Start time: 4/18/2015, 7:02 am
Location: National Mall, Penn Quarter, Howard University, LeDroit Park, Capitol Hill
Distance: 8.06 miles
Average pace: 10:21 min/mile
Total Miles For April: 51 miles
Total Miles For 2015: 178 miles
Current Shoes: 272 miles

Ben, Steve, and I were a mile into our run when Stephanie came charging after us… turns out no one had received her email saying she was coming. Oops. But power to her for catching us!

Start time: 3/21/2015, 8:00am
Location: National Mall
Distance: 8 miles
Average pace: 11:02 min/mile
Total Miles For March: 34 miles
Total Miles For 2015: 115 miles
Current Shoes: 210 miles

Hadn’t planned on taking a little over a week off, but what was originally a weekend away turned out to have a business trip tacked on, and due to having to carry on luggage with short connections, no running gear. Ah well. Still moving a little slow.

Start time: 2/28/2015, 8:00am
Location: National Mall
Distance: 8.05 miles
Average pace: 10:11 min/mile
Total Miles For February: 34 miles
Total Miles For 2015: 81 miles
Current Shoes: 176 miles

I am so ready for warmer weather. Chilly run w/ Steve, Stephanie, and Ben, but good company. They’re definitely what keep me out there!

Start time: 1/25/2015, 7:00am
Location: National Mall
Distance: 8 miles
Average pace: 10:20 min/mile
Total Miles For January: 47 miles
Total Miles For 2015: 47 miles
Current Shoes: 142 miles

For January, it was positively lovely out, almost 40 degrees at 7am. Just me and Ben and Steve, for a post-marathon (for them, anyway) jaunt.

Start time: 1/10/2015, 8:00am
Location: Capitol Hill
Distance: 8 miles
Average pace: 10:01 min/mile
Total Miles For January: 19 miles
Total Miles For 2015: 19 miles
Current Shoes: 114 miles

The plan was for a 10-miler, but it was brutally cold this morning. Even with an 8am start, we decided it was best to cut it short between weather and a lack of well-maintained sidewalks.

Start time: 12/13/2014, 7:05am
Location: Belle Haven Park, Wilson Bridge, National Harbor
Distance: 8 miles
Average pace: 10:30 min/mile
Total Miles For December: 32 miles
Total Miles For 2014: 784 miles
Current Shoes: 59 miles

Ben and Steve had a long training run ahead of them, and there was a protest scheduled for downtown, so they decided to decamp down to Belle Haven Park, National Harbor, and (for the second leg) the Mt. Vernon Trail. I joined them for the first segment, but then waved them off to what was still to come.

Start time: 11/1/2014, 7:04am
Location: East Capitol Street, RFK, Anacostia River Walk, Navy Yard
Distance: 8.47 miles
Average pace: 10:33 min/mile
Total Miles For November: 8 miles
Total Miles For 2014: 684 miles
Current Shoes: 241 miles

The plan was to run 16 miles with my group (most of them are training for the Charleston Marathon), but my stomach just felt awful right from the start, and taking a gel at mile 4 actually made it worse. We were going to swing past the cars around the halfway point, both to refill water bottles and also for the other person who wasn’t training for the marathon to call it a day, and I ended up dropping out there. Half a long run is better than no long run at all, certainly. Still a little disappointing, though.

Start time: 7/19/2014, 7:06am
Location: National Mall
Distance: 8 miles
Average pace: 10:39 min/mile
Total Miles For July: 51 miles
Total Miles For 2014: 436 miles
Current Shoes: 234 miles

New shoes finally arrived but I haven’t swapped them out yet. Need to do that.