Monthly Archives: December 2013

Last of 2013

Start time: 12/30/2013, 5:42am
Location: National Mall
Distance: 6 miles
Average pace: 10:09min/mile
Total Miles For December: 76 miles
Total Miles For 2013: 764 miles
Current Shoes: 66 miles

Aaaaaaand, that’s a wrap for 2013! And looking at totals for the past few years…

2013: 764 miles
2012: 654 miles
2011: 743 miles
2010: 635 miles
2009: 867 miles (trained for *3* marathons!)

Not too shabby, especially considering I didn’t have a full marathon in 2013.

Zoo Lights

Start time: 12/28/2013, 8:00am
Location: National Mall, Rock Creek Park, National Zoo
Distance: 10 miles
Average pace: 10:17min/mile
Total Miles For December: 70 miles
Total Miles For 2013: 758 miles
Current Shoes: 60 miles

Important piece of information: Zoo Lights are less impressive in the daylight hours. 🙂

Treadmill

Start time: 12/26/2013, 5:00pm
Location: WSC Clarendon
Distance: 6 miles
Average pace: 9:30min/mile
Total Miles For December: 60 miles
Total Miles For 2013: 748 miles
Current Shoes: 50 miles

Missed out entirely on Monday’s run, and my planned Wednesday Christmas run got scratched due to getting very little sleep the night before. (Long story.) Managed to squeeze in a treadmill run on Thursday in-between work and picking Charlie up at the airport, though.

Unseasonable Solstice

Start time: 12/21/2013, 7:03am
Location: National Mall, Georgetown Waterfront, Capitol Hill
Distance: 9.98 miles
Average pace: 10:14min/mile
Total Miles For December: 54 miles
Total Miles For 2013: 742 miles
Current Shoes: 44 miles

Ran a lovely 10 miler in 50-degree weather w/ Stephanie, John, Ben, and Armand. Crazy warm for the first day of winter!

Slightly shorter

Start time: 12/19/2013, 5:45am
Location: National Mall
Distance: 5.81 miles
Average pace: 10:24min/mile
Total Miles For December: 44 miles
Total Miles For 2013: 732 miles
Current Shoes: 34 miles

Cut this one short by about 1/2 a mile due to needing to be elsewhere. Ah well!

Monday Monday

Start time: 12/16/2013, 5:45am
Location: National Mall
Distance: 6.26 miles
Average pace: 10:16min/mile
Total Miles For December: 38 miles
Total Miles For 2013: 726 miles
Current Shoes: 28 miles

Chilly

Start time: 12/14/2013, 7:00am
Location: National Mall, Cap Crescent
Distance: 8 miles
Average pace: 11:08min/mile
Total Miles For December: 32 miles
Total Miles For 2013: 720 miles
Current Shoes: 22 miles

Me and Ben and John. Brrrrrr.

Kcirb

Start time: 12/11/2013, 4:42pm
Location: TJ Community Center
Distance: 6 miles
Average pace: 9:33min/mile
Total Miles For December: 24 miles
Total Miles For 2013: 712 miles
Current Shoes: 14 miles

6 miles on the TJ indoor track, just for old time’s sake. Followed by spin class. Phew! Backwards bricks kill me.

Winter wind

Start time: 12/7/2013, 7:30am
Location: National Mall, Shaw, Navy Yard
Distance: 8 miles
Average pace: 10:22min/mile
Total Miles For December: 18 miles
Total Miles For 2013: 706 miles
Current Shoes: 8 miles

Ran with Steve, Stephanie, and Armand. Not a bad morning, aside from a very cold wind that would whip up on occasion. Brrrr.

End of November/Start of December

Start time: 11/27/2013, 5:45am
Location: Silver Spring Clarendon
Distance: 4 miles
Average pace: 9:15min/mile
Total Miles For November: 46 miles
Total Miles For 2013: 688 miles
Current Shoes: 282 miles

Start time: 12/2/2013, 4:45pm
Location: Silver Spring Clarendon
Distance: 4 miles
Average pace: 9:15min/mile
Total Miles For December: 4 miles
Total Miles For 2013: 692 miles
Current Shoes: 286 miles

Start time: 12/4/2013, 5:43am
Location: National Mall
Distance: 6.36 miles
Average pace: 10:17min/mile
Total Miles For December: 10 miles
Total Miles For 2013: 698 miles
Current Shoes: 292 miles

Finished up November and the start of December with some more treadmill work (ugh), although this time with other cardio (rowing & stationary bike) mixed in, too. And then, finally, members of the group all got back in town and/or better. Phew.