Start time: 11/5/2015, 4:26 pm
Location: Rock Creek Park
Distance: 6.12 miles
Average pace: 9:26 min/mile
Total Miles For November: 13 miles
Total Miles For 2015: 696 miles
Current Shoes: 389 miles

Went for a run after work in Rock Creek Park, and there’s a little picnic area right next to Peirce Mill. I ran alongside it a few times, but the last time I did so, the sun dipped just under the tops of the trees. Instantly, a huge pocket of cold air was released from Rock Creek itself and a massive wave of fog started to roll off of the water. It was one of those amazing and almost-magical moments that make me glad that I’m crazy enough to still be running 15 years after I first started, because there’s no way I would have otherwise seen that happen.

Start time: 11/2/2015, 5:40 am
Location: National Mall
Distance: 7.4 miles
Average pace: 9:29 min/mile
Total Miles For November: 7 miles
Total Miles For 2015: 690 miles
Current Shoes: 383 miles

After a week away from the group, ran this morning with Steve and Ben. It’s unseasonably warm, to the point that I almost could have done it in short sleeves. Crazy.

Start time: 10/26/2015, 5:39 am
Location: National Mall
Distance: 7.46 miles
Average pace: 9:34 min/mile
Total Miles For October: 67 miles
Total Miles For 2015: 669 miles
Current Shoes: 362 miles

One of those mornings where the hardest part of the run was trying to dress for it. It was cool but not frigid, but there was also wind. Layer? Sort-of layer? Heavy hat? Baseball cap? Help!

Start time: 10/24/2015, 7:00 am
Location: SW Waterfront, Navy Yard, Anacostia Riverwalk, RFK Stadium, H Street
Distance: 10 miles
Average pace: 10:30 min/mile
Total Miles For October: 60 miles
Total Miles For 2015: 662 miles
Current Shoes: 355 miles

A bit of dodging the Marine Corps Marathon/10K areas (which aren’t until Sunday but the setup had begun and fences were going up), plus the AIDSWalk 5K that was going on.

Start time: 10/21/2015, 5:38 am
Location: National Mall, Capitol Hill
Distance: 7.4 miles
Average pace: 10:05 min/mile
Total Miles For October: 50 miles
Total Miles For 2015: 652 miles
Current Shoes: 345 miles

A little warmer than Monday’s run, which was nice to shift back for a bit. I’m not entirely ready for layer upon layer upon layer; I need to ease into it a bit.

Start time: 10/19/2015, 5:29 am
Location: National Mall, Capitol Hill
Distance: 7.43 miles
Average pace: 9:58 min/mile
Total Miles For October: 43 miles
Total Miles For 2015: 645 miles
Current Shoes: 338 miles

Normally I run two miles before meeting my group, then four or so miles with them, then one more by myself at the end. With a dentist appointment at 7:30am, though, I switched things up a bit and started ten minutes earlier and knocked out three by myself, then four with Ben. (It’s a little sad that this is probably the most exciting thing that happened all day.)

Perhaps just as important, it dropped down to 34 degrees and it was time to break out the hat, gloves, and running pants. Brrrrrrrrr. (Come February I will be wistful for 34 degrees.)

Start time: 10/14/2015, 5:40 am
Location: National Mall, Capitol Hill
Distance: 7.4 miles
Average pace: 10:05 min/mile
Total Miles For October: 36 miles
Total Miles For 2015: 638 miles
Current Shoes: 331 miles

…the gang was all there, a contrast from Monday!

Start time: 10/12/2015, 5:40 am
Location: National Mall, Capitol Hill, SW Waterfront
Distance: 10.1 miles
Average pace: 9:32 min/mile
Total Miles For October: 29 miles
Total Miles For 2015: 631 miles
Current Shoes: 324 miles

I missed out on a couple of runs, so I made up for it with a Columbus Day 10-miler (since I didn’t have to go into the office and also didn’t have to worry about the parking meters turning on). Originally was going to run part of it with members of the group but it was a surprise solo run; well, unless you count Ira Glass and company in my ears for two episodes of This American Life.

Very, very pleased with this run.