The DC Road Runners Club is a non-profit regional group to promote running in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. It is a member of the Road Runners Club of America

Road Runners Club of America

Founded in 1958, the Road Runners Club of America is the oldest and largest distance running organization in the United States with over 1500 running club and event members representing 200,000 individual runners active in their running communities...

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DCRRC was founded in 1961 by Hugh Jascourt.

DCRRC has 1,500 members principally from Virginia

Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...

, the District of Columbia and Maryland

Maryland

Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...

. It conducts over 50 races each year, including the Washington Birthday Marathon

Washington Birthday Marathon

Washington's Birthday Marathon is the eighth oldest marathon in the United States, founded in 1962.It is held each year on the Sunday of Presidents Day Weekend and is conducted by the DC Road Runners Club....

 and the National Capital 20 Miler. Members accumulate points in a summer Bunion Derby Series and a winter Snowball Series. Among the more noteworthy races created by the group are:

• Cherry Blossom 10 Miler (now conducted by a separate committee)
• 24-hour track run (for 15 years)
• Larry Noel Greenbelt
  Greenbelt, Maryland
  Greenbelt is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Contained within today's City of Greenbelt is the historic planned community now known locally as "Old Greenbelt" and designated as the Greenbelt Historic District...
  
   15K (since 1957, changed to 12K in 2009)
• Hugh Jascourt 4 Miler
• Belle Haven Half Marathon

The Club sponsors a number of training programs, including a 10K program for novice runners in the spring, a 10-Mile training program in the summer, and a marathon training program in the summer and fall. The Club sponsors weekly long runs on Saturday morning starting from the Iwo Jima Memorial

USMC War Memorial

The Marine Corps War Memorial is a military memorial statue outside the walls of the Arlington National Cemetery and next to the Netherlands Carillon, in Arlington, Virginia, in the United States. The memorial is dedicated to all personnel of the United States Marine Corps who have died in the...

 in Arlington

Arlington County, Virginia

Arlington County is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The land that became Arlington was originally donated by Virginia to the United States government to form part of the new federal capital district. On February 27, 1801, the United States Congress organized the area as a subdivision of...

, VA. These start at 8:00 am and at 7:00 am from Memorial Day until the end of September. The Club also sponsors weekly track workouts at 7:00 pm on Wednesday evenings at the Washington-Lee High School in Arlington.

Many DCRRC officers have taken prominent roles in the Road Runners Club of America.