Start time: 6/15/2013, 6:00am
Location: National Mall
Distance: 10 miles
Average pace: 10:22min/mile
Total Miles For June: 41 miles
Total Miles For 2013: 305 miles
Current Shoes: 204 miles

Ran the first four miles by myself—down to the Waterfront and then briefly into Hains Point before turning around—and had a nice time listening to part of This American Life from two weeks ago. Also stayed at a pretty consistent pace, which was good. Picked up John (back from a doctor-enforced “no excercise” time period of three weeks) and Ben, and ran 6 more with them. The gentle breeze and low humidity made it a winner.

Start time: 5/11/13, 7:00am
Location: MBT Trail, Takoma, Manor Park, Ft. Totten, Brookland
Distance: 9.93 miles
Average pace: 11:46min/mile
Total Miles For May: 34 miles
Total Miles For 2013: 250 miles
Current Shoes: 149 miles

That was not one of my more elegant runs. Really hilly and humid course today and I was dragging from far too early on. Some you try to finish well, others you just try to finish.

Start time: 4/20/13, 7:00am
Location: National Mall, Bloomingdale, H Street, Navy Yard
Distance: 10.2 miles
Average pace: 10:23min/mile
Total Miles For April: 45 miles
Total Miles For 2013: 191 miles
Current Shoes: 90 miles

Start time: 4/22/13, 5:50am
Location: National Mall
Distance: 6.25 miles
Average pace: 9:39min/mile
Total Miles For April: 51 miles
Total Miles For 2013: 197 miles
Current Shoes: 96 miles

Saturday: Nice run all over DC; up to Bloomingdale, then over to the H Street Corridor, then through Navy Yard before heading back.

Monday: Temperature drop! Chillier run but a nice one overall.

Start time: 3/30/13, 7:30am
Location: National Mall, Rock Creek Park, National Zoo
Distance: 10.26 miles
Average pace: 10:21min/mile
Total Miles For March: 74 miles
Total Miles For 2013: 146 miles
Current Shoes: 45 miles

Beautiful morning, great company, nice scenery, no complaints.

Start time: 12/22/12, 7:00am
Location: National Mall, Rock Creek Park, National Zoo, Connecticut Ave
Distance: 10.2 miles
Average pace: TBAmin/mile
Total Miles For December: 71 miles
Total Miles For 2012: 642 miles
Current Shoes: 182 miles

I keep forgetting to add this run in, and my data is all at home. But anyway, it was a nice run, one last trip up to and through the Zoo before the end of the year. Stephanie was running a little less so she got the smart idea of hopping the metro back around mile 8, and arrived just a minute or two after us in time for coffee/tea.

Start time: 12/15/12, 7:00am
Location: National Mall, Capitol Hill
Distance: 10 miles
Average pace: 10:34min/mile
Total Miles For December: 55 miles
Total Miles For 2012: 626 miles
Current Shoes: 166 miles

Just realized I never added Saturday’s run, which was pretty basic; ran 6 miles with Ben, John, and Stephanie (past the Christmas trees on the Ellipse then down to Rock Creek and back), then another 4 miles with Ben and John through Capitol Hill to Lincoln Park and back. Ben and John (and Steve who was out of town) are now in taper mode for their marathon, which is nice for those of us not about to run a 26.2 mile race…

On an unrelated note, here are some end of the year mileage tallies from past couple of years:

2011: 743 miles
2010: 635 miles
2009: 867 miles

With the stress fracture grounding me for three months, the drop-off in 2012 is unsurprising. (Although I should still clear 2010’s total with no problem.) If anything I’m impressed I still got as much as I did this year between three months of no running and then a slow reintroduction into running.

2009 surprised me until I remembered that it was the year where I not only ran 2 marathons (Potomac River Run in May, NYC in November) but also was training for the Goofy Marathon and a Half a week and a half into January 2010. That makes me tired just thinking about it.

Start time: 11/23/12, 7:00am
Location: National Mall, Navy Yard, SW Waterfront, Hains Point, Mt. Vernon Trail
Distance: 10 miles
Average pace: 10:38min/mile
Total Miles For November: 76 miles
Total Miles For 2012: 565 miles
Current Shoes: 105 miles

Ben and John were running an 18-miler this weekend, but since I’ve topped out my distance for the season, I offered to run the first 10 miles with them. Let them take the reins in terms of pace (they still had almost half their distance still to go when I was done, after all) and it was a nice, pleasant run on an unseasonably warm day. After I finished up I headed out to tackle errands, and the guys reported a good back 8-miles to close out their training.

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5743751

Start time: 11/3/12, 8:00am
Location: National Mall, Southwest DC, Hains Point
Distance: 10.21 miles
Average pace: 10:26min/mile
Total Miles For November: 14 miles
Total Miles For 2012: 503 miles
Current Shoes: 43 miles

Nice Saturday morning run with the guys. A little breezy so I had to keep zipping and unzipping the jacket I’d brought along; glad I had it, all in all.

Start time: 3/3/12, 7:00am
Location: National Mall, Mass Ave, Shaw, U Street, SW Waterfront
Distance: 10.41 miles
Average pace: 10:29min/mile
Total Miles For March: 16 miles
Total Miles For 2012: 204 miles
Current Shoes: 237 miles

Ten mile taper! Just me and Ben and John, and rain for about half of it. It was a nice run, though, especially when it wasn’t raining. New shoes are en route. Looking forward to them arriving.

Start time: 12/10/11, 7:30am
Location: Rosslyn, Georgetown, White House, Mt. Vernon Trail
Distance: 10.08 miles
Average pace: 10:02min/mile
Total Miles For December: 36 miles
Total Miles For 2011: 680 miles
Current Shoes: 221 miles

Met the guys in Rosslyn and ran over Key Bridge past the Christmas trees in Georgetown, then swung by the White House to see theirs, before heading over 14th St Bridge and going home via the Mt. Vernon Trail. All in all, uneventful.