Start time: 11/5/11, 7:30am
Location: National Mall, Rock Creek Park, National Zoo, Connecticut Ave
Distance: 10.16 miles
Average pace: 10:32min/mile
Total Miles For November: 20 miles
Total Miles For 2011: 586 miles
Current Shoes: 127 miles

Tried out a new route that I’ve been meaning to for… well, 11 years now. Ran up the National Mall to Rock Creek, then took it all the way to the Zoo, ran through the Zoo and out the other side to Connecticut Avenue, then back down it to the Mall to finish up.

It sounds silly but I’ve been wanting to do a run through the Zoo ever since I started running, and while I’ve run past it on Rock Creek before, it’s taken this long to do so. It’s a nice long hill (about half a mile?) so it’s certainly good for training purposes. The group seemed a little divided at times on the new route, but I hope enough others enjoyed it enough that we can do it again. All in all I think it went pretty well. (Even with a really long gel followed by bathroom break around the halfway point.)

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