Thank you for entering 11.5th annual Potomac River Run Marathon & Half, in memory of Dean Shulman, Sunday, November 16, 2014, with starts at 8 AM and 9 AM at Carderock Recreation Area MD, on C&O Canal Towpath This message is the first of several that I shall send in preparation for the marathon & half. Please peek at our web site, http://www.safetyandhealthfoundation.org/marathon/20141116.php, for updated information. We invite you to help with goodie bag / bib number assembly on Thursday, November 13, at 6:30 PM at Walter Reed Community Center, 2909 16th Street South, Arlington VA 22204 (703-228-0935 for directions -- http://parks.arlingtonva.us/locations/walter-reed-community-center-park) After we assemble some goodie bags and the bib numbers, you can pick up your goodie bag, t-shirt, and bib number early. Your services are urgently requested! You can also pick-up your goodie bag, t-shirt, and bib number on Saturday, November 15, from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM, at Georgetown Running Company, 3405 M Street NW, Washington DC 20007 (202-337-8626 for directions -- http://blog.run.com/georgetown-running-company/washington-dc) On Saturday, you may join us for a course tour in a luxury Range Rover SUV, limited to four passengers each, driven by 5.0 professional driver Bernard Anderson (bernardanderson100@yahoo.com, https://www.facebook.com/bernard.anderson.12914, 202-352-0839) departing from Georgetown on that Saturday at 3:15 PM, 4:15 PM, and 5:15 PM) - cost $20 via http://www.active.com/framed/event_detail.cfm?event_id=2120466 Following packet pick-up, on Saturday, November 15, at 6:30 PM, we invite you to dinner at Cosi Restaurant, 1801 North Lynn Street, Arlington VA 22209 (703-294-6750, https://getcosi.com/locations.html) to meet Gib Leonard, founder of Buy A Brick Foundation www.teamafrica.com, building schools, clinics, and hospitals in Zimbabwe. Dinner is $10 until November 10, $15 thereafter, for all you can eat. Enter on-line at http://www.active.com/framed/event_detail.cfm?event_id=2120466 and select Dinner Only. Then go home and rest, because tomorrow, we will run! Race-day packet pick-up is open on Sunday, November 16, 7:15 AM to 8:45 AM, on-site at Carderock Recreation Area, one mile west of I-495 Capital Beltway Exit 41, south of Clara Barton Parkway. IMPORTANT: Carderock has no address, go don't try using GPS. Please don't call me on race morning for directions. Please follow these directions: Carderock Recreation Area is one mile west of I-495 Capital Beltway Exit 41, south of Clara Barton Parkway. o Take I-495 to Exit 41, Clara Barton Parkway westbound o Go one mile west on Clara Barton Parkway o Bear right and take first exit on right (Carderock to left, NavSurfWarCen to right) o Turn left at top of bridge to go over Clara Barton Parkway. Continue through tunnel under C&O Canal Towpath o At the t-intersection, turn left for parking and packet pickup, or turn right for bathrooms and more parking. o See this map: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Carderock+Recreation+Area o Parking areas are not signed, but I number them from left to right: o Lot 1: As far west as possible, with permament toilets o Lot 2: About halfway west, a small parking area o Lot 3: Essentially straight ahead as you enter Carderock, with permanent toilets and 4 portable toilets o Lot 4: The largest of the 4 lots, on your left, with a picnic shelter where we host race-day packet pick-up The parking lots WILL fill up. Can you help us conserve parking? Can you get a friend or family member to drop you off at the south end of the bridge to Carderock over Clara Barton Parkway, then drive to one of the spectator access points at Locks 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, or 5, or at Chain Bridge, to cheer for you? Please consider taking our off-site parking options: o Ride in style in Bernard Anderson's 5.0 professional Range Rover from Eastern High School in Washington DC departing at 6:30 AM, arriving at Carderock around 7:15 AM. Use http://www.active.com/framed/event_detail.cfm?event_id=2120466 to register for the SUV ride for $20 (capacity 4, but if we get more, we will hire a second or third driver) o Red Top Cab ride from Key Bridge Marriott departing at 7:00 AM, arriving at Carderock around 7:25 AM, or departing at 7:15 AM, arriving at Carderock around 7:40 AM. Use http://www.active.com/framed/event_detail.cfm?event_id=2120466 to register for the Red Top Cad taxi ride for $10 o The taxi ride is one-way. To return, you may call Red Top Cab at 703-522-3333, or ask other finishers for a ride back, or ride back with Bernard Anderson (no fee, but tips accepted) who will shuttle back and forth between Carderock and Key Bridge Marriott I shall send much more information shortly about our refreshments, volunteers, and sponsors For now, I gotta run! -- Thank you -- Jay Jacob Wind, director -- Safety And Health Foundation -- www.safetyandhealthfoundation.org -- 703-927-4833 >