Start time: 9/4/2013, 5:47am
Location: National Mall
Distance: 6.29 miles
Average pace: 9:49min/mile
Total Miles For September: 12 miles
Total Miles For 2013: 542 miles
Current Shoes: 136 miles
Holy cow, it was so much nicer on Wednesday than Monday… it’s like autumn suddenly arrived. Love it.
Start time: 9/2/2013, 7:40am
Location: National Mall
Distance: 6 miles
Average pace: 9:49min/mile
Total Miles For September: 6 miles
Total Miles For 2013: 536 miles
Current Shoes: 130 miles
In theory, this could be the last truly hot run; right now it looks like the temperature should start dropping a bit on Tuesday. In the meantime, it was a run with good company if nothing else. We started two hours later than normal because everyone was off for the Labor Day holiday, and parking wouldn’t be metered on the Mall to boot. So that was a nice bonus.
Start time: 8/26/2013, 5:47am
Location: National Mall
Distance: 6.45 miles
Average pace: 9:52min/mile
Total Miles For August: 73 miles
Total Miles For 2013: 515 miles
Current Shoes: 109 miles
I have a sneaking suspicion this morning is the only gorgeous one we’ll have all week, so I tried to revel in it as much as I could. Fantastic breeze and cool temperatures. Nice when you can get them in August!
Start time: 8/23/2013, 6:00am
Location: Detroit Marriott
Distance: 6 miles
Average pace: 9:32min/mile
Total Miles For August: 67 miles
Total Miles For 2013: 509 miles
Current Shoes: 103 miles
Still not a fan of the dreaded treadmill. But I will grudgingly admit that if I am to run on one, there are worse things than to be on the 40th floor of the Detroit Marriott, facing eastward and getting to watch the sun rise near the end of the run.
Start time: 8/21/2013, 5:40am
Location: National Mall
Distance: 6.1 miles
Average pace: 9:46min/mile
Total Miles For August: 61 miles
Total Miles For 2013: 503 miles
Current Shoes: 97 miles
Got to the Mall a tiny bit earlier than normal and had enough time to run both my solo miles before meeting the guys, which was a nice thing to have under my belt since it was super-humid and would’ve been tough to keep going when hitting the cars later. Nice company, if not nice weather.
Start time: 8/10/2013, 6:08am
Location: National Mall, Hains Point, Capitol Hill
Distance: 9 miles
Average pace: 10:43min/mile
Total Miles For August: 37 miles
Total Miles For 2013: 479 miles
Current Shoes: 73 miles
Start time: 8/12/2013, 6:00pm
Location: WSC Silver Spring
Distance: 6 miles
Average pace: 9:27min/mile
Total Miles For August: 43 miles
Total Miles For 2013: 485 miles
Current Shoes: 79 miles
Start time: 8/14/2013, 5:52am
Location: National Mall
Distance: 6.25 miles
Average pace: 9:59min/mile
Total Miles For August: 49 miles
Total Miles For 2013: 491 miles
Current Shoes: 85 miles
Start time: 8/19/2013, 5:47am
Location: National Mall
Distance: 6.37 miles
Average pace: 9:49min/mile
Total Miles For August: 55 miles
Total Miles For 2013: 497 miles
Current Shoes: 91 miles
Saturday, Aug 10: Me, John, Stephanie, Ben, and returning to the fold Mark went out for a 9-miler. Ben and Mark cut it a little short (maybe a mile or so) but all in all, an uneventful and pleasant time. And then, with it over, I dashed off to New Jersey for the weekend. Fortunately by car rather than by foot.
Monday, Aug 12: Got home too late to run in the morning, but ran 6 miles w/ Charlie at the gym that evening instead. Ugh, treadmill.
Wednesday, Aug 14: Back to morning runs. Ben and Mark provided welcome company… doubly so because near the end we spotted the crazy guy from a couple of weeks ago, having latched onto someone new. Crazy guy split off from the rest of the group while they were in eyesight and I swear, just from the person he was talking to’s shoulders, I could tell he was relieved. Ha!
Monday, Aug 19: Went on vacation over the weekend and didn’t run a step. So there. Ben, Mark, and Steve were all present. Gorgeous, gorgeous weather. Definitely picked up the pace a bit on my opening/ending miles (8:17, 8:29, and ~8:07avg for the last third of a mile) in part because of the weather and partially trying to push myself a bit.
Start time: 8/8/2013, 7:15am
Location: Takoma Park, Sligo Creek
Distance: 6.2 miles
Average pace: 9:49min/mile
Total Miles For August: 28 miles
Total Miles For 2013: 470 miles
Current Shoes: 64 miles
Working from home today (and I missed Wednesday’s run due to some other issues), so I did a little run from home instead. Super-crazy-humid. Ugh.
Start time: 8/5/2013, 5:50am
Location: National Mall
Distance: 6.28 miles
Average pace: 10:03min/mile
Total Miles For August: 22 miles
Total Miles For 2013: 464 miles
Current Shoes: 58 miles
Mostly uneventful weekday run, except that Ben joined me for my first mile, which is normally solo, so that was a nice surprise.
Start time: 7/31/2013, 5:48am
Location: National Mall
Distance: 6.4 miles
Average pace: 9:49min/mile
Total Miles For July: 101 miles
Total Miles For 2013: 442 miles
Current Shoes: 36 miles
Another nice morning (although not as nice as Monday). It clearly brought out all of the hot runners that have been hiding on the treadmills all summer, too. Yay!
Start time: 7/29/2013, 5:48am
Location: National Mall
Distance: 6.4 miles
Average pace: 9:45min/mile
Total Miles For July: 95 miles
Total Miles For 2013: 436 miles
Current Shoes: 30 miles
Gorgeous morning with a light breeze, low temperatures, and almost no humidity. Perfect way to start the day.