The National Marathon and Half Marathon in DC is a fairly new event. The half sold out with about 5,000 entrants and the full is a perfect compliment to its sister race, MCIM in October. One big difference is is that National is run solely in DC whereas most of MCIM is run in Virginia. Both events take you by lots of our nation’s monuments. The one-day expo totally rocks. I sold out of books before closing and met a lot of first-timers and interestingly many, many triathletes in the course of the day. Race day started a bit chilly – a perfect day for unning long. I shared finish line announcing duties with Robbie Powers. Three-time National Marathon winner Michael Wardian finished second to new course record holder, 27-year old Patrick Moulton of Rhode Island. Jeannette Seckinger, 26, of MA wad the top female in at 2:48. DC mayor, Adrian Fenty, age 28, came in 249th overall with his time of 3:25 perhaps making him the fastest big city mayor in the country. Also impressive: Wardian, our country’s national 50K, 50-mile and 100K champ drove down to Virginia Beach so he could run the Shamrock Sportsfest Marathon on Sunday. There, the 34-year-old, ran a 2:35, good enough for third place overall.