Welcome to Potomac Valley Track Club

  • Join PVTC
  • A letter from Club President Craig Chasse
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  • Please join us in congratulating our 2011 Club Award Winners:
          • Ray Gordon outstanding athlete award: Tracey Battle
          • Ed Barron memorial service award: Rolland Elliott
          • Carl Schueler race walker of the year: Lois Dicker
          • President's Award: Falls Church High School Cross Country Team
  • Previous years' award winners: | 2009 | 2008 | 2006 | 2001

  • Weekly Workouts
  • Our weekly workouts are Mondays 4:00-5:00 PM at Washington-Lee High School track, 1301 North Stafford Street.
  • We will meet at 4:00 PM until spring 2012, when we switch back to 7:00 PM.
  • Call Lib Row (703-912-1998) to RSVP.
  • Join the PVTC-SPRINT e-mail group
  • Ed Barron Holiday Series Championship
  • PVTC's 2012 Ed Barron Holiday Series Championship includes 5 races:

  • SPECIAL DEAL: If you pre-register all 5 races, you get one free race -- 5 races for the price of 4 ($20 total for PVTC members, $40 total for non-members)
    Enter on-line for By George or all 5 races
  • By George 5K / 10K Run and Race Walk, Saturday, February 18, 2012 -- 5K at 7:50 AM, 10K at 8:00 AM -- packet pick-up opens at 6:45 AM
  • Location: East Potomac Park Golf Course, 972 Ohio Drive SW, Washington DC | Map
  • Prizes: Cherry pies for top 3 in 10-year age groups (men and women), plus racewalkers
  • Limit: The first 300 entrants. No race-day registration. Please pre-register below
  • Results: Published later in the day at www.pvtc.org/results.html
    Enter on-line for By George or all 5 races | Confirm on-line entry | Enter by mail

  • Frequently-asked questions:
  • For more information, write race director Rolland Elliott or call 301-292-1441.
  • PVTC Young Flyers youth track & field program
  • Our youth track & field program for 2011 ended on December 11, with an indoor track meet | Results
  • Our youth track & field program for 2012 begins Sunday, October 7, 2012
  • Next monthly club meeting:
  • Thursday, February 9, 2012, 7:30 pm
  • Walter Reed Community Center, 2909 South 16th Street, Arlington VA (703-228-0935)
  • Send agenda items to Craig Chasse
  • Newsletter
  • Send photos and newsletter articles to Jim Barr
  • PVTC proudly hosted 2009 USA Masters Indoor Track & Field Championships, March 20-22, 2009, at
  • at Prince George's Sports & Learning Complex, Landover MD
  • Complete Results | Photos by Tom Moran
    Other Links (not promoted, sponsored or organized by PVTC)
  • Sunday, April 22, 2012 -- 6th Annual Star Kid 8K Race and Family Fun Run -- at George Mason University
  • Sunday, May 6, 2012 -- Potomac River Run Marathon and Half-Marathon -- Carderock Recreation Area, C&O Canal Towpath, Maryland

  • "Running in the Rain -- Elementary students brave wet weather in annual Pyramid Challenge" -- in Springfield Connection, October 22, 2009 -- quotes Bob Briggs of PVTC | PDF
  • "Racing Against the Clock -- Marathon runners over 50 take off" -- in AARP Bulletin Today, October 22, 2009 -- quotes Jay Jacob Wind of PVTC | PDF
  • "In the Long Run, Boomers May Discover That Racewalking Is the Way to Go" -- in The Washington Post, June 9, 2009
  • "The Walk of the Town: Racewalking" -- in The Washington Post, August 5, 2008
  • USA Track & Field
  • USA Track & Field Potomac Valley Association
  • USATF Officials certification

  • Arlington Running Roundup, by Jay Jacob Wind
  • Implement Standards and in Excel
  • Training Runs in the DC Area
  • Links to other stuff
  • STOP Sports Injuries Campaign
  • Podiatry Reference Guide
  • Pancreatica Walks or Runs to Fight Cancer
  • East Regional Meet
  • Calories Burned Calculator
  • Three Rivers Road Runners Club, Richmond VA
  • Adam Nelson's throwing website
  • Cartwheel shotput technique movie from The Netherlands
  • D.C. Road Runners Club (lists races)
  • Eldersburg Rogue Runners
  • FindSportsNow (lists races)
  • Hiking Forums
  • MastersTrack.com East Region meets
  • Maryland Throws Meets
  • Mile Split
  • National Elite Youth Ranking System
  • RacePacket (lists races)
  • Road Runners Club of America
  • Running Maryland
  • Team In Training
  • Track & Field resources
  • Washington DC multi-use trails
  • Washington Running Report (lists races)

  • Greenbrier (Yorktown High School) track calendar for December 2011
  • Wakefield High School track calendar for December 2011
  • Washington-Lee High School track calendar for December 2011

  • World Class Racewalking
  • Ethiopian Elites
  • Run Hundred -a log of popular workout music, sorted by beats per minute
  • Skinny Water
  • Official speared by javelin
  • Other local area meets
  • "Managing Your Anxieties in Racewalking" by Stan Popovich
  • "Do Not Stress Over Your Competition" by Stan Popovich
  • "Do Not Let Fear Affect Your Running" by Stan Popovich
  • Checklist for putting on a race
  • Assembling the skyhook (DOC) | (PDF)
  • Instructions for Manually Timing a Race (DOC) | (PDF)
  • Wireless Computer Interface User’s Guide for use with the Time Machine Sports Timing Systems

  • WMA Age-grading calculation 2006 (updated 2010) | Source: Howard Grubb
  • Multi-Events scoring, by Cheshire County Athletic Association
  • All American Standards of Excellence -- Track & Field | Men | Women

  • March 31, 2010 -- National Park Service Record of Determination for the public use guidelines for pedestrian and cycling special events within the George Washington Memorial Parkway
  • Williams v. Cox Enterprises, Inc. et al. 62061. (159 Ga. App. 333) (283 SE2d 367) (1981)
  • 2003 Mass. Super. LEXIS 290,*;17 Mass. L. Rep. 4, Derek A. Lautieri v. Jorun G. Bae, releasing USA Triathlon and Boys and Girls Clubs of Metrowest from liability for a car crash druing a triathlon