All posts by Greg McElhatton

Last cold run for a bit?

Start time: 2/10/2014, 5:50am
Location: National Mall
Distance: 6.28 miles
Average pace: 9:35min/mile
Total Miles For February: 34 miles
Total Miles For 2014: 92 miles
Current Shoes: 158 miles

If all goes well, heading to a slightly warmer climate later this week for a few days. Which will be nice, because boy was this morning cold once you factored in the wind chill…

Back to the doubles

Start time: 2/8/2014, 7:00am
Location: National Mall, Howard University, Bloomingdale
Distance: 10.11 miles
Average pace: 10:22min/mile
Total Miles For February: 28 miles
Total Miles For 2014: 86 miles
Current Shoes: 152 miles

Ran 10 miles this morning; the first four with Armand, Ben, and Jerry, then the last six with just Armand. For the second half, we ran up 7th St all the way to Harvard St and cut over to the reservoir before coming back down through Bloomingdale. Nice little change of pace.

Another treadmill

Start time: 2/6/2014, 4:30pm
Location: WSC Clarendon
Distance: 6.47 miles
Average pace: 9:16min/mile
Total Miles For February: 18 miles
Total Miles For 2014: 76 miles
Current Shoes: 142 miles

Have you ever felt like a month is going to be a lot of treadmills? That’s this month. (Although in this case it was partially for convenience so that I could work in a run between work and seeing Richard III last night.)

Kcirb

Start time: 2/5/2014, 5:15pm
Location: TJ Community Center
Distance: 4 miles
Average pace: 8:56min/mile
Total Miles For February: 12 miles
Total Miles For 2014: 70 miles
Current Shoes: 136 miles

Missed Monday’s run due to sleep issues + pouring freezing rain. Finally (somewhat) made it up today with 4 miles on the indoor track, right before spin class. Hoping to still get a run in tomorrow and be back on track, work willing…

The Melt

Start time: 2/1/2014, 7:00am
Location: National Mall, Capitol Hill
Distance: 8.25 miles
Average pace: 10:37min/mile
Total Miles For February: 8 miles
Total Miles For 2014: 66 miles
Current Shoes: 132 miles

Finally! The sidewalks are now clear enough that running outside is a-ok. Maybe it could stay that way for at least a little while? Please? Pretty please?

More Treadmilling

Start time: 1/28/2014
Location: WSC Silver Spring
Distance: 4 miles
Average pace: 9:38min/mile
Total Miles For January: 52 miles
Total Miles For 2014: 52 miles
Current Shoes: 118 miles

Start time: 1/30/2014, 6:00am
Location: WSC Clarendon
Distance: 6.24 miles
Average pace: 9:37min/mile
Total Miles For January: 58 miles
Total Miles For 2014: 58 miles
Current Shoes: 124 miles

Had some awful stomach issues this week, so Tuesday ran just 4 miles to make sure everything was ok. (It was, phew.) Thursday went back up to the normal distance, also with no issues. Am now on Prilosec that should hopefully let everything heal back up.

Return to the Treadmill

Start time: 1/25/2014, 8:15m
Location: WSC Silver Spring
Distance: 8 miles
Average pace: 9:33min/mile
Total Miles For January: 48 miles
Total Miles For 2014: 48 miles
Current Shoes: 114 miles

Oh, treadmill. You are no beloved friend of mine, but when it’s 24 degrees out with a windchill of 6, you are somewhat acceptable.

Nice weather

Start time: 1/20/2014, 2:25pm
Location: Sligo Creek Park
Distance: 6.23 miles
Average pace: 9:41min/mile
Total Miles For January: 40 miles
Total Miles For 2014: 40 miles
Current Shoes: 106 miles

Took advantage of today’s fantastic weather and ran in the afternoon with Charlie. Tomorrow it’s supposed to snow. UGH.

Chilly Windy

Start time: 1/18/2014, 7:00am
Location: National Mall, Capitol Hill
Distance: 10 miles
Average pace: 10:25min/mile
Total Miles For January: 34 miles
Total Miles For 2014: 34 miles
Current Shoes: 100 miles

It wasn’t so much the cold today, as it was the wind that made it a little uncomfortable. Brrrrrr. Had a new person join the group today, Jerry. Seems very nice; hopefully he’ll be back for more!

A Little Foggy

Start time: 1/15/2014, 5:45am
Location: National Mall
Distance: ~6.3 miles
Average pace: ???min/mile
Total Miles For January: 24 miles
Total Miles For 2014: 24 miles
Current Shoes: 90 miles

Big thick fog over DC this morning, coupled with a dead GPS watch made a run that felt a bit… shall we say… in the dark.