Start time: 9/9/2015, 5:35 am
Location: National Mall, Capitol Hill
Distance: 7.4 miles
Average pace: 9:55 min/mile
Total Miles For September: 18 miles
Total Miles For 2015: 565 miles
Current Shoes: 238 miles

Crazy hot and humid for a run that started before 6am. Supposedly this is the last day with temperatures up in the 90s for a while (and possibly for the rest of the year). I’m fine with that.

Start time: 9/7/2015, 11:00 am
Location: Sligo Creek Park
Distance: 4 miles
Average pace: 10:10 min/mile
Total Miles For September: 11 miles
Total Miles For 2015: 558 miles
Current Shoes: 231 miles

Definitely should have started earlier. Oof.

Start time: 9/4/2015, 5:35 am
Location: National Mall
Distance: 7.26 miles
Average pace: 9:41 min/mile
Total Miles For September: 7 miles
Total Miles For 2015: 554 miles
Current Shoes: 227 miles

I missed Wednesday’s run due to some sleep (or lack thereof) issues, so when a Friday run was offered up (especially since I would be out of town this weekend) I jumped at the chance. But boy was it humid, to the point that I wished I’d worn something a little lighter. Oof. One of my less elegant runs but it got the job done.

Start time: 8/31/2015, 5:35 am
Location: National Mall, Capitol Hill
Distance: 7.43 miles
Average pace: 10:08 min/mile
Total Miles For August: 82 miles
Total Miles For 2015: 547 miles
Current Shoes: 220 miles

Bit of a struggle this morning; tired, not feeling great, and very humid. Finished the full run, though, so that’s a victory.

Start time: 8/26/2015, 5:37 am
Location: National Mall
Distance: 7.43 miles
Average pace: 9:31 min/mile
Total Miles For August: 75 miles
Total Miles For 2015: 540 miles
Current Shoes: 213 miles

Today’s run was punctuated by two things. First, we saw the albino squirrel that lives on or near the National Mall but which is rarely spotted early in the morning. And second, I ran into my friend Moose at the end of my run right as I was wrapping up. A pair of excellent sightings!

Start time: 8/24/2015, 5:40 am
Location: National Mall
Distance: 7.25 miles
Average pace: 9:25 min/mile
Total Miles For August: 68 miles
Total Miles For 2015: 533 miles
Current Shoes: 206 miles

The plan was to skip Capitol Hill and run all the way down to the Lincoln Memorial (aka the old route) to try and catch the sunrise, but alas we got there before the sun peeked over the Washington Monument’s hill. Ah well!

Start time: 8/19/2015, 5:37 am
Location: National Mall, Capitol Hill
Distance: 7.4 miles
Average pace: 9:55 min/mile
Total Miles For August: 61 miles
Total Miles For 2015: 526 miles
Current Shoes: 199 miles

Had a badly-timed minor problem on Monday morning and had to miss out on that run, and this Saturday’s run is scratched in advance due to a vacation. I’m pretending that I’ll run on Friday morning but the reality is that this will almost certainly be a one-run week.

Also, the new tank top officially cannot be worn without using NipGuards (rather than just BodyGlide). I think it’s because it’s too large (knew I should’ve bought the small) and so it just shifts around too much, doubly so because it’s only worn on really hot mornings which means I’m sweating even more than normal. Ah well.

Start time: 8/15/2015, 7:00 am
Location: National Mall, Navy Yard, Anacostia Riverwalk, Capitol Hill
Distance: 10.09 miles
Average pace: 10:41 min/mile
Total Miles For August: 54 miles
Total Miles For 2015: 519 miles
Current Shoes: 192 miles

We’ve had a lot of unsuccessful “backwards” runs where we’ve reversed our course and it was semi-disastrous. It was nice for one to work out well for a change! Ran a little bit down to WWII and then headed from there for the Navy Yard/Anacostia Riverwalk/RFK/East Capitol St route.

Start time: 8/12/2015, 5:41 am
Location: National Mall, Capitol Hill
Distance: 7.25 miles
Average pace: 9:43 min/mile
Total Miles For August: 44 miles
Total Miles For 2015: 509 miles
Current Shoes: 182 miles

After Monday’s rain, it was SUCH a relief to run outside again. Hurrah!