Start time: 12/27/2014, 6:44am
Location: National Mall, 16th St, Meridian Hill Park, Bloomingdale
Distance: 10.3 miles
Average pace: 10:15 min/mile
Total Miles For December: 68 miles
Total Miles For 2014: 820 miles
Current Shoes: 95 miles

Missed my Christmas Day run due to a slight disagreement with something I ate, bah, so I made up for it (a tiny bit) by running an extra pre-run 2 miles w/ Armand a few minutes earlier than normal. From there, John led us through the Ellipse, up 16th St, through Meridian Hill Park, and back down through Bloomingdale.

Start time: 12/6/2014, 7:00am
Location: National Mall, Hains Point
Distance: 10 miles
Average pace: 10:12 min/mile
Total Miles For December: 15 miles
Total Miles For 2014: 767 miles
Current Shoes: 42 miles

Was feeling less than stellar, so the group obligingly shifted the run to Hains Point where restrooms were available as needed. Worked out rather well in the end.

Start time: 11/29/2014, 7:00am
Location: National Mall, Rock Creek Park, National Zoo, Connecticut Ave
Distance: 10 miles
Average pace: 10:12 min/mile
Total Miles For November: 76 miles
Total Miles For 2014: 752 miles
Current Shoes: 28 miles

Ran the first 10 miles of Steve and Armand’s 18-miler up through the Zoo and back, then bid them adieu for the rest of their long run.

Start time: 11/13/2014, 5:42am
Location: National Mall
Distance: 7.22 miles
Average pace: 10:08 min/mile
Total Miles For November: 32 miles
Total Miles For 2014: 708 miles
Current Shoes: 265 miles

Start time: 11/15/2014, 8:45am
Location: 7th Street, Shaw, Howard University, LeDroit Park, Barracks Row
Distance: 10.18 miles
Average pace: 10:27 min/mile
Total Miles For November: 42 miles
Total Miles For 2014: 718 miles
Current Shoes: 275 miles

11/13: Parking was STILL blocked, post-concert, but at least this time I was prepared.

11/15: Ran the second half of an 18-miler with Armand and Ben.

Start time: 11/4/2014, 5:43am
Location: National Mall
Distance: 7.03 miles
Average pace: 9:58 min/mile
Total Miles For November: 15 miles
Total Miles For 2014: 691 miles
Current Shoes: 248 miles

Start time: 11/8/2014, 7:05am
Location: National Zoo, Rock Creek Park
Distance: 10 miles
Average pace: 10:19 min/mile
Total Miles For November: 25 miles
Total Miles For 2014: 701 miles
Current Shoes: 258 miles

11/4: Part of the Mall was already closed off for the follow week’s Veterans Day concert, so the run was a tiny bit shorter than normal due to the need to find new parking. Made an executive decision to avoid the Mall on Thursday and the following Tuesday.

11/8: Dragged a little at the end, but otherwise a nice jaunt through the Zoo.

Start time: 10/25/2014, 7:13am
Location: Belle Haven Park, Wilson Bridge, National Harbor, Mt. Vernon Trail
Distance: 10 miles
Average pace: 10:04 min/mile
Total Miles For October: 56 miles
Total Miles For 2014: 662 miles
Current Shoes: 219 miles

Haven’t run over to National Harbor from Belle Haven in ages, so it was a nice change of scenery to head over there since all weekend long there were things happening on the Mall. Aside from discovering the coffee place we would go post-Belle Haven closed sometime in the past year, a wonderful time was had by all. Hurrah!

Start time: 9/20/2014, 10:35am
Location: National Mall, Rock Creek Park, National Zoo
Distance: 10.04 miles
Average pace: 10:35 min/mile
Total Miles For September: 32 miles
Total Miles For 2014: 583 miles
Current Shoes: 140 miles

Another zoo run! Hurrah! Always enjoyable.

Start time: 9/13/2014, 7:00am
Location: Gallery Place, Shaw, LeDroit Park, Navy Yard
Distance: 9.79 miles
Average pace: 10:52 min/mile
Total Miles For September: 10 miles
Total Miles For 2014: 561 miles
Current Shoes: 118 miles

After taking two weeks off, I joined the group for a 9-mile run this morning… and hurrah, no problems and everything is all healed up. Mind you, that 9-mile run stretched into almost 10 miles instead… oops!

Start time: 8/16/2014, 7:01am
Location: National Mall, Georgetown, Cap Crescent
Distance: 10 miles
Average pace: 9:54 min/mile
Total Miles For August: 49 miles
Total Miles For 2014: 514 miles
Current Shoes: 71 miles

It’s been a while since the double-digit runs, in part due to few people having a fall race of any great distance on the schedule. Large crowd (me, Steve, and Armand ran the full 10; John and Jerry joined us for the back 8) and a good time was had.

Start time: 8/2/2014, 6:35am
Location: National Mall, Howard University, LeDroit Park, Capitol Hill
Distance: 10.06 miles
Average pace: 10:15 min/mile
Total Miles For August: 10 miles
Total Miles For 2014: 475 miles
Current Shoes: 32 miles

Ran two opening miles with Steve, and then we looped back around to pick up Ben, Jerry, Armand, Stephanie, and John. It was nice to have a large group after so many summer weekends where almost everyone was out of town! Nothing big to report otherwise (up 7th to Howard and the reservoir, back through LeDroit Park and Bloomingdale, then looping around the Capitol and a bit on the Mall ton finish it up), save that it worked out really well.