.juneteenth.com/history.htm
  • Wednesday, July 17, 2013 - #474 - Hains Point, East Potomac Park, Washington DC
  • Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - #475 - Hains Point, East Potomac Park, Washington DC
  • Wednesday, September 18, 2013 - #476 - Hains Point, East Potomac Park, Washington DC

    STANDARD INSTRUCTIONS
  • Thank you for registering for Tidal Basin Run's Presidential Fitness Runs. We look forward to welcoming you!
  • For directions, please visit our web page www.racepacket.com/tidalbasin
  • Please arrive about 11:45 AM to check in.
  • We start the 1500-meter run around 11:55 AM, and the other three runs start at 12:05 PM.

  • The start line for the 1500-meter and 3000-meter runs are near Parking Area 13 on the east side of Ohio Drive SW, before you get to Hains Point.
  • They run north on Ohio Drive to a turnaround point and back.
  • Since East Potomac Park is about 5142 meters around,
  • the start line for the 5000 meter is 142 meters north of the 1500-meter/3000-meter start, and
  • the start line for the 10000 meter is (142 x 2) = 284 meters north of the one-mile and 1500-meter/3000-meter start line.
  • Both the 5000-meter and 10000-meter runs circle East Potomac Park counter-clockwise, so you are facing any traffic, rare on national holidays.

  • As you finish your run, listen for your time and watch for it on the clock.
  • You receive a card indicating your overall place.
  • Checkmark the distance you ran and write your name, gender, age, city, and e-mail address if we don't already have it.
  • Then turn it in to the scorekeeper.
  • After everyone is in, we announce the finishers in order.
  • We post the results later in the day on our web page www.racepacket.com/tidalbasin

    RESULTS:

    STANDARD INSTRUCTIONS:
  • Welcome to the ___th monthly running of Tidal Basin 3K.  We date our start to April 1974, and we've run every month, even during the ice storm in November 1995, first day of the Federal furlough, the day Bill met Monica.
  • All races start near the southern end of Ohio Drive in East Potomac Park, about 100 meters north of Hains Point.
  • The start lines of the 1500-meter, one-mile, and 3000-meter races
  • When you finish, you receive a card and a pencil.  Please fill out the card and return it to the finish line official.
  • Sometimes we have prizes or certificates; sometimes we don't.
  • Every month, we need at least one designated non-runner to be our starter and hand out cards and announce times.  Who can do that next month?

    THE DESIGNATED NON-RUNNER:
  • For each monthly race, we need at least one designated non-runner (DNR).
  • We bring the pencils, sign-up sheets and clipboard, result cards, digital display clock, Time Machine, and a whistle.
  • The DNR should bring a stopwatch and anything else helpful, such as certificates, refreshments, cash prizes, etc.
  • After pre-race instructions, the DNR stands in front of the group, starts them with the whistle and a hand signal, starts the official clock and Time Machine.
  • Then the DNR sets up the cards for hand-out.
  • >As finishers come in, the DNR calls times and hands out cards and pencils, them collect cards and sorts them by number.
  • The finish line works best with 3 people -- a time caller, a card-and-pencil-hander-outer, and a collector-sorter.
  • Ask a question or volunteer as a Designated Non-Runner

    PRESS ROOM:
  • January 21, 2011 -- "Running: Palks led racing pack in 2010" -- in The Capital, by Evan Thomas

    IN MEMORIAM:
  • In memoriam: Ray Blue