Fire Close to The BigBlue After Party

Fire at The Dough Roller on the Boardwalk in Ocean City was just a couple blocks south of The Ocean City after marathon deck party.

From the Baltimore Sun:

The fire broke out at the Dough Roller restaurant, 604 S. Atlantic
Ave., at about noon today and was contained by 2:25 p.m., according to Jessica King, a spokeswoman for the Ocean City Fire Department.


Also located in the same building as the pizza restaurant was a T-shirt shop, King said. Both businesses were damaged by flames, smoke and water, she said.

Ocean City Race Details

The Ocean City Half Marathon and 5k race details have been posted. For details follow this link.

In Summary:
Date: April 12
Time: 7am (Half) and 7:45am (5k)
Where: Half Marathon start – Ocean City Inlet Parking Lot close to Dumser’s Ice Cream and Thrasher Fries by the Dough Roller Pizza and Playland Amusements just down from Trimpers Rides.

• Head over to the race details page for course details.

Standings Are Updated

The running standings reflect Robyn and Alaina's completion of the Shamrock 5k. Mike is now in sole possession of last place.

9 Miles in D.C.

BigBlue Running blew into Washington D.C. on Sunday Morning. Although the first mile was a bit cold, we somehow put nine miles of cement and asphalt behind us. Good job on the run today everybody, certainly not ideal conditions. Lets hear it for Thomas Jefferson, BigBlue's favorite president and memorial.

By 1930, there were monuments in Washington D.C. commemorating great United States presidents, including Abraham Lincoln and George Washington. President Franklin Roosevelt thought that Thomas Jefferson also deserved a monument. On June 26, 1934, following his initiative, Congress passed a resolution to create a monument commemorating Jefferson.

The memorial was designed by John Russell Pope — also the architect of the original (west) building of the National Gallery of Art. The memorial's design reflects characteristics of buildings designed by Jefferson such as Monticello and the Rotunda, which reflect his fascination with Roman architecture. The Jefferson Memorial bears some resemblance to the Pantheon of Rome.

The cornerstone was laid on November 15, 1939 — two years after Pope's death. Daniel P. Higgins and Otto R. Eggers took over construction of the memorial. The memorial was constructed with Danby Imperial marble (Vermont) for the exterior walls and columns, Tennessee pink marble for the interior floor, Georgian white marble for the interior wall panels, and Missouri gray marble for the pedestal. Indiana limestone was used in construction of the ceiling. ^[1] The cost of construction was slightly more than $3 million.

The Jefferson Memorial was officially dedicated on April 13, 1943 — the 200th anniversary of Jefferson's birthday. One of the last American public monuments in the Beaux-Arts tradition, it was severely criticized even as it was being built, by those who adhered to the modernist argument that dressing 20th century buildings like Greek and Roman temples constituted a "tired architectural lie." More than 60 years ago, Pope responded with silence to critics who dismissed him as part of an enervated architectural elite practicing "styles that are safely dead". As a National Memorial it was administratively listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966.

BigBlue Road Trip

BigBlue Running is headed to Washington D.C. We will be leaving from Bernidotte Ct. at 7:45am on Sunday, March 9. Hopefully there will be nice weather and no traffic on the Capitol Beltway!!
If you are interested in this run and you are a non-member, please contact your local BigBlue rep for further details.