Running Start Program

Note– We have met our limit of 75 runners and registration has now closed for the 2009 program.  If you didn’t get in, we still encourage you to get running by coming to any of the weekly workouts listed on our website www.pgrc.org.

2009 PGRC Running Start Program

The Running Start Program is a beginning running program for adults of all ages and abilities who would like to experience the fun and health benefits of running, or combined running and walking. It can serve as the start of a healthier lifestyle, or entry into the sport of competitive road, track, and trail racing. Veteran runners who have not been active and want to get back into form are also welcome. The program meets on Saturday mornings and Tuesday evenings from April 25-August 29.

DIRECTIONS TO LAKE ARTEMESIA (Saturday meeting location)– Lake Artemesia is accessed by turning onto Branchville Road from Greenbelt Road Rte 193. From Greenbelt and the east Branchville Rd. is one mile from the entrance of Greenbelt Park, and past the Beltway Plaza Mall. Turn right just past Pearle Vision and Siri’s Chef’s Secret Restaurant; there is a traffic signal and a brown Lake Artemesia sign at the intersection. The SunTrust Bank branch is on the corner on the west side of Branchville Rd.

From College Park and the west Branchville Road is the first left turn past Rhode Island Avenue with a Shell Station and SunTrust Bank on the left before the intersection.

Proceed on Branchville Rd. on a course that resembles a reverse question mark. You will pass under Rte 193 – the street name changes here to Ballew Ave – and then past the Washington Post Printing Center on the right. At 0.8 mile you will reach an intersection with Berwyn Road and Ballew Ave with a police department building on the southwest corner on the right. The PGRC Running Start Group will assemble at the Lake Artemesia parking lot on the southeast corner across Berwyn Road on the left.