Start time: 5/25/2015, 7:08 am
Location: Sligo Creek Park
Distance: 6 miles
Average pace: 10:40 min/mile
Total Miles For May: 75 miles
Total Miles For 2015: 281 miles
Current Shoes: 375 miles

Had a little extra, “bonus” run today w/ Steve through Sligo Creek Park. The plan is to still run Tuesday/Thursday so no land speed records were being set, especially with the hills climbed in order to get back out of the area. A pleasant little run.

Start time: 5/23/2015, 6:57 am
Location: National Mall, Georgetown Waterfront
Distance: 8.06 miles
Average pace: 9:53 min/mile
Total Miles For May: 69 miles
Total Miles For 2015: 275 miles
Current Shoes: 369 miles

Just me and Steve; originally we thought we’d have someone joining us two miles into the run (and planned the route accordingly) but that got nixed due to an email glitch. Ah well! Another cool (for May) morning, no complaints here.

Start time: 5/21/2015, 5:37 am
Location: National Mall
Distance: 7.25 miles
Average pace: 9:57 min/mile
Total Miles For May: 61 miles
Total Miles For 2015: 267 miles
Current Shoes: 361 miles

It was much, much cooler on Thursday, to the point that I wore a long-sleeved shirt with my shorts. Skipped Capitol Hill this time because I was feeling having biked 20 miles home from the office the day before. (I’ve been neglecting my cycling, so this is an attempt to start adding it back in. Normally a 20-miler wouldn’t make me bat an eye.) Another pleasant run.

Start time: 5/19/2015, 5:38 am
Location: National Mall, Capitol Hill
Distance: 7.18 miles
Average pace: 9:59 min/mile
Total Miles For May: 54 miles
Total Miles For 2015: 260 miles
Current Shoes: 354 miles

It was a pretty warm morning but Ben and I pushed through it fairly well. On the plus side, that means the eye candy is often wearing distinctly less clothing, ha ha.

Start time: 5/16/2015, 6:37 am
Location: National Mall, Hains Point
Distance: 10.22 miles
Average pace: 10:00 min/mile
Total Miles For May: 47 miles
Total Miles For 2015: 253 miles
Current Shoes: 347 miles

The plan was pretty simple: run 4 miles with Armand, then 6 more with Armand and Jerry. It all was going according to plan until near the end; I needed to stop to use one of the bathrooms on Hains Point and I told Armand and Jerry that they didn’t need to wait for me (since they’d already had to do so once before) and which turn to take to get back.

…Except I told them the wrong one. By the time I realized my error there was no way I could have caught them. So in the end, the guys ended up running an extra 1.5 miles. *sigh*

When they showed up, I said, “Is there a German word for when you try to be helpful but instead just cause a huge problem? Because I feel like there needs to be one, so I can use it right now.” Bad, bad, bad Greg.

Start time: 5/14/2015, 5:39 am
Location: National Mall, Capitol Hill
Distance: 7.16 miles
Average pace: 9:31 min/mile
Total Miles For May: 37 miles
Total Miles For 2015: 243 miles
Current Shoes: 337 miles

…but apparently I was feeling really zippy.

Start time: 5/12/2015, 5:36 am
Location: National Mall
Distance: 7.22 miles
Average pace: 9:58 min/mile
Total Miles For May: 30 miles
Total Miles For 2015: 236 miles
Current Shoes: 330 miles

Another super-humid run; fortunately a lot of that’s supposed to go away for a bit. On the bright side, we finally had our first weekday morning shirtless runner spotting; we were starting to wonder why we hadn’t had one yet.

Start time: 5/10/2015, 6:37 am
Location: National Mall, Hains Point
Distance: 8 miles
Average pace: 10:14 min/mile
Total Miles For May: 23 miles
Total Miles For 2015: 229 miles
Current Shoes: 323 miles

The original plan was to run 8 miles with the group, so I figured I’d show up early and pick up 2 extra miles and get in a nice even 10. Except as it turned out, it was so muggy (and we were unused to the heat and humidity) that we decided to cut the run a little short. So in the end, it was just 8 miles.

Start time: 5/7/2015, 5:40 am
Location: National Mall
Distance: 7.11 miles
Average pace: 9:46 min/mile
Total Miles For May: 15 miles
Total Miles For 2015: 221 miles
Current Shoes: 315 miles

Missed Tuesday’s run due to allergies giving me a sinus infection (uuuuggghhhh) but the time off (and the antibiotics) seem to have done the trick. Very nice run this morning with Ben.

Start time: 5/2/2015, 7:00 am
Location: National Mall, Cap Crescent Trail
Distance: 8.07 miles
Average pace: 9:57 min/mile
Total Miles For May: 8 miles
Total Miles For 2015: 214 miles
Current Shoes: 308 miles

Ran with Armand for the first time in ages; it was nice to catch up as we dodged regattas and breast cancer walk setup areas.