Best running doctor or therapist
Peter Sherry - licensed massage therapist 11319 Sunset Hills Rd, Reston, VA, hoyas90@verizon.net, (703) 587-8403
Runners up: Rachel Miller- Pro Action Physical Therapy 4961 Nicholson Ct, Kensington, MD , www.proactionpt.com, (301) 881-2273
Kevin Maggs - Active Spine and Sport 7400 Heritage Village Plaza #101, Gainesville, VA, www.activespineandsport.net, (703) 753-5599
Peter Sherry (right) with former Herndon runner Andrew Goldman (left). PHOTO BY ED LULL
Pete Sherry had plenty of work done on his body while he was running professionally, in a career that included the 2003 Marine Corps Marathon title along with several toptier finishes at U.S. track championship races. “I was always asking a lot of questions,” he said of his therapeutic sessions. “It was hard not to learn because you felt the difference after therapists did different things.” He became an evangelist for active isolated stretching and taught it exclusively to his athletes at Herndon High School, where he has coached since 2005. He sold his running store — Gotta Run, in Pentagon City — to Pacers in 2009, and worked a year in sales before deciding to do more formal stretching and massage work. After finishing his certification, he found office space in Reston and has maintained his practice, seeing runners of all abilities, since 2011.
Best Long Run
“The Big Loop” Runners-up:The C&O Canal Towpath, Burke Lake Up the Capital Crescent Trail, onto the Georgetown Branch Trail, turn onto the Rock Creek Trail, then move onto Beach Drive and back onto the Rock Creek Trail until Water Street. Or, run it the other way, whatever does it for you. It’s a runner’s reunion during marathon training season.
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