A 66-year-old competitive athlete trains for a triathlon for the first time. “But why race now, at an age when many people are retired and enjoying the simple life? Blame it on tax season, Linden says, who is a Bethesda-based tax accountant…In 2011, Linden had loads of work to plow through in the months leading up to April 15. He found himself spending less and less time exercising. As he tells it, ‘The couch was winning.'” [Washingtonian]

Howard University no longer holds its weekly nondenominational services inside the 120-year-old Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel, but the tradition continues to be strong. “For decades, students have walked through the archway of the rustic brick sanctuary near the university’s front gates to sing, pray and make sense of their faith, drawn in by a who’s who of influential civic leaders, clergy and scholars.” [The Post]

Ann Romney tries to make voters in battleground Virginia fall in love with her husband. “‘I say to people, ‘Trust him.Give the keys to the guy who knows how to run the car,'” she says.” [WJLA]

Although he was indicted for child pornography, a Prince George’s County public library employee continued to work for seven months. “Even after he was arrested directly outside of the Greenbelt Branch Library on Crescent Road in December 2011 and indicted a month later, [David] Hartley continued his part-time job as a front desk clerk, working in close proximity to young people.” [WTOP]

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